Charter brokers
Seat inventory, PNR handling, manifests and agent sales.
Book a demoCharter brokers buy capacity from airlines, as full charters or seat blocks, and resell it to tour operators, consolidators and agents. The business is fast and unforgiving: seats are paid for in advance, prices move with demand, and passenger data has to be complete and correct before the airline’s deadline.
Wingstack’s charter module, connected to booking, payments and accounting, gives brokers one place to manage contracts, distribute seats, collect names and APIS data and settle with airlines and buyers, with every flight change reaching the right people automatically.
Challenges
Seat counts, holds and sales are tracked in files that go out of date as soon as agents start booking.
Missing or incorrect passenger data close to departure creates manual corrections and risk at check-in.
Schedule changes must reach every buyer and passenger quickly, and are often handled one email at a time.
Airline prepayments, buyer deposits and credit need careful tracking to protect cash flow.
Our approach
The charter module tracks contracted, held, sold and released seats per flight in real time.
Buyers book seats through a B2B portal or API, with fares and quotas set per partner.
Name lists and APIS data are collected and validated before manifests are generated.
Flight changes update bookings and notify buyers and passengers automatically.
Deposits, balances and airline payments are tracked in accounting, linked to each flight.
A day in the life
- 08:00
The load dashboard shows seats sold, held and free across this week’s rotations.
- 09:30
A tour operator requests 40 seats on a weekend rotation; quotas are allocated and confirmed in their portal.
- 11:00
Option holds that expired overnight return to free sale automatically.
- 13:30
The airline moves a departure by 90 minutes; all affected buyers receive the update and bookings are re-issued.
- 16:00
Missing APIS data for tomorrow’s flight is flagged and chased with the responsible agents.
- 19:00
The final manifest is generated in the airline’s format and sent before the deadline.
Outcomes
Everyone sells from the same up-to-date seat count.
Passenger data is complete and validated before it reaches the airline.
Schedule changes reach buyers and passengers in one step.
Deposits, prepayments and balances are visible per flight.
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ExploreFrequently asked questions
Can buyers connect through an API?+
Yes. Tour operators and consolidators can search and book seats through the outbound API, with their own credentials and pricing.
Do you support one-way and open-jaw sales?+
Yes. Seats can be sold per leg, return or open-jaw depending on how the rotation is set up.
Can we produce different manifest formats per airline?+
Yes. Manifest templates are configured per carrier to match their exact requirements.
How quickly can we start?+
Brokers can usually start with the charter module and B2B portal first, and connect accounting and payments in a second phase.