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Sky Travel Solutions launches jet card program with Hawker 400XP fleet and light jet focus

Why It MattersNew jet card entrants compete on tiered volume discounts, rate locks and guaranteed WiFi rather than fleet size, testing whether service terms can substitute for scale in a crowded card market.

What happened

Sky Travel Solutions, a Winter Park, Florida-based private aviation company, has launched a jet card program called Sky Travel Club, with an initial focus on light jets using a Hawker 400XP fleet. The company was founded by Kevin Wargo, who previously built Fly Alliance into the 14th-largest U.S. charter operator by charter and fractional hours in 2025, and Pedro Bizzotto, a Brazilian business aviation veteran who relocated full-time to the U.S. last year after selling his stake in SyncJet Brazil, a company he cofounded that operates a fleet of 60 aircraft, including 16 Hawker 400s.

Sky Travel Solutions launches jet card program with Hawker 400XP fleet and light jet focus

Wargo sold his controlling interest in Fly Alliance to former co-founder Christopher Tasca in July, then purchased Fly Alliance's used parts business last week before launching Sky Travel with Bizzotto. The two met in March when discussing storage for Fly Alliance's parts aftermarket business; during that meeting, Bizzotto expressed his intent to establish a U.S. charter operator. They subsequently acquired Sky Travel's existing charter certificate. The company's first Hawker 400XP began flying last week; it currently employs eight pilots and is actively hiring more.

The Sky Travel Club jet card is structured in three tiers of 25, 50, and 100 hours across six cabin categories: light jet, midsize, super-midsize, premium super-midsize, large, and ultra-long-haul. Members can switch between cabin categories at published rates. Volume discounts include 2% for 50-hour purchases and 5% for 100-hour purchases. Call-out notice requirements are tiered at 48 hours for 25-hour cards, 24 hours for 50-hour cards, and eight hours for 100-hour cards. Funds never expire, and a 12-month rate lock is standard. Starting pricing is $7,650 plus federal excise tax for 25 hours on a light jet, rising to $16,060 plus federal excise tax for ultra-long-range aircraft. A 120-minute daily flight minimum applies. The fixed-rate service area covers the continental United States, Bermuda, Mexico, and select Caribbean destinations, with a 10% surcharge for Caribbean flights. One-way cancellations currently carry a penalty, though Bizzotto indicated that policy may change. The company is guaranteeing WiFi across all cabin categories; its light jet fleet currently uses Gogo and plans to transition to Starlink.

Industry impact & what to watch

A jet card launch built around a single light-jet type and a small pilot roster is a different bet from the multi-tier fleets larger card programs run, and it puts weight on how fast Sky Travel can add aircraft and crew to back its 25/50/100-hour tiers across six cabin categories it does not yet operate itself in most of those classes.

Jet card economics depend on locking in enough hours at a fixed rate to cover the cost of guaranteed lift, which is why volume discounts, tiered call-out windows, and a 12-month rate lock all appear here: each one trades pricing certainty for the member's commitment to book ahead. The one-way cancellation penalty that Bizzotto signaled might change is the kind of term that card buyers compare directly against competitors before committing hours.

Whether Sky Travel scales past its first Hawker 400XP and eight pilots, and whether it can staff and equip the midsize-through-ultra-long-haul tiers it is already selling, will show up in how quickly it adds aircraft and crew relative to card sales. The Gogo-to-Starlink WiFi transition and the future of the cancellation policy are both near-term items Bizzotto has already flagged as unsettled.

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