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A $30 million state investment brings pilot training and expanded maintenance to the Global TransPark

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Vertical integration is easy to claim and expensive to build. The two pieces flyExclusive still bought from other people were simulator time and out-of-state heavy maintenance. Both are now coming to Kinston.

flyExclusive has secured a $30 million grant from North Carolina to expand its maintenance operation and develop a pilot training facility at the Global TransPark in Kinston. The project is anticipated to generate more than 100 new aviation jobs in Lenoir County.

The funding was authorised under Senate Bill 257 (Session Law 2026-41), signed on 7 July 2026. The North Carolina Global TransPark Authority will retain ownership of the facility while flyExclusive operates it under a long-term lease, with the company contributing significant private investment of its own.

What comes back in-state

The training centre addresses a cost that currently leaves North Carolina entirely. flyExclusive expects the facility to repatriate approximately $5 million a year in pilot training paid today to out-of-state providers — along with more than 8,000 hotel room nights per year that go with sending crews away to train. Simulators valued at roughly $12 million each will add to local property tax revenue.

The maintenance side follows the same logic. The expanded facility will include paint, avionics and refurbishment capability, allowing more scheduled and unscheduled work to be completed in North Carolina. The bulk of the company’s $75 million annual maintenance spend currently happens outside the state.

Why it matters operationally

Simulator capacity the company controls means recurrent training and type transitions get scheduled around the flying, not around a third-party provider’s calendar.
More heavy maintenance in Kinston shortens the ferry legs and the queues that stretch an inspection into weeks.
A training pipeline in the same town as the hangars keeps the crew and technician paths visible to the same local labour market.

Our people set flyExclusive apart, and this facility lets us develop world-class pilots and create hundreds of aviation careers here in North Carolina.
Jim Segrave, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

The announcement sits inside a broader 2026 growth plan that also included opening a corporate office in Raleigh as an additional talent hub. Kinston remains the operational and MRO centre of the company.

More on the maintenance organisation: Maintenance, Facilities and Careers.

Based on the company press release of 29 July 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

One standard across every tail in the fleet

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Most operators of this size assemble a fleet from other people’s aeroplanes. flyExclusive did the opposite: it built the fleet, the certificate and the hangars that keep them flying.

Every aircraft in the programme flies under Exclusive Jets, LLC — FAA air carrier certificate 3EJA805N — or an approved vendor air carrier. That matters more than it sounds. A single certificate means one set of operating specifications, one maintenance programme, one training curriculum and one safety management system, rather than a patchwork inherited from a dozen owners.

What the fleet actually is

The fleet is deliberately narrow. Light and midsize work is flown on the Citation CJ3+ and the Citation Excel/XLS. Super-midsize missions go to the Citation X and the Challenger 350. Short-field and water operations belong to the Cessna Caravan, on wheels or on floats.

Fewer types means deeper type expertise in the cockpit and in the hangar.
Common parts pools shorten the time an aircraft spends waiting on a component.
Crews stay current on the aircraft they fly most, not on whatever is available.

Maintenance is not outsourced

The maintenance, avionics, interior and paint work happens in flyExclusive’s own facilities. When an aircraft needs an inspection, a cabin refresh or a Starlink installation, it does not join a queue at a third-party shop whose priorities sit elsewhere. The Mobile Service Unit programme covers what cannot wait for a hangar slot.

The shortest distance between a discrepancy and a dispatchable aircraft is a technician who already knows the tail number.

The credentials behind it

flyExclusive holds ARGUS registration, is IS-BAO Stage 2 registered, and is a Wyvern Wingman operator assessed at Wyvern SMS Level 3. These are audited programmes, not self-declarations — which is the point of citing them.

The full picture, including how the safety management system is structured, is on the Safety & Certification page.

Record Jet Club momentum: new members are depositing more and flying more

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Three months after Jet Club was rebuilt around all-in pricing, the numbers that matter are the ones members generate after they join — not the ones in the launch release.

flyExclusive reported consecutive monthly operating records demonstrating accelerating demand for the redesigned Jet Club membership programme. May established a new company record for flight hours. June became the strongest non-holiday sales month in Jet Club history.

