The Fly Alliance brand, leadership continue selling jet card and charter programs with support from the FlyExclusive fleet and infrastructure.
After selling its charter and maintenance operating certificates to former owner Kevin Wargo last week, Fly Alliance and its CEO, Christopher Tasca, have tapped FlyExclusive as its new operating and maintenance partner.
Fly Alliance has 350 jet card members and 30 fractional jet owners.
Fly Alliance will maintain its brand, leadership, charter, jet card, and fractional programs, along with its customer relationships.
Its program members get expanded access to flyExclusive’s nationwide fleet and operating infrastructure.
Last year, Fly Alliance ranked the 14th-largest U.S. operator by charter and fractional flight hours.
FlyExclusive ranked as the 5th-largest operator and is on a trajectory to pass Wheels Up and move into the fourth spot.
Under the agreement, FlyExclusive will provide flight operations, aircraft management, maintenance support, and related business services for Fly Alliance.
The deal was first revealed earlier today in FlyExclusive’s 10-Q filing as part of its Q3 2026 financial results.
The filing stated, “FlyExclusive will provide aircraft management, maintenance, finance, accounting, and treasury management services to Fly Alliance.”
FlyExclusive “will be entitled to retain the excess of revenue collected over expenses in connection with its delivery of services under the deal.
Raleigh, North Carolina-based FlyExclusive said the deal will expand its presence back to the heavy-jet category.
That includes restoring Gulfstream large-cabin operations, which were dropped as part of a fleet renewal program over the past two years.
FlyExclusive says it expects to add around eight aircraft from the deal.
The Federal Aviation Administration currently lists 18 aircraft as available for charter on the Fly Alliance certificate sold to Wargo.
The Fly Alliance fleet leaned toward super-midsize and large-cabin aircraft, although its jet card offers guaranteed availability on light and midsize jets.
By contract, 60 of FlyExclusive’s 73 jets are in the light or midsize category.
It’s unclear which aircraft will go to FlyExclusive, which will stay with Atelier, or which will go to another operator.
Last month, the Fly Alliance announced it would adopt Contrails FMS, FlyExclusive’s proprietary AI-powered flight management platform.
FlyExclusive CEO Jim Segrave said:
‘We’ve spent years building FlyExclusive to operate aircraft at scale, with the infrastructure, technology, and resources to deliver a consistently exceptional experience. This partnership demonstrates the value of that investment. By bringing together the additional aircraft and an established customer base onto our platform, we’re expanding our capabilities while creating opportunities for greater utilization, operating efficiency, and growth. Fly Alliance has built a valuable brand and strong customer relationships. We’re putting the strength of our operating platform behind those relationships to create more opportunities for both companies.’
Fly Alliance CEO Christopher Tasca added, “Fly Alliance remains Fly Alliance. Our customers will continue working with the people they know and trust, with the personalized service and attention that have always defined our company.”
Tasca continued:
‘What changes is the strength of the operating platform supporting us. By partnering with FlyExclusive, we’re combining our customer relationships, sales capabilities, and aircraft ownership programs with one of the industry’s most capable operating organizations. This gives us an outstanding foundation to continue growing Fly Alliance and serving our customers for years to come.’
For FlyExclusive, it is the third recent strategic partnership or acquisition with another operator since September 2024.
In 2024, it assumed management of Volato’s fleet.
It has since acquired additional Volato aviation assets.
Earlier this year, it acquired Jet.AI’s aircraft management division.
Earlier this week, tensions between Fly Alliance and Wargo’s new company boiled over.
A sales executive from Atelier Aviation, the new name for the charter operator certificate Tasca sold to Wargo, emailed brokers with flights booked on the fleet, saying they had been canceled and asked them to call Atelier to rebook.
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