Alerion Aviation

Alerion Aviation is a private jet charter and aircraft management company with its operating base at Long Beach Airport in California. The business traces back to Skookum Air, founded in Alaska in 1993, which later became Air Rutter International and then JetFlite International before taking the Alerion Aviation name after a 2016 merger with ACP Jet.

Its website lists on-demand charter, aircraft management, and maintenance coordination, along with in-house dispatch and crew. Management clients are also offered aircraft sales and acquisition consulting. Charter flights are operated under Air Rutter International LLC's FAA Part 135 certificate or by approved vendor carriers, and a separate Alerion Jets brand arranges flights worldwide with third-party operators.

The fleet shown on the website is made up of midsize and large cabin jets, including an Embraer Legacy 600, Bombardier Global 5000, Gulfstream IVSP, Gulfstream G280, two Gulfstream G200s and a Citation X, with 8 to 13 seats. Wikipedia lists a fleet of 14 aircraft, so availability may vary from what the website shows.

Besides Long Beach, the company lists locations at West Palm Beach and Opa-locka Executive in Florida, Farmingdale in New York, and Teterboro in New Jersey. Its website displays a Platinum Elite safety rating seal, Wyvern verification and Air Charter Safety Foundation membership. Flyers should confirm current audit status with the rating bodies directly.