May, in operating terms

During May, flyExclusive ranked as the largest Part 135 charter operator in North America by both flight count and flight hours, completing more than 4,000 flights and over 7,000 flight hours.

What the new members did

New members deposited an average of more than $190,000 during May.
Total new customer deposits grew 32% against the prior-year period.
Customer satisfaction produced the company’s second-highest Net Promoter Score on record, with 86% of members classified as promoters.

Customers are joining at a faster pace, they’re depositing more capital, they’re flying more hours.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

As of the July announcement the company believed Jet Club membership sales were on pace to reach the highest annual level in its history.

Programme terms, current cabin classes and the membership agreement are on the Jet Club page. Figures there govern; this article reports what was announced.

Based on the company press release of 22 July 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Starlink installations move in-house

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Cabin connectivity stopped being a luxury somewhere around the point that a three-hour leg became a working afternoon.

flyExclusive’s avionics shop performs Starlink installations directly, alongside the flight-deck upgrade work it already handles. Keeping the installation, the return-to-service inspection and the records in the same building removes the handoffs that usually stretch a connectivity retrofit across weeks.

Why in-house shortens the calendar

The aircraft is already in a flyExclusive hangar for its scheduled inspection, so the antenna work overlaps with maintenance rather than following it.
Avionics, structures and interiors sit under one roof, so a panel that has to come out and go back in does not become a scheduling negotiation.
Certification and logbook entries are completed by the same organisation that did the work.

What it changes in the cabin

Enough throughput for video calls, cloud file access and streaming, for every seat at once, rather than a link that degrades as soon as a second device joins. On the Challenger 350 and Citation X in particular, that turns the longest missions in the fleet into usable working time.

Details of the avionics programme are on the Starlink and Avionics pages.

flyExclusive completes the Jet.AI aviation asset acquisition

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A transaction first announced in February 2025 closed in July 2026. What arrived was not only aeroplanes.

flyExclusive announced completion of its acquisition of Jet.AI’s aviation assets.

What transferred

Jet.AI’s Jet Card members.
Two HondaJet aircraft and one Citation CJ4.
Three future Citation CJ3 delivery positions scheduled for 2027 delivery, valued at approximately $4.1 million.
Approximately $6.1 million in securities, consisting of indirect ownership of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: SPCX) shares held through a special purpose vehicle.
Approximately $5.3 million in cash.

The SPCX position

The securities holding is an indirect interest in publicly traded SPCX shares. The special purpose vehicle’s direct interest is subject to pre-IPO lock-up restrictions releasing on a staggered schedule through December 2026. flyExclusive stated it intends to monetise the position in an orderly manner to fund fleet growth and operations.

Why delivery positions count as assets

Chief Financial Officer Brad Garner made the point that in the current aircraft market, delivery positions are strategic assets in their own right — a queue slot for a 2027 CJ3 has value independent of the aeroplane, because the queue is the constraint.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jim Segrave framed the acquisition as adding customers rather than simply assets: members who can begin using the existing fleet immediately.

Earlier stages of this transaction: the final approval milestone and the original definitive agreement.

Based on the company press release of 14 July 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

The amphibious Caravan opens water-access charter

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The last twenty miles of a journey are usually the worst part of it. A float-equipped Caravan removes them.

An amphibious Caravan can use a runway or a stretch of protected water, which puts the aeroplane where the destination actually is rather than where the nearest airport happens to be. For island work, remote lodges and yacht transfers, that is the difference between a same-day arrival and an overnight in a connecting city.

Where it fits alongside the jets

The Caravan is not a substitute for a Citation — it is the leg the Citation cannot fly. A typical pattern moves guests by jet to the nearest capable field, then transfers to the Caravan for the water arrival. Both legs sit on the same certificate and the same booking.

Wheels-or-water operation, so weather and sea state do not strand the plan.
Nine passenger seats with real baggage volume, including dive and fishing gear.
Short-field performance on the wheeled configuration for unimproved strips.

More on both configurations: Amphibious Caravan and Land Caravan.

How Jet Club hours actually work

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Jet card programmes are sold on lifestyle photography and explained in footnotes. This is the explanation without the footnotes.

