Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.

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Demand for charter flights appears to be heading upwards this month, according to the latest projections from online charter portal Avinode. The group’s forward-looking <a href="http://www.ainalerts.com/ainalerts/alertimages/AvinodeDemandIndex.jpg">demand index</a> for the next month stood at 114.23 earlier this week–almost 21 points above the month-ago level and more than 14 points above where it was 12 months ago.


But the latest Avinode data on charter prices paints a more ambiguous picture of market conditions. As of Monday, its <a href="http://www.ainalerts.com/ainalerts/alertimages/AvinodePriceIndex.jpg">price index</a> for global operations was at 99.29, slightly down from early January but marginally up from a year ago. In Europe, the price index, at 103.15, was about 7 percent above that from a year ago, but in the U.S. market it dipped slightly to 98.02.


For the most part, Avinode’s current data for actual average flight hour rates being paid as of early February was more encouraging for operators. For example, the average rates for a Bombardier Challenger 604 rose by 1 to 5 percent from three months ago and were up by between 3 and nearly 7 percent from six months ago. Similar trends were apparent for sample Hawker 800 prices and rates for a Cessna Citation Excel, which climbed between 4 and 8 percent in North America but were slightly down in international markets.

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