Ventura Air Services

Ventura Air Services, which also trades as Ventura Jet, is a private jet charter company based at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. Its website says the business was founded on Long Island in 1955 and lists a second office in Nashville, Tennessee.

The company offers on-demand jet charter, empty-leg flights, emergency charter, and organ and medical transport. It also provides aircraft management, including maintenance and avionics work, aircraft sales, and a charter lease programme in which owners place their aircraft on its charter certificate. A jet card programme is listed on the website without published details.

Ventura operates aircraft for charter rather than only brokering flights. Aviation trade publication AIN reported in April 2021 that the company was growing its Part 135 charter fleet, adding the first of three planned Cessna Citation Excels after taking on two Bombardier Challenger 604s in late 2020. Its website groups the charter fleet into mid-size and heavy jet categories and names the Citation Excel/XLS family and Challenger 604/605/650 in its lease programme.

On safety ratings, the website states that the company holds ARGUS Platinum certification, runs a safety management system and displays a Wyvern Registered Operator badge. Flyers who rely on these ratings can confirm their current status directly with ARGUS and Wyvern.