Paradise Jets

Strategic Private Aviation – 20+ Years Incident-Free Excellence

Core Services & Expertise

Paradise Jets operates as majority woman-owned aviation enterprise founded by husband-wife team Jamie and Cynthia Thomas, delivering strategic aviation solutions with 20+ years incident-free safety record, direct connection to 5,500+ airports, and trusted service for former US Presidents, global political leadership, Hollywood elite, and Fortune 500 executives.

Jamie Thomas brings 11,000+ flight hours, multiple type ratings, and career building/managing fleets with reputation guiding clients around million-dollar mistakes. Cynthia Thomas provides deep operational experience and relationship-building expertise elevating client interactions.

Core aviation services include:

Co-Ownership (JetEquity):

Equity-backed flying with transparent costs, no monthly fees, guaranteed 80% capital buyback, ownership mindset prioritizing equity over rental with strategic capital deployment and control over time and travel.

Charter (JetLife):

On-demand private travel access managed entirely in-house for consistency and care, not outsourced, ensuring control from ground to air. Paradise Jets solely operates every flight—every aircraft, every pilot, every detail under their care.

Buy & Sell Advisory (JetTrade):

Whether acquiring first aircraft or selling current one, handling every detail with discretion for clients requiring confidential transactions.

Aviation Consulting (JetStrategy):

Strategic aviation planning building strategies around client life, investments, and time rather than selling jets. Helping clients make sense of options and crafting strategies that fit individual needs.

Aircraft Management:

Operating and caring for client assets like own aircraft, removing logistics from owning while allowing full freedom, providing control, consistency, and care.

Maintenance:

From inspections to unexpected repairs, maintaining jets to highest standards on client schedule with elite safety standards.

Service philosophy: “We don’t sell jets—we build aviation strategies around your life, your investments, and your time.”

Service guarantees: Operated not outsourced (owning every detail ensuring control, consistency, care), uncompromising safety and absolute discretion, transparent competitive value with no monthly management fees and capital buyback options, client-first service treating clients like family with bespoke aviation strategies.

Geographic Reach & Capabilities

Operating from Scottsdale, Arizona headquarters with direct connection to 5,500+ airports providing national aviation coverage and scalable national model.

Headquarters: 14600 N Airport Dr, Suite 101 (South Complex), Scottsdale, AZ 85260

JetWise Live events: Houston and Orange County (December 2025) – executive-level educational experience for family offices, investors, operators providing confidence for strategic long-term travel decisions.

Service model: Local Scottsdale expertise with national vision, deeply rooted in Arizona while building scalable nationwide operations.

Industry Credentials & Partnerships

Paradise Jets maintains 20+ years incident-free operational excellence with trusted service for former US Presidents, global political leadership, Hollywood elite, and Fortune 500 executives validating highest discretion and security standards.

Leadership team:

Jamie Thomas (President): 11,000+ flight hours, multiple type ratings, accomplished pilot and aviation strategist leading with precision and vision, reputation guiding clients around million-dollar mistakes, trusted by Presidents, CEOs, Hollywood elite.

Cynthia Thomas (Senior Vice President): Deep operational experience, relationship-building expertise, co-founder of majority woman-owned enterprise.

Kyle White (Chief Pilot): Flight operations leadership

Traci Reuter (Chief Growth Officer): Business development

Steve Fields (Business Jet Director of Maintenance): Technical operations oversight

Sonia Quiroga (Director of Finance): Financial management

Ashley Penny (Senior Aviation Operations Specialist): Operations coordination

Core values:

• Ethical Integrity: Transparent honest dealings across all interactions
• Client-First Service: Clients treated like family with bespoke aviation strategies
• Operational Excellence: 20+ years incident-free, high-performance teams, elite safety standards
• Ownership Mindset: Equity over rental, strategic capital deployment
• Discretion and Security: Trusted by political leaders and UHNWIs prioritizing confidentiality
• Simplicity with Sophistication: Lean optimized operations, transparent pricing outperforming NetJets and FlexJet
• Local Expertise, National Vision: Scottsdale-rooted with scalable national model

Industry context: 30% increase private flights 2019-2024 creating popular yet complex market where smart accomplished leaders often misled by glossy sales pitches and costly mistakes.

Differentiation: Paradise Jets solely operates every flight versus competitors outsourcing operations, ensuring integrity as operating system rather than marketing promise.

JetWise Live educational initiative: Executive-level experience unearthing private aviation truths positioning attendees for strategic confident long-term decisions, addressing knowledge gaps costing clients millions.

Educational content: Three primary ownership models aligned to utilization/capital/tax strategy, cost structures ensuring jet serves as business asset not liability, rare transparency combining fine dining with actionable insights.

Client Benefits & Advantages

Paradise Jets’ 20+ years incident-free record provides exceptional safety validation for business aviation requiring zero-tolerance risk profile. Their former US Presidents and global political leadership clientele demonstrates highest security clearance and discretion capabilities.

Guaranteed 80% capital buyback with no monthly fees addresses common fractional ownership frustration where exit strategies create losses and monthly management fees erode value. Transparent pricing outperforming NetJets and FlexJet provides competitive advantage.

Solely operated flights (not outsourced) eliminates quality control concerns where competitors using third-party operators create inconsistent experiences. Direct connection to 5,500+ airports enables access to smaller regional airports unavailable to commercial aviation.

Jamie Thomas’ 11,000+ flight hours with reputation guiding clients around million-dollar mistakes provides expertise preventing costly errors common when sophisticated clients lacking aviation knowledge make uninformed decisions.

Majority woman-owned enterprise status (Cynthia Thomas co-founder) provides supplier diversity benefits for corporate clients with procurement requirements favoring women-owned businesses.

JetWise Live educational initiative addresses market inefficiency where 30% increase private flights created complexity with clients making expensive mistakes due to glossy sales pitches versus transparent information.

Quick Facts:

• Founded: 20+ years operational history
• Safety: Incident-free record
• Ownership: Majority woman-owned (Jamie & Cynthia Thomas)
• Experience: Jamie Thomas 11,000+ flight hours, multiple type ratings
• Access: 5,500+ airports direct connection
• Clientele: Former US Presidents, global political leadership, Hollywood elite, Fortune 500
• Headquarters: Scottsdale, AZ
• Contact: +1.800.898.8979

For Fortune 500 executives requiring guaranteed 80% capital buyback with no monthly fees, political leaders demanding absolute discretion with Presidential-level security, family offices seeking strategic aviation planning preventing million-dollar mistakes, corporate clients requiring majority woman-owned supplier diversity, and high-net-worth individuals needing transparent pricing outperforming NetJets/FlexJet with solely-operated consistency, Paradise Jets provides the 20-year incident-free expertise, ownership mindset, and in-house operations essential for strategic private aviation solutions.

Contact Details:

Phone: +1.800.898.8979
Email: info@paradisejets.com
Address: 14600 N Airport Dr, Suite 101 (South Complex), Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Website: https://paradisejets.com/
Ownership: Majority woman-owned enterprise
Leadership: Jamie Thomas (President, 11,000+ flight hours), Cynthia Thomas (Senior VP)
Safety: 20+ years incident-free

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