The deposit

A Jet Club membership starts with a deposit that funds flight hours at a fixed hourly rate by cabin class. Hours are drawn down as you fly. Because the rate is fixed at the point of joining, a busy season does not reprice the flying you have already paid for.

Guaranteed availability

Availability is the part that separates programmes. A guarantee is only meaningful if it is backed by aircraft the operator controls — which is why fleet ownership and a single operating certificate matter to a membership conversation that appears to be purely commercial.

When your cabin class is out

If the requested class is unavailable, the next class up is offered at the lower class’s rate in the circumstances the membership agreement specifies.
Peak-day rules and call-out windows are set out in the agreement rather than decided case by case.
Unused hours behave according to the term you sign — read that clause; it is the one that varies most across the industry.

Who it suits

Broadly: enough flying that charter quoting becomes a chore, not enough to justify an aircraft. Beyond that, fractional ownership starts to make better arithmetic.

Programme specifics, current cabin classes and the membership agreement are on the Jet Club page. Figures and terms there govern — this article is an orientation, not a quote.

Jet.AI stockholders approve the merger, clearing the final milestone

flyExclusive Newsroom — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The vote that had been short by roughly 22,500 shares in June arrived on 2 July.

flyExclusive announced that Jet.AI Inc. stockholders approved the merger at their special meeting on 2 July 2026. The companies expected to close the transaction on or about 7 July 2026.

Operating performance cited alongside it

Q1 2026 revenue of $96.4 million, approximately 9% year-over-year growth.
Flight hours up 7% to 18,537 hours.
Positive Adjusted EBITDA for the second consecutive quarter, a $6.6 million improvement on the prior-year period.
In May 2026, the number one North American Part 135 operator by both flight hours and flight count according to ARGUS TRAQPak data, surpassing 7,000 flight hours in the month.

How the consideration works

Jet.AI stockholders of record as of 6 July 2026 receive merger consideration while retaining their existing Jet.AI shares — the structure that let Jet.AI shareholders take value from the aviation business without giving up continued ownership in Jet.AI itself.

With stockholder approval now behind us, we’re focused on executing.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The transaction closed the following week — see flyExclusive completes the Jet.AI aviation asset acquisition.

Based on the company press release of 6 July 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Inside the paint hangar

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A repaint looks like a cosmetic decision. It is mostly a corrosion inspection that happens to end in a colour.

Taking an aircraft back to bare metal exposes everything the old scheme was covering: filiform corrosion along fastener lines, previous filler, sealant that has gone hard. That is why the strip is scheduled as inspection time rather than prep time, and why the honest answer to “how long will it take” is always “after the strip we will know”.

The sequence

Strip and mask. Chemical or media strip, control surfaces removed and handled separately.
Inspect. Corrosion mapping, fastener condition, skin-lap sealant.
Fill and fair. The step that decides whether the finished aircraft looks poured or looks painted.
Prime. The layer nobody sees and every subsequent layer depends on.
Shoot and clear. Base scheme, then stripes, then registration marks.
Rebalance and reinstall. Control surfaces are re-weighed and re-balanced — paint is mass.

Why the last step is not optional

Paint adds weight in exactly the places where weight matters most. Control surfaces come off, get painted separately, and get re-balanced to specification before they go back on. A shop that skips it produces an aircraft that looks correct and flies wrong.

Scheme design, current capacity and the interior programme that usually runs alongside a repaint are on the Painting & Coating and Interior Refurbishment pages.

Strategic priorities reaffirmed, and the highest utilisation month in company history

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Mid-transaction updates usually say very little. This one put a number on the gap between where the vote stood and where it needed to be.

flyExclusive reaffirmed its strategic priorities for 2026 and provided an update on the pending merger with Jet.AI Inc.

The four priorities

Improving profitability.
Strengthening the balance sheet.
Increasing aircraft utilisation.
Creating long-term shareholder value.

As we move through 2026, our focus remains unchanged: improving profitability, strengthening our balance sheet, increasing aircraft utilization, and creating long-term value for shareholders. The pending Jet.AI transaction represents one component of that broader strategy.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

A record May

The company flew over 7,000 hours in May, the highest utilisation in its history.

