Keep your owners in the loop, without the phone calls.
Most small charter fleets fly someone else's airplane. In Direct2, owner flights, holds, charter approvals and statements happen in the system, so the owner sees what's happening on their aircraft without calling the office.
- Part 91 owner flights
- 4261(e)(5)
- approval by link
Sound familiar?
The owner hears about charter on their airplane after it flew.
Charter they didn't know about
The owner learns their airplane flew a charter last weekend from the statement, not from you, and calls to ask why.
"Is it free on the 14th?"
Every owner trip starts with a phone call to the office to ask if the aircraft is available, and a call back to confirm.
Statements as spreadsheets
Month end means building an owner statement by hand from invoices, fuel slips and work orders, and explaining every line.
What you get
The owner sees their aircraft. The operator keeps control.
Owner calendar and trip requests
Send each owner a calendar link that needs no app. It shows charter, owner flights, maintenance and holds on their aircraft, with client names and financials hidden. The owner can request a trip right from the link.
Holds are respected everywhere. An owner hold blocks the aircraft in every availability check, from the quote to the ops board.
Monthly owner statements
Built from the same trips, invoices and work orders the operator already closed: charter revenue and the split per management agreement, owner flights, expenses and pass-throughs, management fees, and itemized maintenance costs.
Correct FET treatment. Owner flights are tagged Part 91, with the 4261(e)(5) exemption applied where the flight qualifies.
- Scheduling
Approval rules per tail
Auto-approve, approve above a set number of hours, or always ask. The quote can't be accepted until the owner's rule is met.
- SchedulingMaintenance
Owner portal
Utilization, statements, upcoming maintenance and trip history for the owner's aircraft, in one place.
- Maintenance
Records as an asset
Complete, exportable, provenance-tagged maintenance records that protect resale value, and a pre-buy snapshot when the owner sells.
- Maintenance
The tracker the program requires
If the owner's program or lessor requires a particular maintenance tracker, the aircraft stays on it. Dispatch still sees its status.
A day with Direct2
A tail swap the owner approved in two taps.
One grounding squawk, one managed PC-12, one owner who wasn't called.
See irregular operations07:05
A grounding squawk on the King Air. Dispatch starts a guided swap to the PC-12, a managed aircraft. W&B runs again and the trip is re-priced.
07:08
The PC-12's rule is always ask. The owner gets an approval link showing the dates, routing, hours and their revenue share. No login.
07:21
The owner approves in two taps from their phone. Only then can the swap be confirmed and the trip released.
Month end
The owner statement shows that charter with the revenue split per the agreement, next to their own flights and fees. Nobody built it by hand.
Across the three modules
Win the next management contract.
Show a prospective owner what they'd see: the approval link, their calendar and a sample statement. We'll walk through it with you and a Part 135 specialist.