Financial Advantages

A major financial advantage that Sterling offers our aircraft management clients is the established ability to generate significant charter revenue and fleet-level discounts to offset ownership costs. In addition, Sterling-exclusive crew fee structure amplifies staffing efficiencies and charter revenue opportunities

As an important part of a premier, well-promoted charter fleet, your aircraft will be in high demand. But how much it’s available for charter is up to you.

Therefore, we start first by ensuring you have access to your aircraft for business and personal travel requirements, whether that is 100 hours or 500 hours per year. Then we develop a customized utilization and promotional plan for the actual number of hours the aircraft will be available for charter.

Sterling-managed aircraft also gain the advantage of U.S. Customs and TSA overflight permits that allow non-stop flights from “south of the border” to Milwaukee – and open additional opportunity for increased charter revenue.

Other significant cost savings opportunities for Sterling management clients include:

• Preferred fuel pricing from Sterling’s twin 12,000-gallon fuel farms at Mitchell International
• Negotiated pricing for on-the-road fuel, crew hotels and rental vehicles
• Fleet-rate pricing on hull and liability insurance
• Discounts on flight and maintenance crew training at Flight Safety International
• Negotiated pricing on avionic upgrades, paint and interior refurbishing
• Special owner-to-owner utilization discounts on other aircraft in Sterling managed fleet