Marmalade Skies

Marmalade Skies
Type	Company
Industry	Private Jet Charter Auctions
Founded	2013
Headquarters	840 Post Road East; Westport,CT 06880
Key people	Chuck Taylor, Founder; Brad Reisner, Co-Founder
Products	Private Jet Charters; Empty Legs; Flash Seat Sales
Website	www.marmaladeskies.com

Marmalade Skies is an online auction site that offers flyers a chance to bid on empty leg flights^[1] and make flight requests for on-demand private jet travel. The company also sells seats on scheduled Part-135^[2] qualified piston and Turboprop aircraft plus offers last minute deals on regional airlines.

The company was founded in 2013 by Chuck Taylor and Brad Reisner^[3] who also is the co-founder of Charitybuzz.^[4]

History[]

Marmalade Skies was born from an observation that the on demand air charter industry is a surprisingly inefficient business model for both passengers and charter companies – up to 40% of the private jet flights jetting across the sky are empty.^[5]

The company has created a community of travelers and charter operators using an auction-based mode and the market has become more transparent, more honest, and more efficient.

Marmalade Skies gives fliers a chance to bid on and buy luxury private jet travel and save^[6] – while giving charter companies a chance to grow their businesses.

Services[]

Empty Legs: flight auctions
Private Jet Charters: flight auctions
Flash Seats: last minute seat deals on board a piston, turbo prop or regional jet

Frequently Chartered Private Jets[]

Gulfstream GV

World Class Worldwide

Passengers: 14

Max Range: 5,800 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 670 mph

Gulfstream G450

World Class Worldwide

Passengers: 14

Max Range: 4,200 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 650 mph

Gulfstream GIV

World Class Worldwide

Passengers: 12

Max Range: 4,220 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 640 mph

Citation X

Fastest Passenger Jet in the World

Passengers: 8

Max Range: 3,000 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 700 mph

Lear 60

Speed, Comfort, and Style

Passengers: 7

Max Range: 2,400 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 536 mph

Beechjet 400A

Lightweight Powerhouse

Passengers: 7

Max Range: 1400 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 535 mph

Citation V

High Capacity, High efficiency

Passengers: 8

Max Range: 1,600 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 570 mph

Citation CJ2

Performance, Comfort and Value

Passengers: 6

Max Range: 1300 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 460 mph

Phenom 100

Efficient Business Luxury

Passengers: 4

Max Range: 1100 nm

Max Cruise Speed: 449 mph

References[]

^ Smith, Catherine. "Taking Advantage of One-Way Jet Charter Flights". Forbes. Retrieved 5 February 2014. That’s why Empty Leg flights can be such a great deal – aircraft operators are very motivated to negotiate a good price to sell the flight.
^ Moore, Jim. "Charter operators connecting New York and Boston". aopa.org. AOPA. Retrieved 5 February 2014. A Boston-area charter operator has teamed up with a New York-area charter operator to launch scheduled (Part 135) service in a Cirrus SR22.
^ Holtzman, Coppy. "Charity Buzz Bord of Directors". charitybuzz.com. Charity Buzz. Retrieved 5 February 2014. BRAD REISNER is a co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of Charitybuzz. His vision enabled the suite of applications and global scalability across platforms. He has over 20 years of technology experience with a specialization in database technologies and application server logic.
^ "Todd Wagner Acquires Controlling Stake in Auction Platform Charitybuzz". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ Higgins, Michelle. "Try a Private Jet, at Public Prices". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 'The dirty little secret of the industry is, about a third of our flights are empty,' said Alex Wilcox, chief executive of JetSuite, based in Southern California
^ McCartney, Scott. "How to Hire a Private Jet to Beat Winter Weather Delays". online.wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Charter firms have gotten more aggressive about posting 'empty legs' available to travelers at deep discounts.

External links[]

Official website

[J._Smith-1] Smith, Catherine. "Taking Advantage of One-Way Jet Charter Flights". Forbes. Retrieved 5 February 2014. That’s why Empty Leg flights can be such a great deal – aircraft operators are very motivated to negotiate a good price to sell the flight.

[J._Moore-2] Moore, Jim. "Charter operators connecting New York and Boston". aopa.org. AOPA. Retrieved 5 February 2014. A Boston-area charter operator has teamed up with a New York-area charter operator to launch scheduled (Part 135) service in a Cirrus SR22.

[C._Holtzman-3] Holtzman, Coppy. "Charity Buzz Bord of Directors". charitybuzz.com. Charity Buzz. Retrieved 5 February 2014. BRAD REISNER is a co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of Charitybuzz. His vision enabled the suite of applications and global scalability across platforms. He has over 20 years of technology experience with a specialization in database technologies and application server logic.

[4] "Todd Wagner Acquires Controlling Stake in Auction Platform Charitybuzz". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[M._Higgins-5] Higgins, Michelle. "Try a Private Jet, at Public Prices". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 'The dirty little secret of the industry is, about a third of our flights are empty,' said Alex Wilcox, chief executive of JetSuite, based in Southern California

[S._McCartney-6] McCartney, Scott. "How to Hire a Private Jet to Beat Winter Weather Delays". online.wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Charter firms have gotten more aggressive about posting 'empty legs' available to travelers at deep discounts.

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