ACMI & Wet Lease — Business Jets

Capacity when your fleet cannot cover the flight.

Goodall Aviation arranges aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance for private business jet operators and owners — from offices in London and Marbella, with a satellite office in Las Vegas.

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What we do

A quiet way to add lift.


ACMI — Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance — is the cleanest way to put another jet to work under your own commercial arrangement. The aircraft flies with its operator’s crew and under its operator’s certificate. You take the schedule, the passengers and the commercial relationship.

We work between operators, owners and brokers to place the right aircraft against the right requirement: peak season overflow, an unserviceable tail, a new route being trialled, or a contract that needs cover before a purchase completes.

Every enquiry is handled by one person, start to finish, and nothing about your requirement is discussed outside the parties it concerns.

The four elements

What the arrangement covers.

01

Aircraft

Light, midsize, super-midsize and heavy jets sourced against your cabin, range and runway requirement.

02

Crew

Type-rated, current flight and cabin crew provided by the operator, with rostering and duty planning included.

03

Maintenance

Continuing airworthiness and line maintenance remain with the operator for the full term of the lease.

04

Insurance

Hull and liability cover carried by the operator, with certificates and additional insured wording confirmed before the first flight.

Capability

Where we are usually called.

If your requirement sits slightly outside this list, it is still worth asking — most of our work begins that way.

  • Short-term wet lease. Days to a full season, one tail or several.
  • AOG and unserviceability cover. Replacement lift while an aircraft is down.
  • Peak and seasonal demand. Additional capacity through the busy months without adding a permanent tail.
  • Fleet gap cover. Bridging the period between a disposal and a delivery.
  • Programme and contract support. Aircraft held against a defined block of flying.
  • Transatlantic positioning. Requirements that move between European and US bases.

How we work

Three things we hold to.

Discretion by default

Requirements, rates and the identity of the parties stay between the parties. Nothing is circulated on an open market to see what comes back.

A vetted operator network

We place work with operators we know, and we confirm certification, insurance and maintenance status on every arrangement rather than assuming it.

One point of contact

From first enquiry to the final sector you deal with the same person. No handovers, no desk of account managers, no chasing.

Presence

London, Marbella, Las Vegas.

Europe

London

Our United Kingdom base, covering Northern European traffic and requirements moving between Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Europe

Marbella, Spain

Our Southern European base, close to the Mediterranean and Iberian market and to the seasonal peaks that drive much of the region’s demand.

Satellite Office

Las Vegas, Nevada

Our North American presence, covering US requirements and transatlantic movements, and keeping a working overlap with European hours.

Common questions

ACMI and wet leasing, explained.

What does ACMI mean?

ACMI stands for Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance. Under an ACMI lease the owner or operator supplies the jet together with its flight crew, its maintenance cover and its insurance, while you take the schedule, the passengers and the commercial relationship. The aircraft flies under the operator’s air operator certificate throughout.

What is the difference between a wet lease and a charter?

A charter is a single booking sold flight by flight. A wet lease, which in business aviation is usually an ACMI arrangement, places an aircraft and its crew at your disposal for a defined period, so you control how it is used and how the flying is sold. Wet leasing suits operators who need extra capacity under their own commercial arrangement rather than a one-off trip.

How quickly can AOG cover be arranged?

It depends on the aircraft category and where the requirement sits, but replacement lift for an unserviceable aircraft is one of the things we are called on most often. Send the requirement through the enquiry form with the AOG toggle set to Yes and it is treated as urgent.

Which business jet types can you source?

Light, midsize, super-midsize and heavy jets, through to ultra-long-range aircraft and bizliners. The right answer is usually driven by cabin size, range and the runway performance your sectors demand, so it is worth telling us the requirement rather than the type.

How long does a business jet ACMI lease run?

Anything from a few days to a full season or longer. Short-term arrangements typically cover an unserviceable aircraft or a peak in demand, while longer terms suit programme flying, a trial route, or bridging the gap between selling one aircraft and taking delivery of the next.

Which regions do you cover?

Europe is our main market, worked from offices in London and Marbella, and we regularly handle requirements moving between Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our Las Vegas office covers United States requirements and transatlantic movements, and keeps a working overlap with European hours.

Do you operate the aircraft yourselves?

No. Goodall Aviation is not a direct air carrier and does not operate aircraft. We arrange leases between the parties, and every flight is performed by a licensed third-party air carrier holding the appropriate air operator certificate for the operation.

What information should an enquiry include?

Aircraft category, the dates or period, the sectors involved and the shape of the contract are usually enough for us to come back with options. If you have less than that, send what you have — most of our work begins with an incomplete picture.

Tell us the requirement.

Aircraft category, dates, sectors and the shape of the contract. That is usually enough for us to come back with options.

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