FlyExclusive to add more mobile service units in 2026

After doubling the number of mobile service units last month, FlyExclusive plans to add five more next year.

The company calls the rapid-response maintenance units “a major investment in fleet reliability.”

The units are dispatched to repair aircraft with maintenance issues when they are away from the company’s Kinston, North Carolina, base.

Each unit includes a dedicated truck outfitted with specialized tooling, diagnostic equipment, and parts inventory.

Newly added maintenance personnel represent “a substantial capital and operational investment designed to accelerate return-to-service performance.”

Plans call for growing to 20 units and 40 technicians by the end of next year.

Every 1% improvement in dispatch availability generates $3 million in incremental bottom-line profit per year.

Chairman and CEO Jim Segrave says, “Our customers expect to depart when their trips are scheduled, and our ability to deliver the experience they expect is driven directly by how rapidly we can return aircraft to service.”

He adds, “These mobile service units expand our bandwidth, increase our responsiveness, and strengthen our ability to solve problems in real time—on the ramp, at night, and wherever our aircraft need support.”

Its FAA Part 145-certified MRO in Kinston coordinates deployments using digital work-order systems, real-time tracking, and photo documentation.

The company says that by repairing aircraft overnight, it has already reduced maintenance-related delays.

The nation’s fifth-largest charter/fractional operator recently reported it moved to positive EBITDAR in its Q3 earnings.