How air taxi charter works

Air taxi (táxi aéreo) is the air transport service in which the fee is agreed between the customer and the company that carries them. To charter is to hire the airplane for a leg of your own.

In Brazil, air taxi is a service authorized and supervised by ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), and only companies that meet a series of requirements can provide it. The rule is RBAC 135, which ANAC applies to public air transport operations with airplanes of up to 19 passenger seats or helicopters.

Florais Táxi Aéreo charters passenger flights within Brazil, as non-scheduled flights, with one airplane: the Embraer EMB-810D PT-VLR (Seneca III), for up to 5 passengers. The base is Hangar 15 at Marechal Rondon International Airport, in Várzea Grande. Florais does not fly medical evacuation, international flights, sightseeing flights or dangerous goods. See the service on air taxi charter and the airplane on the PT-VLR aircraft.

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In ANAC's glossary, a scheduled flight (voo regular) is an air link between two or more places, with a flight number, operated according to a fixed timetable, itinerary and frequency. The same glossary says every other situation counts as a non-scheduled flight.

In practice, the difference is this:

• On a scheduled commercial flight, the timetable, itinerary and frequency are already set before you ask.
• On an air taxi, the leg and the date are agreed with the company, in the quote, for your flight.

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ANAC separates the private-category aircraft from the air taxi aircraft. For an airplane to start operating as an air taxi, it needs a certification process that checks whether it has the safety level needed to carry passengers, and its category can change from private (TPP) to air taxi (TPX) by meeting RBAC 135.

That is why the service can only be provided by an authorized company, and ANAC asks the customer to check the company and the aircraft before flying. The steps are in How to check an air taxi with ANAC.

ANAC also publishes an infographic with the main differences in requirements between air taxi and private aviation (opens in a new tab), in Portuguese.

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The form on the quote page asks for these details:

• Origin and destination of the leg.
• Date of departure and, if any, the return date.
• Number of passengers: the Seneca III PT-VLR carries up to 5.
• Name and phone number. Email is optional.
• Useful notes, such as luggage, preferred time and the destination airstrip.

ANAC keeps a page on the documents for boarding domestic flights, with guidance by age: Brazilian children under 12, teenagers from 12 to 15, Brazilians from 16 on and foreigners of any age. The page also warns that a student card is not an accepted identification document for boarding.

Use ANAC's Documents for boarding (opens in a new tab) page (in Portuguese) as a reference for each passenger's documents.

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Every flight is quoted from scratch. The price depends on the route, the dates, the waiting time at the destination and the number of legs (each stretch flown).

That is why this guide gives no prices. The charter page shows the straight-line distance from the base, which is not the route, the flight time or the price. When you are ready, ask for a quote for your flight.