Ferry flying

As a ferry flight or ferry flight ( Austrian terminus), Eng. Ferry flight, called in the commercial sector and short flight, one calls the flight of an aircraft, which is used alone the same the change of location.

Ferry flights are performed, for example, to transfer an aircraft to its new location, or if the maintenance or a remodeling at another airport takes place. In air transport, Ferry flights are also used to replace failed aircraft at short notice if there is no spare aircraft available on site.

For transatlantic overpasses the seats are smaller machines to increase the range usually do not even removed or installed or auxiliary tanks mounted. Without ferry flight, the aircraft would otherwise be disassembled and re- assembled and certified after arrival with the customer to transport the container, which would be more expensive. The transport of unpackaged (not disassembled ) small aircrafts on ships is inappropriate due to the aggressive seawater.