New Vectors Aviation Glossary of Terms

Air Charter: Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). While the airlines specialize in selling transportation by the seat, air charter companies focus on individual private aircraft and itineraries, urgent or time-sensitive freight, cargo, air ambulance and any other form of ad hoc air transportation. (Source: WikiPedia)

Air Taxi: An air taxi is an air charter passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis. (Source: WikiPedia)

Aircraft: An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift (as with balloons, blimps and dirigibles) or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil (as with vehicles that plane the air with wings in a straight manner, such as airplanes and gliders, or vehicles that generate lift with wings in a rotary manner, such as helicopters or gyrocopters). (Source: WikiPedia)

Aviation: Aviation is the activity involving man-made air-borne flying devices (aircraft), including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them. (Source: WikiPedia)

Charter: A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle. (Source: Wiktionary)