Colin Fan ‘had not paid a single invoice’ after signing up for a lease under the NetJets fractional ownership program the lawsuit alleges.
While we are used to customers suing their private jet companies, NetJets has filed a lawsuit against a now-former customer.
The lawsuit alleges the customer flew for several months without making a payment on his lease agreement with the world’s largest private jet provider.
News of the lawsuit filed in Ohio was first reported in The Columbus Dispatch.
The filing alleges that after apparently choosing the lease option in its fractional ownership program, Colin Fan used his private jet access from March 2025 through June, when he was apparently cut off.
The California resident executed his agreement in early March.
In its filing, NetJets notes that lease and management fees are due on the first day of each month.
Charges for flight time are due within 10 days of receipt of the invoice.
It adds that lease and fractional customers have agreed to “a reasonable and enforceable liquidated damage clause designed to reimburse plaintiffs for the financial harm caused by early termination.”
The lawsuit states that Fan used his NetJets private jet access for flights from March 7, 2025, through June 30, 2025.
“By mid-August 2025, Mr. Fan had not paid a single invoice,” per NetJets.
That included management fees and lease fees.
It also included “fees associated with flight activity, such as occupied hourly fees, fuel costs, and costs of ground transportation.”
The number of flight hours, management, and lease fees were all redacted.
On Sept. 10, 2025, NetJets sent a notice of termination.
NetJets says the amount in question exceeds $75,000, although the exact figure was redacted.
It’s also seeking attorneys’ fees and interest on the amounts allegedly owed.
Is it possible to game NetJets for more than three months of flights without paying?
A lawyer not affiliated with the case, speaking on background, tells Private Jet Card Comparisons, “Typically, there is a lease deposit and also an occupied hourly rate deposit.”
The attorney noted, “If this were an interim lease and not a long-term lease, then NetJets also has his deposit for the share he was going to purchase, which they would also keep.”
Interim leases allow a fractional-share buyer to fly during the period between signing their fractional ownership contract and the start of their ownership, when the airplane is delivered and put into service.
The heavily redacted documents provided by NetJets made it hard to decipher the details.
The lawyer added, “Perhaps this was just a long-term lease, and no deposit for purchase share was made. I can’t tell from what they have provided.”
NetJets declined to comment, citing pending litigation.
Fan did not respond to a request for comment.
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