Cottrell Aviation Services

Cottrell Aviation Services (CAS) is a family-owned aircraft management and pilot services company at 2661 Topaz Way in Tallahassee, Florida, founded in 2009 to support aircraft owners and operators around the world. Captain Trey Cottrell, a furloughed airline and corporate pilot, started the business during the aviation downturn of the mid-2000s to provide contract pilot services, mainly on the Hawker 400 series, and went on to fly North Atlantic crossings in winter, factory deliveries to Central America and pilot training for foreign governments before serving as chief operations officer of a medevac airline in Indonesia.

Services

• Aircraft management covering purchase planning, staffing, training, flying and managing, with advice on aircraft selection and legal issues
• Domestic and international pilot services for short or long-term crew needs
• Global aircraft delivery, with international ferry and entry-into-service experience in more than 30 countries
• Initial operator experience and crew training from instructors drawn from military and civilian training backgrounds, delivered anywhere in the world
• Purchase and sales support, and executive and cargo transport with selected operators worldwide

Team

• A multi-pilot operations team built around a core of experienced professional aviators from military and civilian backgrounds, hand-picked from the top schools and organisations
• Captain Trey Cottrell, managing member, with ratings on the BE-400, Cessna 525, 680 and 700 series and Embraer 145 (Legacy 600) and 550 series
• Other crew members with ratings including the L-188 (P-3 Orion), T-34, Cessna 750, Bell 206 and 407, King Air 350ER, 300 and 200

Approach

CAS says it provides aircraft services focused on safety, legality, cost effectiveness and professionalism, selecting only professional operators around the globe so that ownership is safe and enjoyable, and that in an industry of disposable companies it offers support it is confident enough to put its name on. The website shows a map of the regions its crews have flown, including Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Australia, and the company recruits pilots through an online application.

Shows

Cottrell Aviation Services appears in the exhibitor lists of NBAA-BACE 2026 and NBAA-BACE 2027.

Contact

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