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Volato Offers Lifeline to Jet It HondaJet Owners, Pilots

Volato is working to accommodate aircraft, pilots, and customers from shuttered fractional HondaJet provider Jet It.

HondaJet pilot greets business passengers on airport ramp — Volato is working to accommodate aircraft, pilots, and customers from shuttered fractional HondaJet provider Jet It. (Photo: Honda Aircraft)

By Mark Huber • Contributor

May 30, 2023

Atlanta-based Volato is moving quickly to accommodate stranded aircraft owners and pilots impacted by last week’s shutdown of fractional HondaJet provider Jet It. Volato CEO Matt Liotta told AIN this morning that his company is prepared to offer Jet It HondaJet owners short-term leases and onboard pilots displaced by the shuttering. Liotta said the key to the strategy was moving quickly before too many airplanes and pilots were dispersed.

He added that Volato had been in touch with roughly half of Jet It aircraft owners and that the company's former pilots were already applying for employment. Liotta said hiring simulator-current, insurance-qualified pilots was simply a matter of training on internal processes and a check ride.

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