Finance, Taxes, Insurance
CJI Miami Panelists Dissect Scale, Culture in Bizav M&A
Speakers highlight risks, integration challenges, the importance of relationships
M&A Panel at CJI Miami 2025
From left: moderator Alisdair Whyte of Corporate Jet Investor; Jessie Naor, FlyVizor; Andy Priester, George J. Priester Aviation; KC Ihlefeld, Airshare © Amy Wilder

A Tuesday afternoon session at CJI Miami 2025 drilled into how aircraft management and operating companies are using mergers and acquisitions to grow, the risks behind those deals, and how to preserve service quality as fleets scale. Panelists from FlyVizor, George J. Priester Aviation, and Airshare described an environment where scale is increasingly necessary—but legacy, culture, and relationships remain at the heart of whether a transaction succeeds.

FlyVizor founder Jessie Naor, set the stage with one large transaction experience. “We weren’t aircraft management,” she paused to note, “totally different business model…I’m from the charter broker side, but I do work in this space in a lot of different areas, and it’s a challenge. I mean, aircraft management, obviously, there’s no fleet valuation. We had $100 million worth of airplanes.