Where the Jet.AI vote stood

As of the reconvened special meeting held on 24 June 2026, 688,285 shares — approximately 48.4% of Jet.AI’s total outstanding shares — had voted in favour of the merger, and approximately 99% of votes cast supported the transaction. Approval required holders of a majority of all outstanding shares, or approximately 710,861 shares, leaving roughly 22,500 additional affirmative votes still needed. The meeting was adjourned to reconvene on 2 July 2026 so remaining stockholders could vote.

Both Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass, Lewis & Co. recommended that Jet.AI stockholders vote in favour. The merger agreement remained in full force with no changes to terms, structure or economics.

The voting results demonstrate broad support among participating stockholders, and we remain focused on completing the transaction and moving forward with our strategic objectives.
Jim Segrave

Approval followed on 2 July — see Jet.AI stockholders approve the merger.

Based on the company press release of 24 June 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Fractional versus whole aircraft: the arithmetic

flyExclusive Newsroom — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The question is never “which is cheaper”. It is “at what annual utilisation does the fixed cost stop being wasted”.

What you are actually buying

A fractional share is an ownership interest in a specific aircraft, with a defined annual allocation of hours and a management agreement that covers crew, maintenance, insurance and dispatch. A whole aircraft is all of that, undivided — including all of the fixed cost, whether or not you fly.

The costs that do not care how much you fly

Crew salaries, training and currency.
Hangarage and insurance.
Scheduled inspections driven by calendar, not by hours.
Depreciation and the residual-value risk that goes with it.

Those are the numbers that make low-utilisation whole ownership expensive per hour flown. A share divides them.

The crossover

Below the crossover, a share carries less fixed cost than you would absorb alone. Above it, the allocation stops being enough and the incremental hours get expensive; that is the point at which whole ownership, usually with a management agreement and a charter revenue programme, starts to win.

Where the crossover sits depends on cabin class, mission profile and how much of the year the aircraft would otherwise sit. The Fractional page sets out current share sizes and allocations; Aircraft Management and Aircraft Partnership cover the whole-aircraft side.

The Mobile Service Unit programme, explained

flyExclusive Newsroom — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

An aircraft on ground is not a maintenance problem. It is a schedule problem that happens to need a technician.

The Mobile Service Unit programme exists for the discrepancies that do not justify — or cannot wait for — a ferry flight to a hangar. Units are dispatched to the aircraft with technicians, tooling and the parts a common AOG actually turns on.

How a call is handled

The discrepancy is triaged against the aircraft’s type and configuration before anyone is dispatched.
Parts are pulled from the fleet’s own pool where the type is one flyExclusive operates.
Where a repair cannot be completed on the ramp, the unit’s job becomes making the aircraft ferryable, not fixing it in place.

Who it covers

The programme serves the flyExclusive fleet and third-party operators. The response line runs around the clock — the point of an AOG service that keeps business hours is difficult to explain.

Coverage, contact routes and current response areas are on the MSU / AOG Response page.

Reading an empty leg honestly

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

An empty leg is not a discount. It is someone else’s schedule that happens to overlap with yours.

When an aircraft finishes a charter away from its next pickup, it has to reposition. Selling that repositioning leg is better than flying it empty, which is why the price is low. Everything difficult about empty legs follows from the fact that the flight was going to happen anyway.

What you give up

The date. It is fixed by the paying charter either side of it.
The route. Origin and destination are set. A 40-mile change can end the deal.
The certainty. If the originating charter moves or cancels, the empty leg moves or cancels with it.

When it is the right call

When the trip is genuinely optional in timing — a weekend, a golf trip, a second home — and you would otherwise fly commercially. When the trip is not optional, the honest advice is to book the flight you need and treat empty legs as a bonus you occasionally catch.

Current availability moves constantly; the Charter page is the place to ask rather than a list that is stale by the time it is published.

What an in-house crew pipeline buys a passenger

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Cancellations in this industry are rarely mechanical. They are a crew who legally cannot fly.

Duty limits, currency requirements and type qualifications are not negotiable, which makes crew availability the real constraint on a charter schedule. An operator that recruits, trains and upgrades inside its own pipeline can plan around that constraint. One that hires to fill this month’s gap cannot.

The chain

Recruit into a defined path rather than into a single seat.
Train on the types the fleet actually flies, in a curriculum owned by the operator.
Upgrade from right seat to left inside the company, so experience compounds rather than leaves.

