flyExclusive Enters Exclusive Agreement to Provide Aircraft Management Services to Volato Group Inc.
03 Septiembre 2024 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Agreement enables Volato’s customers to benefit
from flyExclusive’s vertically integrated operating platform
flyExclusive, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: FLYX) (“flyExclusive” or the
“Company”), a publicly-traded provider of premium private jet
charter experiences, today announced that it has entered into an
Aircraft Management Services Agreement (“AMS”) with Volato Group,
Inc. (“Volato”), the largest HondaJet operator in the United
States.
“As a fully integrated operator, flyExclusive is well-positioned
to offer synergistic value to Volato’s clients and deliver enhanced
value for our overall growing customer base,” said Jim Segrave,
Founder and CEO of flyExclusive. “Over the years, we’ve made
strategic investments to remove industry bottlenecks and grow and
maintain a leading, consistent customer experience. We’re proud to
welcome Volato’s customers and look forward to offering them access
to our growing fleet of light, midsize and super-midsize jets.”
Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will manage flight
operations, sales and expenses of Volato’s fleet, consisting of 13
fully fractionalized aircraft, 8 leased aircraft and 4 managed
aircraft. The goal is to transfer aircraft to the flyExclusive
certificate, which will occur over the coming months in
coordination with the FAA. The Company will also execute the
flights for the Volato customer base of approximately 184
fractional customers and 265 block customers on the Volato
certificate, until they are moved over to FLYX agreements, in
addition to Volato’s retail and wholesale business. This will
significantly increase the FLYX direct-to-customer facing business
as planned nearly immediately.
The AMS will be immediately accretive to both the top and bottom
line of flyExclusive. Volato revenues, excluding aircraft sales,
expected to transfer to FLYX are approximately $75m. Due to the
infrastructure flyExclusive has in place, the Company is confident
these flights can be executed with minimal additional overhead.
The Company anticipates fractional agreements and block time
customers will execute new agreements over the coming months and
become direct flyExclusive customers. The AMS also provides the
Company, with access to Volato’s technology through a software
license agreement. Lastly, the AMS provides access to a large
portion of FLYX empty-leg flights for the Vaunt software
subscription customers.
“flyExclusive is a proven operator with a robust platform and
unwavering focus on the customer experience,” said Matt Liotta of
Volato. “This agreement provides mutual benefit to both of our
companies and, most importantly, our customers benefit by increased
flight and service options with the reliable and high-quality
service they have come to expect from best-in-class operators.”
Volato recorded over 1,000 hours per month and over 12,000 total
flight hours in 2023.
About flyExclusive
flyExclusive is a vertically integrated, FAA-certificated air
carrier providing private jet experiences by offering customers a
choice of on-demand charter, Jet Club, and fractional ownership
services to destinations across the globe. flyExclusive has one of
the world’s largest fleets of Cessna Citation aircraft, and it
operates a combined total of approximately 100 jets, ranging from
light to large cabin sizes. The company manages all aspects of the
customer experience, ensuring that every flight is on a modern,
comfortable, and safe aircraft. flyExclusive’s in-house repair
station, aircraft paint, cabin interior renovation, and avionics
installation capabilities, are all provided from its campus
headquarters in Kinston, North Carolina. To learn more, visit
www.flyexclusive.com.
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result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could
cause actual future events to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements in this document, including but not
limited to: risks related to reliance on and the need to hire and
retain key personnel; the ability of the Company to file timely
file its required annual and quarterly reports with the SEC; the
ability of the Company to regain compliance with NYSE American
continued listing standards and maintain the listing of the
Company’s securities on a national securities exchange; the ability
of the Company to comply with covenants under and repay its debt;
the potential dilution of stock ownership by our capital raising
efforts; management of growth; the outcome of any legal
proceedings; volatility of the price of the Company’s securities
due to a variety of factors, including publication of articles
about the Company by third parties, changes in the competitive and
highly regulated industries in which flyExclusive operates,
variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in
laws and regulations affecting flyExclusive’s business; the ability
to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and
identify and realize additional opportunities; and the risk of
downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly
competitive aviation industry. The foregoing list of factors is not
exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and
the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors”
section of flyExclusive’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other
documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.
These filings identify and address other important risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, and the Company assumes no obligation and does not
intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. The Company does not give any assurance that it will
achieve its expectations.
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