Established South Florida-based Part 135 air charter operator with 20-plus years
of continuous operating history under a single ownership group. The Company
holds a full, jet-ready FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate with proving runs
already complete for turbojet operations
Held alongside the certificate is a complete authorization stack that takes new
applicants years and significant capital to assemble: CBP Reimbursable Services
Program, TSA Standard Security Program, CBP Overflight Exemption, and B050
international OpSpecs covering Canada, the Caribbean (including operations into
the Havana FIR under appropriate government approvals), Central America, Mexico,
South America, and the contiguous United States. The combination of all four
authorizations on a single certificate, with a clean compliance history and an
established relationship with the local FAA Flight Standards District Office, is
genuinely scarce in the market.
The Company operates three aircraft, all FAA-conformed and revenue-generating,
with one additional managed aircraft under a recurring management-fee contract.
Headquartered at the busiest South Florida airport for private travel, the
Company holds an on-field hangar and office - a meaningful real estate option in
a supply-constrained market.
The Company serves a diversified, repeat-driven customer book built over two
decades.
Customer concentration is materially better than typical small-charter
peers, repeat behavior is strong, and quote-to-book conversion runs well above
industry brokerage norms — indicating durable inbound demand independent of
marketing spend. A strategically meaningful share of the active customer base
also flies jets through other operators today, representing a direct upsell
pipeline for any acquirer with jet capacity ready to place on the certificate.
Management continuity.
All three FAA-required management seats — Director of
Maintenance, Director of Operations, and Chief Pilot — are filled by
experienced, long-tenured personnel willing to remain through a defined
transition, avoiding the multi-month FAA re-qualification cycle a new operator
faces when any seat goes vacant. The combined comp of the in-place trio is
materially below open-market replacement cost, an arbitrage already embedded in
the deal.
Open to a partnership / equity-participation structure for the right principal —
a qualified individual or group with the capital to participate, the operational
background to run day-to-day charter operations as principal, their own aircraft
ready to place on the certificate, and an existing client book or demand
pipeline to layer onto the existing customer base.
Under a partnership
structure, the owner remains available as Director of Maintenance through
transition and contributes the certificate, authorization stack, customer book,
hangar leasehold, and FAA management continuity, while the operating partner
contributes capital, day-to-day leadership, additional fleet, and incremental
client demand. Economic split and governance terms are open for discussion with
qualified candidates under NDA.