Who buys Product and Service Code V221 (Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Travel/Lodging/Recruitment: Passenger Air Charter), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 343 | $335.3M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 382 | $181.3M | -46% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 252 | $64.9M | -64% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 232 | $116.4M | +79% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 73% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. | $204.4M | 29.3% |
| 2 | ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. | $199.3M | 28.6% |
| 3 | NATIONAL AIR CARGO GROUP, INC | $42.2M | 6.0% |
| 4 | BRISTOW GROUP INC. | $35.8M | 5.1% |
| 5 | BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC | $23.9M | 3.4% |
| 6 | EASTERN AIRLINES LLC | $18.0M | 2.6% |
| 7 | PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC | $9.6M | 1.4% |
| 8 | BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC | $9.0M | 1.3% |
| 9 | 9LINE LLC | $8.6M | 1.2% |
| 10 | BIGHORN AIRWAYS INC | $7.5M | 1.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $509.4M | 73.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $171.8M | 24.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $11.0M | 1.6% |
| Department of Justice | $5.6M | 0.8% |
| Department of State | $117K | 0.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $20K | 0.0% |
| General Services Administration | $0 | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | FY27 HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES BRISTOW LLC · Department of the Interior | $35.7M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND MEDIUM UTILITY HELICOPTER AVIATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IN ANTARCTICA FOR OCT-2026 - FEB 2027 FLIGHT SEASON AND REMAIN ON ICE UNTIL NEX PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC · Department of the Interior | $6.8M |
| Jul 10, 2026 | TASK ORDER FOR AIR ATTACK FLIGHT SERVICES WITH CAMERA SENSOR AND AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSOR OPERATOR IN SUPPORT OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS UNDER CONTRACT 140D0423D0085. BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC · Department of the Interior | $5.7M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | CALL WHEN NEEDED (UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-FOREST SERVICE) HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION MISSION- 2026 HELIQWEST INTER HELIQWEST INTERNATIONAL INC. · Department of the Interior | $4.3M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET - AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ATLAS AIR, INC. · Department of Defense | $4.1M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2027 | FY27 HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES BRISTOW LLC · Department of the Interior | $35.7M |
| Aug 18, 2027 | NAVY PARACHUTE COURSE RAMPART AVIATION, LLC. · Department of Defense | $31.9M |
| Dec 31, 2026 | AIRPORT SERVICES AGI CARGO, LLC · Department of State | $11.5M |
| Jan 10, 2027 | FUNDING FOR PILOT SERVICES FOR FY 26 CONTRACT 1202SA22T9701 CO MATT OLSON 9LINE LLC · Department of Agriculture | $8.6M |
| Sep 9, 2027 | TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND MEDIUM UTILITY HELICOPTER AVIATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IN ANTARCTICA FOR OCT-2026 - FEB 2027 FLIGHT SEASON AND REMAIN ON ICE UNTIL NEXT SEASON. PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC · Department of the Interior | $6.8M |
247 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $5.9M | 54.7% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $424K | 3.9% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $4.5M | 41.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 2% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 19. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.