Why it shows up in August

Peak season is when the difference is visible. Depth in the crew roster is what absorbs a weather day, a sick call and a maintenance slip landing in the same week — and it is built months earlier, in a classroom.

Open roles and the air-crew path are on the Air Crew Careers page.

Jet Club 2026: all-in pricing, rates locked for 24 months, no fuel surcharge

flyExclusive Newsroom — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Most of what makes a jet card invoice hard to read is not the hourly rate. It is everything attached to it.

flyExclusive launched Jet Club 2026, a redesigned membership programme built around simpler pricing, greater flexibility and more predictable cost. The programme removes structural complexity and introduces a longer-term model shaped around how members actually fly — one that rewards longer flights.

What was removed

The monthly membership fee.
Taxi time billing.
Late-night surcharges.
Regional surcharges.

What is included

All-in pricing with no fuel surcharge, launched into a period of rising industry fuel prices.
Member flying rates locked for 24 months from deposit.
Federal Excise Tax included in the quoted price.

Two tiers

The programme has two levels — Jet Club and Jet Club Plus — with the higher tier providing guaranteed access during peak periods. All flights operate through flyExclusive’s vertically integrated platform or approved partner operators.

This is a cleaner, more durable version of Jet Club. We’ve simplified the program, removed friction, and built something that is easier for our members to use and stay with over time.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Our members are seeing volatility everywhere. We made a decision to not pass that through. With Jet Club 2026, what you see is what you pay.
Jim Segrave

Three months later the company reported record membership momentum. Current rates and the membership agreement are on the Jet Club page.

Based on the company press release of 16 April 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

A patent application for schedule optimisation, and Contrails opens to other operators

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

When a day comes apart, most scheduling systems start again from nothing. The interesting claim in this patent application is that you can do the thinking in advance.

flyExclusive announced two technology milestones from the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference 2026 in Cleveland: a utility patent application for aircraft schedule optimisation architecture, and the launch of the Contrails Flight Management System to other Part 135 operators beginning in the second quarter of 2026.

The patent application

Application Ser. No. 19/568,916, titled Aircraft Schedule Optimization, describes a graph-based architecture for fleet scheduling and disruption recovery. Rather than recalculating schedules from scratch when conditions change, the system precomputes valid options across the full fleet, which allows near-instant schedule recovery during irregular operations. The performance advantage grows as fleet size and complexity increase.

What Contrails is

Contrails is a flight management system purpose-built for Part 135 operators. It combines flyExclusive’s own operational experience with intellectual property acquired from Volato Group, including the Mission Control flight management system. The platform integrates scheduling, crew compliance, dispatch, disruption recovery, fleet optimisation and wholesale charter coordination in one place.

Why give it away

flyExclusive launches Contrails in Q2 2026 and begins onboarding other operators at that point at no licence cost. The reasoning is in the chief executive’s own arithmetic below: demand the company cannot currently source lift for is a revenue problem that coordination between operators could solve.

We have spent years building flyExclusive into one of the most operationally capable private aviation companies in the country. Contrails is how we make that expertise available to the broader industry — and the intellectual property behind it reflects the depth of investment we have made in solving problems that matter to every serious operator. We believe the right technology, built by people who actually run flights, changes what is possible in this industry. Today we are unable to source lift for nearly 300 trip requests per day. We believe Contrails will allow us to address that demand far more efficiently — both within our own operation and through coordination with other operators — and that represents a material revenue opportunity for flyExclusive and for all participating operators.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The Mission Control intellectual property behind Contrails was acquired from Volato — see Mission Control transfers to flyExclusive.

Based on the company press release of 25 March 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

The MRO completes its first Challenger Starlink installation — and books a multi-aircraft agreement

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A dealership agreement is a piece of paper. The thing worth reporting is the first aircraft out of the hangar with the terminal on it.

flyExclusive announced completion of a Starlink installation on a Challenger aircraft under its authorised Starlink dealership agreement. The MRO division completed the installation in record time.

