PlaneSense halts jet card sales on PC-12 fleet, continues CobaltPass program for PC-24
Why It MattersWhen demand outruns delivery schedules, operators increasingly ration jet card and membership inventory by aircraft type rather than expand sales commitments across the whole fleet.
What happened
PlaneSense has suspended jet card sales on its Pilatus PC-12 fleet, becoming the second major private aviation operator in recent weeks to curtail such sales after NetJets said last month it would stop selling jet cards and leases to new customers. PlaneSense is continuing to sell its CobaltPass jet card on its Pilatus PC-24 aircraft, and fractional ownership sales remain available on both the PC-12 and PC-24.
PlaneSense is the sixth-largest U.S. operator by charter and fractional flight hours, according to the most recent FAA data, which shows the company operating 49 PC-12s and 19 PC-24s. A PlaneSense spokesperson said CobaltPass has proven to be a popular entry point to the company's fractional program, and that availability is intentionally managed based on fleet capacity and demand to ensure the program does not affect operations or service quality. She added that CobaltPass inventory is coupled with fleet growth and that additional inventory is expected to be released in the coming months.
PlaneSense expanded its jet card offerings in 2024 and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025. NetJets has not indicated whether or when it may resume accepting new jet card clients. Separately, FXAir, a major broker that is part of Flexjet, Inc., said it has created a waitlist for its Aviation+ membership, which offers guaranteed rates and availability on the Phenom 300 and Challenger 300.
Industry impact & what to watch
PlaneSense's move follows the same pattern NetJets set last month: pausing card sales on a stretched aircraft type while keeping fractional ownership and other fleet types open. Jet card and membership programs sell guaranteed access to shared capacity, and that capacity is finite per aircraft type — when card volume threatens to crowd out fractional owners or degrade availability, operators close the entry point that is easiest to reopen rather than take on new long-term ownership commitments.
This is why the response is selective rather than fleet-wide: PlaneSense kept CobaltPass open on the PC-24 and kept fractional sales running on both types, tying new card inventory explicitly to fleet growth. FXAir's waitlist for Aviation+ on the Phenom 300 and Challenger 300 points to the same underlying pressure spreading to guaranteed-rate membership products elsewhere in the market.
The next signal to watch is whether PlaneSense's promised release of additional CobaltPass inventory materializes alongside PC-12 fleet additions in the coming months, and whether NetJets gives any indication of when it will reopen card sales to new customers.
