5
$\begingroup$

On flights of a regular nature to set destination airports, I assume that there is a system is in place between airlines and airports/providers to pay invoices for fuel/services.

What do airlines do if diverted to an airport that the airline never normally serves or a freight airline doing a one-off flight to an airport? How do they pay? Does the captain carry a company credit card to pay for these one off charges?

Improve this question
$\endgroup$

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
4
$\begingroup$

In the United States most places take credit cards.

Large carriers generally get billed, or for smaller airports they use a company credit card. There are even specialized credit cards that are designed specifically for this use.

There is also what is called "contract fuel". Basically there is a company that is a middleman, a fuel supplier who pays the airport fuel company and then rebills the airline. The pilot has a card that identifies them as a client of the fuel contractor.

For example, check out AEG Fuels, a typical fuel contractor. (Please click on that link. I get 25 cents every time you do. Just kidding.)

enter image description here

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
2
  • 2
    $\begingroup$ do they get air miles! $\endgroup$
    – keith jackson
    May 3, 2016 at 21:07
  • $\begingroup$ You've gotta check out this article! $\endgroup$
    – TomMcW
    May 4, 2016 at 22:22

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .