What Does an Aircraft Management Company Do?
Large corporations with multiple aircraft often establish a corporate flight department to manage aircraft operation. For individual owners and family offices, though, utilizing a top aircraft management services company like Clay Lacy Aviation offers the same personalization of having your own private flight department as well as the benefits of being part of a fleet with deep expertise, relationships and resources.
Your Aircraft Manager Leads the Way
Proven over nearly 60 years, our unique personalized approach to aircraft management delivers a deeply personal, hospitality-driven, legacy-rich ownership experience. What does an aircraft management company do? At Clay Lacy, we function as your private flight department.
We build a support system around you, a team of specialized professionals who work together. At the center is your Aircraft Manager: your single point of contact, responsible for orchestrating the day-to-day and long-term success of your ownership experience. Supporting them is a network of experts in every discipline, aligned to your mission and ready to serve.
- Your single point of communication
- Provides oversight, direction and cross-team coordination
- Proactively solves problems, answers questions, manages team’s service
Financial Analysis to Keep You Informed
Our integrated reporting and analytics ensure total transparency and the highest degree of data integrity. Your dedicated Financial Analyst will provide robust data insight to how your aircraft operates, identifying trends and making recommendations. We give you the tools to make better decisions, driven by thorough analytics.
- Monthly Summary and YTD P&L
- Live owner dashboard
- Client portal provides 24/7 access
Savings Where it Matters Most
We help aircraft owners reduce operating costs where it counts — fuel, training, maintenance and insurance. Through our scale and mission-specific strategies, our private jet management clients save an average of 15% – and up to 20% – annually compared to managing these services independently.
Industry Unique Segregated Accounting
Your aircraft’s operating expenses are funded through an FDIC-insured interest-bearing checking account, providing enhanced, transparent reporting and 24/7 visibility.
Premium Charter Offset
Clay Lacy has built long-standing relationships throughout the industry, allowing aircraft owners access to and preference with premium charter customers. Our team prioritizes the right charter clientele, that protects your valuable asset while also offsetting some aircraft operating costs through charter revenue.
Superior Care and Aircraft Maintenance
Our comprehensive maintenance oversight and advisory services enhance the safety and performance of your asset. Minimizing downtime, increasing dispatch reliability, reducing expenses and maximizing resale value.
Your maintenance director coordinates inspections around your schedule. Our expertly trained technicians are some of the best in the industry. On the ground or in the air, no one delivers greater safety, service and value.
Aircraft in our managed fleet also benefit from our in-house maintenance with:
- Full-service MRO on East and West coasts
- A variety of services: avionics, interiors, repairs, upgrades and more
- Authorized avionics and cabin entertainment dealer for manufacturers
- Higher dispatch reliability and less downtime
- Onsite parts inventory
We offer MRO services for Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, Gulfstream and Hawker jets at our two Part 145 Repair Stations. Additionally, our 24/7 AOG Mobile Response Teams are available in Oxford, CT; Seattle, WA; and Southern California.
Flight Crew at the Highest Standard
Only the best pilots and cabin attendants serve our aircraft owners. Before you meet any prospective crewmember, be assured that they have undergone a multi-step recruiting, vetting and interview process to ensure the best experience, training and fit with your aircraft. We’ve analyzed the needs of your aircraft flight profile and only recommend the most qualified whom we stand behind.
Our pilots go through award-winning, biannual flight training using state-of-the-art full-motion simulators as well as annual international and onboard emergency training. Cabin attendants are not only experts in emergency and safety procedures – they’re also trained in the culinary arts.
Flight Coordinators, Experts by Your Side
From flight support to safety and security, our flight coordinators oversee all your trip planning, ground transportation arrangements, parking and permitting, fueling, crew currency, logistics and more. Your flight operations are backed by a team of professional dispatchers and senior flight operations managers.
Our Operational Control Center brings together specialists to overcome any potential logistical or service problems. Anything from monitoring and developing alternate plans for weather, to ensuring commonly needed parts are on-site for quick replacements. Because of it, Clay Lacy’s rolling 12-month dispatch reliability is 98-99%.
Clay Lacy’s extensive support network goes well beyond North America. We travel around the world daily – a third of our flights to international destinations. Even before you leave, we’ve coordinated all aircraft logistics, parking, airport slots and secured landing and overflight permits.
EXPERIENCE IN EVERY POSITION
Interested in learning more? Contact our team of aircraft management experts to talk about our services.
