Scott Hopes replaced as CEO of troubled Sarasota company AeroVanti

The former Manatee County administrator was notified that the brother of founder Patrick Britton-Harr is now in charge of the air service company.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:00 a.m. October 20, 2023
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Former Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes officially assumed his role as CEO of AeroVanti on July 25.

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Scott Hopes has been replaced as chairman and CEO of troubled Sarasota-based private air service company AeroVanti. His departure comes just months after taking on the job to turn around a company that close observers, clients and court papers say is in financial disarray, facing potential federal investigations and a growing number of lawsuits.

Hopes, in online statement posted to a Facebook page for disgruntled customers late Thursday afternoon, says he was replaced by Todd Britton-Harr, the brother of founder and former AeroVanti CEO Patrick Britton-Harr.