Coordinating travel for college sports recruitment tours demands efficiency and precision. At ACS, we excel in simplifying charter flight logistics by seamlessly aligning ourselves with your organizational frameworks and helping you expertly manage the logistical challenges of a full schedule.
Dominate the field: dynamic charters for recruitment tours
Coordinating travel for college sports recruitment tours demands efficiency and precision. At ACS, we excel in simplifying charter flight logistics by seamlessly aligning ourselves with your organizational frameworks and helping you expertly manage the logistical challenges of a full schedule.
With over 30 years’ aviation charter experience, alongside a comprehensive network of offices across North America, we are uniquely positioned to provide holistic solutions to your travel requirements. Whether it’s transporting teams and their support staff to games, or facilitating recruitment trips, we prioritize you and your athletes every step of the way.
Aircraft for every need
Our 30 years of experience tells us that you appreciate seamless, time-sensitive and efficient travel. Having coordinated both recruitment tours and full-season game schedules for numerous schools across a range of sports, we have an insight into what has worked for our clients in the past.
Recruitment seasons
When dealing with potential recruits who may be in consultation with a number of different colleges, first impressions count. In past seasons, we have arranged for helicopters carrying collegiate scouts on their recruitment tours to be wrapped in college branding, ensuring a positive visual marker and memory of the visiting school in each potential recruit’s head.
Depending on the distance, we have chartered an array of aircraft for college tours, from light jets for shorter trips, to midsize and super-midsize trips for slightly further travel. Upon landing at the Fixed Base Operator, scouts and their affiliates can transfer to twin-engine helicopters to fly directly to each high school campus, often arriving in style, touching down on the football field.
With tight schedules and multiple games to scout recruits in a day, travelling by helicopter is often the most efficient way for colleges to organize the local parts of recruitment tours. While landing on a football field requires approval from a school director and compliance with safety regulations, this direct access and dramatic entrance showcases the university's commitment to potential recruits and creates a lasting impression.
Seasonal spikes
With recruitment activities peaking between December and January, the demand for charters increases exponentially as schools strive to attract top talent. We understand that this period can be challenging, and while some schools own their own aircraft, the fight for a limited number of airplanes can be tough.
We work with a number of colleges who make use of our jet card, Empyrean, for this exact eventuality. As any terms are decided at the opening of an account with Empyrean, your held balance is available for redemption at a moment’s notice. As a result, the usual time-consuming nature of drawing up contracts is foregone on account meaning that truly last-minute charters are a reality – a one line message to your dedicated account manager can secure that urgent charter.
Whether you require a season-long logistical web of charters, short-distance charter for scouting tours, or an exhilaratingly urgent charter for that unexpected final fixture, choosing ACS as your partner gives you the greatest opportunity to streamline your travel needs.
With over three decades of experience, thirteen offices across North America, and an unmatched industry reputation, partnering with ACS means you do business with a charter champion.
Contact us today to discuss your collegiate charter requirements.