CEO Interview: JetSuite Wants to Bring a Private Jet-Style Experience to the Masses
Photo Credit: JetSuite founder and CEO Alex Wilcox believes he can expand the company's JetSuiteX business. He calculates it could have 100 airplanes at some point. JetSuite
Skift Take
The list of new brands that wanted to disrupt private jet flying in recent years is long, but successes are few. Having someone at the helm who has solid experience in commercial aviation sets JetSuite apart from the competition.
At desert airports across the American west, scores of used Embraer E135s sit unattended, retired by American Eagle, United Express, and Delta Connection. Today, even regional airlines prefer airplanes twice as big as the 37-seat E135s.
But that makes them cheap to buy. And for one company, that means opportunity. Last year, JetSuite, a Southern California-based private jet operator, said it was buying 10 planes to start a business that operates more like a traditional commercial airline.
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It's called JetSuiteX and it's been flying for about a year. JetSuite has five airplanes and they generally fly from two airports in California — Burbank, near Los Angeles, and Concord, near Berkeley. Besides flying between the two airports, JetSuiteX destinations include B
