T – 120 min
Call, text or tap
Tell us where and when. A dedicated flight concierge picks up on the second ring, day or night.
Charter & membership · Est. 2009
Above everything.
A private fleet, our own crews and a concierge who answers on the second ring. Wheels up in as little as two hours, to 1,900 airports worldwide.
01 — Cruise
Forty-one thousand feet. Above the weather, and above the noise.
02 — No queues
No terminals, no lines. Drive to the aircraft and be airborne in minutes.
03 — Descent
And when you arrive, you arrive quietly.
Meridian Private · Est. 2009
Welcome aboard.
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Charter & membershipTeterboro · Van Nuys · Farnborough1,900 airports · 42 aircraft
02The company
We built the airline we wanted to fly: one call, one crew, and an aircraft that waits for you.
Meridian owns and operates every aircraft it flies. Our pilots fly only our fleet, our engineers maintain only our fleet, and our concierge team knows your name, your dog's name and how you take your coffee.
That is why we can promise two hours from call to wheels-up anywhere in North America and Europe, with one all-in price confirmed before you leave the house.
J. Whitcombe
James WhitcombeFounder & Chief Executive
42Aircraft in the fleetOwned and operated. Never brokered, never subcontracted.
1,900Airports within reachIncluding the short runways airlines can't use.
2hrCall to wheels-upGuaranteed across North America and Europe.
17yrsWithout an incidentAudited twice a year by an independent body.
“We measure ourselves by the things you never notice.”
03The fleet
Three classes. One standard.
Every aircraft is under ten years old, flown by two captains and dressed in the same cream leather and walnut, whichever size you choose.
- Guests
- 6
- Range
- 2,000 nm
- Cruise
- 440 kt
- Cabin height
- 4′ 11″
- From
- $5,900/hr
| Compare the fleet | Light | Super-midsize | Ultra long range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| Range | 2,000 nm | 3,400 nm | 7,500 nm |
| Cruise speed | 440 kt | 470 kt | 488 kt |
| Cabin height | 4′ 11″ | 6′ 0″ | 6′ 3″ |
| Baggage | 6 bags | 10 bags | 18 bags |
| Sleeps | — | 2 | 6 |
| Typical nonstop | New York → Miami | New York → Los Angeles | New York → Tokyo |
| From | $5,900/hr | $8,900/hr | $14,900/hr |
04On board
The cabin is yours.
No assigned seats, no announcements, no one in the next row. Just a quiet room at forty-five thousand feet, set up the way you like it before you arrive.
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Full-flat beds
On every long-range aircraft, made up with linen from a hotel you have heard of.
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Dining to order
Menus from the restaurants you already love, plated by a cabin host on real china.
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Properly connected
Wi-Fi fast enough for a video call with the board, from wheels-up to touchdown.
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Pets welcome
In the cabin, on the seat, with their own water bowl. Always.
- Cabin height
- 6′ 3″
- Noise at cruise
- 52 dB
- Cabin altitude
- 4,850 ft
- Fresh air
- 100%
05How it works
From call to wheels up.
The whole thing takes about as long as a long lunch. Most of it, you spend getting to the airfield.
T – 106 min
Confirmed in fourteen minutes
Aircraft, crew, catering and the car at both ends, confirmed in writing with one all-in price.
T – 45 min
Collected from your door
A driver brings you to the private terminal. Your bags go straight to the aircraft, unopened.
T – 0
Wheels up
Walk thirty steps across the apron, take your seat and go. The captain will come back to say hello.
06Safety
Safety, without asterisks.
Everything below is standard on every Meridian flight. None of it is an upgrade, and none of it is negotiable.
Two captains, always
Both pilots hold captain qualifications, with an average of 9,400 hours in command.
Twice the training
Full simulator checks every six months, double what the regulations ask for.
Watched around the clock
Our operations centre follows every flight live, with a duty captain on call 24/7.
Independent audits
Outside auditors review the whole operation twice a year, and the results go to members.
07Membership
Two ways to fly.
Fly once a year or every week. Either way you get the same aircraft, the same crews and the same concierge.
On demand
Charter
from $5,900/ hour
Pay per trip, with no commitment and no membership fee. Ideal for a few flights a year.
- Any aircraft class, any route
- One all-in quote, confirmed in fourteen minutes
- Concierge for every trip
Most chosen
The Meridian Card
25 hours from $212,500
Prepaid hours at a fixed rate, with guaranteed availability on 24 hours' notice, even on holidays.
- Fixed hourly rates, locked for 24 months
- Guaranteed aircraft on 24 hours' notice
- Upgrade a class on any flight, at no charge
- One named concierge, on your speed dial
- Every flight includes
- Two-pilot crews
- Catering to order
- A car at both ends
- Wi-Fi
- Pets in the cabin
- De-icing & overnights
08Members
4.97
★★★★★
Average member rating across 11,300 flights last year
- Would fly again
- 99.2%
- On-time departures
- 97.8%
- Average response
- 14 min
“I have called at eleven at night and been in Aspen for breakfast. Nobody asked me to fill in a form.”
“The crew remembered my daughter's allergy from a flight two years earlier. That is the whole review.”
“What I pay for is the absence of surprises. In nine years, Meridian has not given me a single one.”
09Where to
Popular this season.
Flight times from Teterboro, New York, for four guests. Tap a destination to plan it.
10Plan a flight
TEB → NCEGreat-circle route · Mercator
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Your aircraft
Ready when you are.
The car is waiting, the cabin is warm and the coffee is how you like it. All that is missing is you.