February 3, 2025
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Oxford, CT
Leadership
Eric Zipkin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
David Zipkin
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Adam Schaefer
Chief Operating Officer
Elise Garofalo
Chief Financial Officer
Adam Hohulin
Senior Vice President, Operations
Jen Lozada
Vice President of Revenue
Crist Stilanios
Vice President of Human Resources & People
Kyle Haines
Vice President of Maintenance
Paul Reilly
Chief Pilot
Jet Card Hourly Rates
$5,440 per hour, including FET on the Pilatus PC-12
Tradewind Aviation was founded in 2001 and remains a family-owned company.
Tradewind operates the largest on-demand fleet of Pilatus PC-12s in North America, with bases in the Northeast, Florida, and the Caribbean.
Its as-available jet card GoodSpeed offers flights on the PC-12.
It also offers by-the-seat scheduled flights using private terminals in the Northeast U.S. and Caribbean.
The company previously operated Citation CJ3s.
However, as of 2025 it was no longer operating the type.
2001
The Zipkin family
Not disclosed.
Not disclosed.
Eric Zipkin
Tradewind Aviation uses a fleet of owned and leased Pilatus PC-12s and Cessna Citation CJ3s.
Its Goodspeed jet card program begins at 10 hours
Tradewind Aviation offers fixed-hourly rates on an as-available program
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