Surf Air Mobility Signs First OperatorOS Commercial Contract with Sprintbach Aviation

Surf Air Mobility (NYSE: SRFM) has signed a definitive agreement with Sprintbach Aviation for its OperatorOS software, marking the first commercial contract for the platform since its launch. Under the deal, Surf Air Mobility will earn a percentage of revenue for all Sprintbach Aviation flights managed through OperatorOS, and the company has set a target of having five operators live on the platform by the end of 2026.

OperatorOS, powered by Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR), is designed to manage aircraft and crew scheduling, flight management, reporting, and distribution for Part 135 operators. It has been used internally to run Surf Air Mobility's own airline operations — Southern Airways and Mokulele Airlines — since 2025, and was recently approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as an authorized system of record for electronic signatures and recordkeeping. Sprintbach Aviation currently operates nine aircraft with 16 pilots on staff, already flies for Surf On Demand, and has direct experience observing OperatorOS in daily airline operations.

Liam Fayed, Co-founder of Surf Air Mobility, said OperatorOS "has already proven efficiencies within our own airline operations, and we are now bringing this software to operators across the industry," adding that the agreement "marks the official commercial launch of OperatorOS" and that Sprintbach is "the first of many." Mark Hankinson, President of Sprintbach Aviation, said the platform's integration with Palantir means "our operational data is actually connected and working for us, not sitting in separate spreadsheets." OperatorOS is one of three flagship products within Surf Air Mobility's SurfOS platform, alongside BrokerOS and OwnerOS, designed to connect brokers, operators, and aircraft owners on a single platform. Surf Air Mobility is headquartered in Los Angeles and operates one of the largest commuter airlines in the United States by scheduled departures.

This deal belongs to a broader move by carriers that build internal operating software to turn that tooling into a separate revenue line by selling it to peers rather than keeping it in-house. A revenue-share structure tied to flight volume means Surf Air Mobility's return scales directly with how much flying Sprintbach and future customers actually run through the platform, rather than through a flat licensing fee.

Part 135 operators are typically fragmented and run on a mix of spreadsheets and point solutions for scheduling, crew management, and recordkeeping, which is the gap OperatorOS is positioned to fill — helped by the FAA's approval of the system for electronic signatures and recordkeeping, a regulatory credential that lowers adoption friction for operators considering the switch. Whether that credential and Sprintbach's prior exposure to the software through Surf On Demand translate into the stated goal of five live operators by the end of 2026 will depend on how many additional Part 135 operators sign similar agreements over the coming months.