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Charter Flights and Scheduled Flights
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Charter Flights are organised by tour operators to supply transport to their holiday destinations. They tend to coincide with the peak holiday seasons and to operate on weekly or two-week rotations. It becomes possible to purchase odd durations close to the departure date as a result of surplus seats. The rules for charter flights are very strict; once booked it is unlikely that they can be changed at all without a significant cancellation charge.
Charter fares vary depending on supply and demand. Prices can be high when demand is high e.g. school holidays, bank holidays etc, but the operators will always try and fill their aircraft so will discount to the extent of selling below cost to fill their seats. The charter flights available through TheTravelBrand are the operator's excess availability or spare seats.
Scheduled Flights are organised by scheduled airlines. A scheduled flight operators throughout the year and is given a fixed or 'scheduled departure time. The cost of a scheduled ticket is calculated over the year and will take into consideration factors such as time of the year and demand. Because scheduled flights run all year they don't expect to fly full all year, this means that scheduled fairs must be higher to pay for the empty seats.
Scheduled airlines do not discount last minute like charter flights but will tend to offer restricted fares or advance purchase special offers. They also supply a proportion of their seats to 'consolidators' who take on the administration from the airlines and impose heavy restrictions in exchange for fares below those the airlines publish. These fares are known as consolidated fares.
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