The cadence

Starlink Aero Terminals are designed to be installed in a few hours, which is what keeps downtime short. flyExclusive is targeting a five-to-seven day cadence as additional aircraft move through the pipeline — the difference between the terminal fit itself and the full turn of inspection, paperwork and return to service. The MRO has performed in-flight connectivity and avionics system upgrades across multiple aircraft platforms over several years.

What the system delivers

Starlink uses low Earth orbit satellites to deliver broadband supporting in-flight streaming, online gaming and video calls, with download speeds of 135–310 Mbps and latency below 99 ms.

Our team has extensive experience integrating advanced avionics and connectivity systems. Applying that expertise to Starlink allows us to execute quickly while expanding the commercial scope of our MRO business.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Third-party work

flyExclusive MRO also secured a multi-aircraft customer installation agreement under the dealership arrangement. The number of aircraft was not disclosed.

Programme detail is on the Starlink and Avionics pages. The dealership itself was announced in January — see flyExclusive named an authorised Starlink Aviation dealer.

Based on the company press release of 17 March 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

The only fractional shares on the Citation XLS+, and no monthly management fee

flyExclusive Newsroom — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The monthly management fee is the line item that makes a fractional share behave less like ownership than it looks on paper. This programme does not have one.

flyExclusive announced the reintroduction of its Citation XLS+ fractional ownership programme, making it the only operator offering fractional shares on the XLS+ platform. Shares are available immediately, with pricing starting from $695,000 depending on share size. Additional XLS+ aircraft are expected to enter the programme through 2026 to meet demand.

How the economics differ

Unlike traditional fractional programmes that layer on monthly management fees, the XLS+ offering carries none, giving owners the economic benefit of direct ownership without the administrative burden. At its price point the company positions the share as a value alternative to the Phenom 300 and Citation Ascend, with comparable or better cabin comfort and performance at a lower entry cost.

The aircraft

One of the widest and tallest cabins in its class.
Seating for up to eight passengers.
Satellite-based Wi-Fi connectivity.
Short-runway and hot-and-high performance.
Efficient operating economics.

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Segrave described the XLS+ as one of the most capable and well-rounded midsize jets, adding: “We’re proud to be the only operator in the market offering this aircraft on a fractional basis.”

Fractional owners sit inside the vertically integrated model, with maintenance, avionics and refurbishment handled in-house on the Kinston campus.

Share sizes, allocations and current availability are on the Fractional page; the aircraft itself is on the Citation Excel / XLS page.

Based on the company press release of 12 March 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Mission Control transfers to flyExclusive

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

flyExclusive secured the right to buy this software in October 2025. In March 2026 it exercised it.

flyExclusive acquired Volato’s Mission Control flight scheduling software, paid in FLYX Class A common stock under the structured agreement announced in October 2025 — the agreement that granted flyExclusive the right to acquire Volato’s technology platforms and intellectual property for up to an additional $2.0 million in stock.

What the platform covers

Flight scheduling optimisation.
Communications and CRM.
Crew scheduling.
Maintenance management.
AI-assisted pricing agents.
Analytics dashboards.

The point of buying it

The value for us is not selling scheduling software. The value is improving network efficiency.
Jim Segrave, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Volato’s chief executive Matt Liotta described the sale as reflecting a disciplined approach while generating incremental value for Volato shareholders.

Two weeks later the company announced that Mission Control’s intellectual property had been folded into Contrails, the flight management system it is opening to other Part 135 operators. The October 2025 agreement is covered in flyExclusive acquires Volato’s aircraft sales division.

Reported by Private Jet Card Comparisons, 10 March 2026, and disclosed in the company’s Form 8-K. Read the coverage.

Two more Challenger 350s bring the Challenger fleet to eight

flyExclusive Newsroom — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Fleet announcements are usually about capacity. This one is about which capacity earns its keep.

flyExclusive announced the addition of two Challenger 350 aircraft, continuing its planned expansion of high-contribution super-midsize capacity under the 2026 fleet modernisation and growth roadmap. The additions bring the Challenger fleet to eight aircraft.

Why this category

The company is deploying capital into the aircraft categories that deliver the strongest utilisation and contribution across charter, Jet Club and fractional ownership. The Challenger fleet currently represents the most economically productive segment of the flyExclusive fleet.

