Alerion Aviation

Alerion Aviation is a US business aviation company that manages private aircraft and offers them for charter. This listing is filed under Farmingdale, New York, at Republic Airport (FRG). Independent sources also link the company to Long Beach, California, and an NBAA employer profile lists bases in Southern California, West Palm Beach, Florida, Farmingdale, New York and Teterboro, New Jersey.

According to its NBAA employer profile, Alerion holds FAA certificate number K55A584L. That means it is a certificated operator that flies charter on aircraft under its own certificate, not only a broker. Its main published services are aircraft management and on-demand charter. A public company history also says the business moved into aircraft sales and acquisitions.

The company's roots go back to 1993, when it started in Alaska as Skookum Air, Inc. It flew a single-engine Cessna 185 carrying fishermen, hunters and supplies to remote towns. It soon moved to Long Beach Airport, took the name Air Rutter International, and set up an FBO and fuel farm there. In 2010 it became JetFlite International and opened an East Coast base at Farmingdale Republic Airport. After a merger with ACP Jet in 2016, the combined business took the name Alerion Aviation.

Flyers comparing operators can ask Alerion for its current fleet list and the aircraft offered on a given trip. They can also ask for its safety audit ratings, such as ARGUS or Wyvern, which PJReviews has not confirmed. Owners thinking about management can ask which base would look after their aircraft and what the management agreement includes.