AeroVanti Founder Patrick Britton-Hall is still pitching private jet flights, and says he has added a midsize Citation Excel.
Despite a recent consent final judgment for $3.4 million against AeroVanti, its founder, Patrick Britton-Harr, is still pitching private jet charter flights.
He now says he has added a Citation Excel with discounts for members who are owed flights from unused deposits.
The judgment for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was for an unpaid sponsorship.
Per the court:
‘Plaintiff, Buccaneers Team LLC, whose address is One Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Florida 33607, shall recover from Defendant, AeroVanti, Inc., whose address is 2 Compromise Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21202, the sum of $3,339,582.00, plus pre-judgment interest at the current statutory rate of 9.38% percent per annum from the date of the Stipulation. The interest rate will adjust in accordance with Section 55.03, Florida Statutes for all of which let execution now issue.’
Still, a former AeroVanti member forwarded an email sent today by Britton-Harr from an AeroVanti email address.
The subject line was, “AeroVanti Adds Mid-Size Citation Excel for Members.”
The email read, “We are pleased to announce that AeroVanti has added a mid-size Citation Excel for Members flight access.”
It continued, “A few Top Gun Members and Investors have facilitated the acquisition and use of this 8-passenger aircraft, and AeroVanti members are now able to request flight bookings!”
Britton-Harr told members, “This Citation Excel will be offered at $7,995 per hour Retail and at $6,495 for Top Gun Members, applying $1,500 per hour use of their Top Gun Credit Balance.”
He added, “Members will be able to reserve Block time hours of 25 hours, and those who do will be able to apply $2,000 per hour from their top gun balance for a block rate of $5,995 per hour.”
Britton-Harr continued in the email, “The stability of successful flights for the membership program is the primary focus.”
He concluded, “We believe we will achieve this objective with adding this Mid-Size aircraft and others to come.”
AeroVanti and Britton-Harr have been the target of more than half a dozen lawsuits.
The Chicago Cubs filed litigation for unpaid marketing.
The Justice Department has sued Britton-Harr, alleging fraud related to medical testing companies he was running.
Last July 18, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland entered default judgments for the United States totaling $26.3 million against Patrick Britton-Harr and multiple laboratory companies he owned for violations of the False Claims Act.
Scott Hopes, who briefly served as CEO, said during his tenure, AeroVanti had racked up around $50 million in debt.
Since last Fall, Britton-Harr has been emailing members promising a restart, which he says took place at the end of November.
The new flights were being marketed via BrixleyXchange, which lists a Delaware corporate registry as its business address.
However, a contact phone number removed from the Brixley website was identified as belonging to the founder’s brother, Troy Britton-Harr.
In one email exchange, the AeroVanti CEO wrote in part, “All other parties are independent and have only collaborated to provide this assistance. Absolutely zero funds are going to AeroVanti from this structure.”
Today’s email did not mention BrixleyXchange with Britton-Harr asking recipients to contact him directly.
During its brief time in the skies, AeroVanti attracted over 400 members, according to various filings.
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