Offsetting the cost of ownership.
Your aircraft can do more than sit between trips. For owners who want it, Catalina Jets structures thoughtful ways to put it to work through dry leasing, charter placement, or shared ownership, so it helps carry its own costs without ever compromising your use of it.
Three ways to offset ownership cost
Dry Leasing
A dry lease allows another qualified operator or pilot to lease your aircraft without crew, generating lease income while you retain control over terms, availability, and who flies it. We help structure and manage these agreements so you're protected and fairly compensated.
Part 135 Charter Placement
We place your aircraft with one of our vetted Part 135 certificate holders, who fly it for charter during the hours you make available. You set the terms: how many hours, which markets, when it's off-limits. You receive a revenue share from every charter flight.
Split Ownership
Splitting ownership with another qualified buyer cuts your share of fixed costs significantly while keeping full use of the aircraft. Our scheduling tools ensure each owner gets fair, predictable access, with contingencies built in from day one, so the rare conflict never turns into a real delay.
Why we place with an operator instead of running charter ourselves
When a management company holds its own certificate, your aircraft is competing for attention against their fleet-wide scheduling, utilization targets, and every other client on that certificate. Priorities can get skewed, and your aircraft can end up deprioritized. Because we don't hold a certificate, our priority is always the owner's interests, and we work with multiple operators so your aircraft is placed with whichever one actually fits its type and market, not whichever one happens to be ours.
Faster onboarding
No waiting on a certificate build-out. Your aircraft can be charter-ready on an existing, proven operation.
Operator accountability
We select and monitor the operator relationship continuously. Your interests are represented, not just administered.
Full transparency
Utilization and charter revenue are reported directly to you, no black box.
How charter revenue is split
Charter revenue is split between you and the operator, with the majority going to you as the aircraft owner. The operator retains a portion to cover crew, positioning, and contingency costs. Catalina Jets' management fee is separate from this split.
Exact terms depend on your aircraft type, home market, and the operator you're placed with, something we'll walk through together before anything is finalized. Nothing here is one-size-fits-all, and you're never obligated to make your aircraft available for charter on any terms you're not comfortable with.
Estimate your own cost offset
Pick your aircraft and a realistic charter-hour target to see roughly how much of your ownership cost that offsets over 5 years. This is a directional estimate. Your personalized numbers depend on your specific aircraft, market, and goals.
Illustrative range across airframes in this class. Actual results vary by aircraft, market, and utilization. Not a guarantee of return.
See if cost offsetting makes sense for your aircraft
Every aircraft and market is different. A short conversation is enough to tell you whether dry leasing or charter placement is worth pursuing for yours.
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