The Private Jet Index Updated September 15, 2026

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Recommend · 7.9App-quoted on-demand charter with in-house Part 135

Elevate Jet

United States · Brokers & operators · Tied T-1 with JSX

Software-fronted charter from Elevate Aviation Group, with the Azurite card if you want a locked hourly instead of shopping the board.

Good fit for: US, Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America trips that need an app price and a desk.

On-demand charterJet cardPart 135
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Recommend · 7.9Scheduled public-charter seats from private terminals

JSX

United States · Sell-by-seat · Tied T-1 with Elevate Jet

The highest-volume legal sell-by-seat product in the U.S.: a ticket on a 30-seat Embraer, not a whole jet.

Good fit for: Published U.S. city pairs where a private terminal and a fare beat a charter quote

Public charterNo membershipSemi-private
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Recommend · 7.8Premium 16-seat shuttle on leisure corridors

Aero

Los Angeles hub · Sell-by-seat · Founded 2020

One-one seating on dark-liveried jets. More cabin than JSX, higher fares, thinner route map.

Good fit for: West Coast and ski-country seats when the schedule matches

Semi-privateLeisure routes16-seat cabin
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Recommend · 7.7Northeast and Caribbean by-the-seat shuttles

Tradewind Aviation

Oxford, Connecticut · Sell-by-seat · Founded 2001

PC-12 and light-jet seats on island and New England city pairs, with a long operating history.

Good fit for: Westchester–Nantucket / Vineyard and Caribbean island hops

Scheduled seatsNortheastCaribbean
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Conditional · 7.4Helicopters, BLADEone seats, and crowdsourced flights

Blade

New York · Sell-by-seat · Seasonal long-haul seats

Airport helicopters are the core. BLADEone is the by-the-seat jet product, and inventory is thin outside peak leisure windows.

Good fit for: Manhattan helicopter transfers and seasonal Northeast–Florida seats

HelicopterBLADEoneCrowdsourced
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Conditional · 7.2Membership plus PC-12 seats on a scheduled network

Surf Air

United States · Sell-by-seat / membership

Pay a membership, then buy seats on turboprops. Useful on covered hops; poor if you need jets or off-network cities.

Good fit for: Frequent short-haul members on the published PC-12 map

MembershipTurbopropScheduled
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Conditional · 7.3Connect membership and shared-seat inventory

Wheels Up

United States · Sell-by-seat / membership

A membership company that also lists shared seats. Availability is the product risk, not the brand name.

Good fit for: Members who will fly shared inventory when a whole cabin is more than they need

Shared seatsMembershipOn-demand
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Conditional · 7.0Unused-seat marketplace after a charter is booked

Jettly

United States · Seat-share marketplace

You charter first, then try to sell empty seats. Not a scheduled shuttle. Inventory is opportunistic.

Good fit for: Charter clients who want to offset empty seats, and buyers hunting those listings

MarketplaceJet sharingBroker
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Watch · 6.8Peer-to-peer exchange for empty cabin seats

Flyjets

United States · Seat-share marketplace · Membership exchange

A secondary market for spaces on already-booked aircraft. Early product. Regulatory and liquidity risk sit in the same box.

Good fit for: Members willing to test a thin P2P board, not travelers who need a confirmed shuttle

P2PEmpty seatsWatch
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Recommend · 8.4Reference fractional network

NetJets

Columbus, Ohio · Fractional · Founded 1964

The benchmark share program: fleet depth and substitution when a tail goes down. Balance-sheet commitment is the price of that reliability.

Good fit for: Owners flying roughly 80–150 hours a year who need same-category aircraft

FractionalGuaranteed accessWhole cabin
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Recommend · 7.8Digital-forward charter brokerage

PrivateFly

United Kingdom / global · Brokers & operators

Instant-quote tooling and operator sourcing for trip-by-trip flying. You buy the aircraft, not a seat.

Good fit for: On-demand whole-aircraft trips with a digital quote first

BrokerOn-demandInstant quote
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Conditional · 7.6Jet cards plus XO shared-seat inventory

Vista / XO

Global · Jet cards + shared seats

Program flying with a large operator footprint. Shared seats exist on the XO side; the card is still a whole-cabin product.

Good fit for: Members who want program rates and will use shared flights when they appear

Jet cardShared seatsGlobal fleet
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Recommend · 7.7Large-network FBO handling and passenger services

Signature Aviation

Global network · Trip support & FBOs

Fuel, handling, and terminal experience across a wide base network. Not a flight provider.

Good fit for: Flight departments and travelers who need predictable FBO coverage

FBOHandlingTrip support
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