These additions reflect a deliberate capacity strategy focused on long-term value creation, not opportunistic growth.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The Challenger platform continues to demonstrate superior contribution and reliability. Expanding this category improves availability for our customers while strengthening overall fleet economics. We expect multiple additional Challengers, as well as additional XLS and CJ3’s to enter the fleet throughout 2026 as we continue executing this disciplined approach.
Jim Segrave

First to get Starlink

The Challenger platform is the first aircraft type in the flyExclusive fleet to be equipped with Starlink, with installations beginning immediately following the announcement. The first completed installation was announced in March.

Maintenance, refurbishment and avionics upgrades are performed in-house under the vertically integrated model. Aircraft detail is on the Challenger 350 page.

Based on the company press release of 14 January 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

flyExclusive named an authorised Starlink Aviation dealer

flyExclusive Newsroom — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Being able to buy the hardware is one thing. Being the shop that installs it — for your own fleet and everyone else’s — is a different business.

flyExclusive, a certified Part 145 repair station, signed an authorised dealership agreement with Starlink, becoming a certified dealer and installer for Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency aviation connectivity system.

Two things this enables

Installation across the flyExclusive fleet, beginning with the Challenger 350 fleet in early 2026.
Starlink sales, installation and support services for third-party aircraft owners and operators — an expansion of the MRO business.

What the system does

Starlink delivers up to 310 Mbps with latency as low as under 99 ms, supporting HD video conferencing, streaming, large file transfers and consistent VPN performance at altitude.

Our customers expect a world-class experience every time they fly with us, and that includes connectivity that works at the highest level. Starlink raises the bar for in-flight Wi-Fi.
Jim Segrave, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Connectivity is no longer a luxury. It is a core part of the passenger experience. Becoming a Starlink aviation dealer strengthens our MRO capabilities while raising the bar across our fleet.
Matt Lesmeister, Chief Operating Officer

The first completed installation followed in March — see the MRO completes its first Challenger Starlink installation. Programme detail is on the Starlink page.

Based on the company press release of 8 January 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

A Raleigh office at One North Hills, and what stays in Kinston

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

The question a second office always raises is what it takes away from the first one. In this case the answer was published alongside the announcement.

flyExclusive leased office space in the One North Hills Tower in Raleigh, North Carolina, a step taken in preparation for continued growth through 2026 and beyond. The office is intended to strengthen the company’s ability to attract talent, improve cross-functional collaboration and accelerate execution.

The ramp

Nearly 30 team members already based in Raleigh at the time of the announcement.
Temporary space for approximately 50 employees from February.
Permanent office scheduled to open by June, accommodating around 125 people.

Raleigh sits at the center of an exceptionally strong talent market and gives us the scale and proximity we need to move faster as a business. This expansion supports how we operate today, will improve how we deliver for our customers and where we are headed as a company.
Jim Segrave, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

What stays in Kinston

One North Hills is approximately one hour and fifteen minutes from headquarters in Kinston, and the company was explicit that Kinston remains core to its future. MRO capability — paint, interior, avionics and maintenance — continues to operate there, along with maintenance leadership.

Major investments at the NC Global TransPark were also confirmed: a new simulator training centre, a 121,000-square-foot hangar project supporting maintenance growth, and evaluation of a second paint booth. The state investment behind much of that was announced in July 2026.

This move strengthens the entire company. It positions us to collaborate better, grow faster, and continue building what we believe will be the premier private jet operator in the industry.
Jim Segrave

Based on the company press release of 6 January 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Air to sea: flyExclusive becomes Pardo Yachts’ premier private aviation partner

flyExclusive Newsroom — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Most brand partnerships in this industry are a logo swap. This one has an aeroplane at the centre of it that can land next to the boat.

flyExclusive announced a multi-year partnership with Pardo Yachts, becoming the yacht builder’s premier private aviation partner. The relationship is designed around a shared clientele that values design, performance and effortless mobility across both air and sea, and extends to curated travel experiences, private events and integrated destination access.

The capability underneath it

In July 2025 flyExclusive introduced the cornerstone of the partnership: its Amphibious Caravan service, which enables direct access to private beaches, islands and waterfront destinations across South Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. It allows clients to move from private aircraft to yacht-accessible locations without relying on traditional airport infrastructure.

