Executive Air Transport

Executive Air Transport is a private aviation company in Muskegon, Michigan, that offers charter, aircraft management, maintenance, flight training, aircraft sales and FBO services. It has provided on-demand air travel since 1967. The company is privately held, and clients can reach the owner and managers at any time.

The company began when its founder earned his pilot licence in 1965 and started the business in 1967. The first aircraft was a single engine Bonanza, which flew many charter hours across the United States and Canada. The company added its first jet, a Falcon 10, in 1998 and a Gulfstream G200 in 2004. It later moved up to a Learjet 45, which can fly non-stop from Holland to Florida.

Charter flights run 24 hours a day, every day. The fleet ranges from twin engine aircraft to large jets, and flights go anywhere in the continental United States and Canada. The company says clients can choose from over 5,000 destinations. It also runs corporate shuttles.

Aircraft management is a full turnkey program. It includes trained crews, maintenance tracking, concierge services, FAA compliance, aircraft cleaning, fleet insurance discounts and fuel programs. Owners can also place some single engine and most multi-engine aircraft on the company's Part 135 charter certificate. The company says this can help offset ownership costs.

The maintenance team works on small single engine aircraft up to large multi-engine jets. It has experience with Falcon, Learjet, Beech, Cessna, Piper and Cirrus aircraft, and it supports Hawkers, Cessna Citations and Beechcraft King Airs. It does inspections, annual and phase work, and heavy composite repair on Cirrus aircraft. It became an authorized CubCrafters service center in June 2013.

In October 2012 the National Business Aviation Association gave the company, then called Tulip City Air Service, its Commercial Business Flying Safety Award for 2011. The award marked 48 years and over 30,000 hours of safe flying. The company runs a full service FBO with NATA Safety 1st certified line technicians. It acquired Air Service Inc. in 2019.

Services

• Charter brokerage
• Flight school
• Aircraft management
• Aircraft maintenance
• Aircraft sales and acquisition
• FBO services
• Corporate shuttles
• Concierge service
• Fuel programs
• Composite repair