Why Should I Create an Operator Account?

FlyHire helps aircraft owners, flying schools and operators connect with pilots who are actively looking for aircraft to hire across Australia.

Creating an operator account gives you a simple way to promote your aircraft, receive enquiries from registered pilots and build greater confidence with prospective hirers.

More importantly, it helps FlyHire maintain a reliable marketplace where genuine aircraft operators and genuine pilots can find each other.

Reach pilots actively looking for aircraft

Pilots searching FlyHire are already looking for aircraft available for hire.

By creating an operator account and listing your aircraft, you can put your aircraft in front of pilots searching by location, aircraft type, features and other hire requirements.

Rather than relying entirely on your own website, social media or word of mouth, FlyHire gives your aircraft another way to be discovered by pilots across Australia.

This can be particularly useful for:

• Flying schools with aircraft available for private hire
• Aero clubs
• Aircraft syndicates
• Private owners making aircraft available to approved pilots
• Operators with underutilised aircraft
• Businesses wanting to attract pilots outside their existing customer base

Receive enquiries from registered pilots

FlyHire requires pilots to create an account before they can send an enquiry.

This is an important part of how we improve enquiry quality for aircraft operators.

Requiring an account helps reduce anonymous, automated and low-quality enquiries while giving operators more confidence that there is a genuine person behind each message.

Depending on the information the pilot has chosen to provide, their FlyHire profile may also give you additional context about their aviation experience.

That can help you decide whether it is worth continuing the conversation before exchanging further information.

Maintain control over who hires your aircraft

Listing an aircraft on FlyHire does not mean you are agreeing to hire it to anyone who makes contact.

You remain in control.

FlyHire is designed to facilitate the introduction between pilot and operator. You can still apply your own requirements relating to:

• Pilot licence and ratings
• Minimum flight experience
• Recency requirements
• Aircraft check flights
• Insurance requirements
• Intended use of the aircraft
• Geographic restrictions
• Hire agreements and operating procedures

You decide whether a pilot is suitable and whether you want to proceed with the hire.

Build greater trust with a verified listing

Trust is important when pilots are deciding where to hire an aircraft.

FlyHire allows operators to provide additional information and documentation to help demonstrate that an aircraft listing is genuine.

Where applicable, verified listings can be identified within FlyHire search results, helping them stand out to pilots and giving prospective hirers greater confidence before making contact.

Verification also contributes to the wider FlyHire marketplace by making it harder for misleading or illegitimate aircraft listings to appear on the platform.

The goal is simple: genuine pilots connecting with genuine aircraft operators.

Give pilots the information they need

A detailed aircraft listing can answer many of a pilot’s questions before they contact you.

Operators can provide information about their aircraft including its location, aircraft type, hire rates, equipment, certifications, features and any important hire requirements.

Good listings can help:

• Attract pilots who are more likely to be suitable
• Reduce repetitive questions
• Set expectations before an enquiry
• Highlight features that differentiate your aircraft
• Improve the visibility of your aircraft in relevant searches

The more useful your listing is, the easier it is for a pilot to decide whether your aircraft fits their needs.

Promote your aircraft beyond your own network

Many aircraft are primarily promoted through a flying school’s existing customer base, local pilots or social media.

FlyHire gives operators access to a broader audience.

A pilot may be searching for an aircraft because they have recently moved to an area, want to fly while travelling, need access to a particular aircraft type, are building hours or simply want more choice than their existing flying school provides.

Having your aircraft listed on FlyHire gives those pilots an opportunity to find you.

Operators can also choose from optional promotional features designed to increase the visibility of their aircraft, including premium placement and promotion through FlyHire’s social channels.

Only pay when an enquiry is valuable to you

FlyHire is designed to keep the cost of participating low.

You can receive an enquiry and review the message before deciding whether you want to access the pilot’s contact details.

If the enquiry looks relevant, you can choose to reveal the pilot’s contact information and continue the conversation directly.

This means you are not paying simply because someone viewed your listing or clicked an enquiry button.

The aim is to give operators enough information to make an informed decision about whether an enquiry is worth pursuing.

Help keep FlyHire useful for the aviation community

A marketplace only works when both sides trust it.

Pilots want to know that the aircraft they find on FlyHire are genuine and actually available for hire.

Operators want to know that the enquiries they receive come from genuine pilots.

FlyHire is progressively introducing features designed to improve that trust, including registered pilot accounts, more detailed pilot profiles, aircraft verification and improved listing information.

Creating an operator account and maintaining an accurate aircraft listing helps us build a more useful destination for Australian pilots looking for aircraft to hire.

Why does FlyHire require an operator account?

An operator account allows FlyHire to associate aircraft listings with a genuine user and gives you a central place to manage your aircraft and enquiries.

It also helps us protect the quality of the marketplace by reducing duplicate, abandoned or misleading aircraft listings.

As FlyHire develops, your account will also provide access to additional tools designed to help manage listings, improve visibility and connect with suitable pilots.

Who can list an aircraft on FlyHire?

FlyHire is intended for legitimate aircraft owners and operators who have authority to make an aircraft available for hire.

This may include private aircraft owners, flying schools, aero clubs, syndicates and commercial aviation businesses.

Operators remain responsible for ensuring that any aircraft hire arrangements comply with applicable regulations, insurance requirements and their own operational procedures.

Does FlyHire manage the aircraft hire agreement?

No.

FlyHire primarily facilitates the introduction between pilots and aircraft operators.

The operator remains responsible for determining pilot eligibility, setting hire conditions, completing any required checks and entering into the appropriate hire agreement with the pilot.

This allows operators to continue using the processes, agreements and operating procedures that are appropriate for their aircraft and organisation.

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