JetSuite bankruptcy payments prove bitter

JetSuite

Payouts are falling short of the promised 3 and 15 cents on the dollar for JetSuite SuiteKey members

JSX may be flying high. Its sister, the former JetSuite, is operating Part 135 on-demand charter flights under the Superior Air Charter banner. But, former SuiteKey members, who had $50 million in funds at the time of its grounding, are getting a bitter pill.

JetSuite is flying again as Superior Air Charter

JetSuite Superior Air Charter

With three Embraer Phenom 100s, JetSuite had told the bankruptcy court it intended to restart operations, and it may just have done that

It looks like JetSuite is getting ready to relaunch operations, if it hasn’t already.

A website with the URL superior.flights, was created on Oct. 16 and used the same syntax as an updated message on the JetSuite.com website. Perhaps coincidentally, JetSuite received $6.5 million in CARES Act payroll support funds on the same date.

NBAA, NATA take CNBC to task for Clay Lacy and CARES Act coverage

Clay Lacy Aviation private jet charter

Two private jet trade groups are accusing the cable network of misrepresenting Clay Lacy and the importance of business aviation

A letter issued yesterday by the top executives of the National Business Aviation Association and National Air Transport Association said CNBC coverage of the CARES Act distorted the impact of Covid-19 on business aviation.

A post on NBAA’s website was titled, “CNBC Distorts Pandemic’s Impact on Business Aviation, Specifically Charter Company Clay Lacy.”

Bankrupt JetSuite’s sister JSX nets $8.9 million in CARES Act funds

JetSuite bankruptcy

After shutting down and filing for Chapter 11, JetSuite’s jet card customers may lose $50 million in unused flight credits. Sister JSX, which is still flying, just received $8.9 million in COVID-19 relief

OneSky Flight, parent of Flexjet, Sentient Jet, and PrivateFly; Airshare; FlyExclusive, and Tradewind all received CARES Act funding, according to the updated Treasury Department list

View the entire list, including all 202 aviation companies receiving COVID-19 payroll support

This may not sit well with JetSuite’s 1,000 or so SuiteKey customers who have around $50 million in unused flight credits. Delux Public Charter, LLC, a related company that flies under the JSX brand received $8.96 million in CARES Act COVID-19 relief funds.

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