Private aviation club denies allegations that firm’s fleet has been grounded

The founder of a membership-based private aviation club based partially in Sarasota, AeroVanti, is denying a pair of industry reports that contend the company’s fleet of airplanes has been grounded.  

Private air service industry publications Private Jet Card Comparisons and AINonline, in stories published June 26 and June 28, respectively, allege the club’s fleet has stopped flying. In one story, in Private Jet Card Comparisons, AeroVanti COO Paolo Ferrari confirmed the grounding, saying it was related to maintenance. Ferrari added that at least one aircraft was expected to fly soon.

Patrick Britton-Harr, in a June 30 interview with the Business Observer, says stories of the grounding allegations are false. “We just had a plane fly yesterday, and we will have another one today,” Britton-Harr says. “We are flying every day. We are totally operational.”