Volato Executive Overview
| Year Founded | 2021 |
| Leadership | Matt Liotta, Founder and CEO Nicholas Cooper, CRO and Co-Founder Phil Michaels, Chief Strategy Officer Azim Sumar, Chief Pilot Tom Chapman, Vice President, Sales |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Fractional Ownership Aircraft | HondaJet HA-420, Gulfstream G280 |
| Related Products | On-demand charter, jet cards, aircraft management |
| Related Companies | Gulf Coast Aviation Houston |
Volato was founded in 2021 by series entrepreneur Matt Liotta as a HondaJet very light jet program.
In September 2022, the company added fractional shares in the Gulfstream G280 super-midsize jet.
Volato decouples fractional ownership from usage. Owners buy a share but can fly as many or as few hours per year as they wish.
Owners also receive a charter rebate based on all hours flown on their tail, including their own flight hours.
This means flights are conducted under Part 135 rules, and hence mean a 7.5% Federal Excise Tax.
However, the formula means owners don’t have to worry about using a fixed number of flight hours on an annual basis.
According to Private Jet Card Comparisons exclusive FRACTIONAL AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP COST CALCULATOR, the result is a low delta for your effective hourly rate if you underfly.
For example, a quarter shareowner who flies 100 hours per year instead of 200 hours effectively pays only $84 per hour more.
With traditional methodology, an owner who under flies annual hours would end up paying over $2,500 more on a per-flight hour basis.
Volato Fleet
| Aircraft Type | Number in Fleet |
| HondaJet HA-420 | 17 |
| Gulfstream G280 | On order |