Pardo is an iconic global brand that represents the pinnacle of the luxury yacht builders. This partnership is about experience, not just transportation. Our customers already expect exceptional service in the air. Partnering with Pardo allows us to expand that same standard of precision and design-driven thinking into how they arrive, explore, and experience destinations, creating a luxuriously blended travel experience beyond our fleet of aircraft.
Jim Segrave, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

What each side gets

flyExclusive owners and members receive privileged access to selected Pardo Yachts experiences.
Pardo clients are introduced to flyExclusive’s fractional ownership and Jet Club programmes through invitation-only opportunities and bespoke travel offerings.
Co-branded events and destination experiences through the year, including the FIFA 2026 World Cup, Formula One Miami and leading yacht shows in the United States.

flyExclusive is a natural partner for Pardo. Our clients value performance, design, and seamless experiences, and this collaboration allows us to extend that mindset beyond the yacht — creating a truly integrated air-to-sea lifestyle.
Dave Clark, US Managing Director, Pardo Yachts

More on the partnership at Pardo, and on the aircraft at Amphibious Caravan.

Based on the company press release of 5 January 2026. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

Six more Mobile Service Units, and the arithmetic behind them

flyExclusive Newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

An aircraft on ground is not a maintenance problem. It is a schedule problem that happens to need a technician — and the company has costed exactly what solving it faster is worth.

flyExclusive announced deployment of six new Mobile Service Units positioned in strategic markets across the Northeast, Southeast and Florida. The units became fully operational in October 2025, effectively doubling the company’s mobile maintenance footprint.

What a unit is

Each unit is a dedicated truck outfitted with specialised tooling, diagnostic equipment and parts inventory, with newly added maintenance staffing to go with it.

Where this is going

Five additional MSUs planned for early 2026.
Scaling to 20 units and 40 technicians by the end of 2026.

The number behind the investment

According to the company’s own data, every 1% improvement in dispatch availability generates approximately $3 million a year in incremental bottom-line profit. That is the case for putting technicians on the road rather than waiting for aircraft to come to a hangar.

Our customers expect to depart when their trips are scheduled, and our ability to deliver the experience they expect is driven directly by how rapidly we can return aircraft to service.
Jim Segrave, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Our MSU technicians are an extension of our hangar teams. They carry the same precision, training, and accountability into the field.
Alexander Bosco, Senior Vice President, flyExclusive MRO Business Unit

Early deployments supported overnight recoveries in Teterboro, Palm Beach and Atlanta, reducing AOG duration ahead of peak winter demand. As Segrave put it: “This is exactly where operational execution delivers real economic return.”

Coverage areas and contact routes are on the MSU / AOG Response page.

Based on the company press release of 4 December 2025. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.

flyExclusive acquires Volato’s aircraft sales division, with rights to Vaunt and Mission Control

flyExclusive Newsroom — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Three assets, one structure, and a deliberate decision not to buy them all at once.

flyExclusive entered into a structured agreement with Volato Group, Inc. to acquire Volato’s aircraft sales division for $2.1 million in FLYX stock issued immediately. At the time of the announcement the company said the division was expected to generate $6–8 million in profit in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The agreement also granted flyExclusive the right to acquire additional technology platforms and other intellectual property for a further $2.0 million in FLYX stock, bringing total potential consideration to $4.1 million in stock.

The two platforms

Vaunt — a luxury experiential travel application providing membership access to private jet empty legs.
Mission Control — flight management software for private aviation operations, built to streamline Part 135 scheduling.

Why structure it this way

Chief Executive Officer Jim Segrave said the structured transaction delivered greater value at an attractive multiple on invested capital while giving flyExclusive the ability to expand its services. Volato’s chief executive Matt Liotta said structuring it in stages protected the integrity of Volato’s separate M2i transaction while adding direct participation for Volato.

What happened next

flyExclusive exercised the technology rights in March 2026, buying Mission Control outright. That intellectual property became the foundation of Contrails, the flight management system now being opened to other Part 135 operators.

The aircraft sales business is on the Inventory page. The two companies’ relationship began with an aircraft management agreement in September 2024.

Based on the company press release of 7 October 2025. Read the original on the flyExclusive investor relations site.