Inside Stratos Jets' groundbreaking private air charter franchise program

Stratos Jets unveiled the private air charter industry's first franchising program this week optimistic that it will revolutionize the $15 billion industry by bringing their gold standard in procedures, safety, technology, and customer experience to the industry.The program is now open to qualified agents, brokers, and brokerages giving an opportunity to join an established organization with the full resources and support of a large, national air charter brokerage.Joel Thomas, President of Stratos Jets, Joel Thomas says the franchising program provides the organizational structure and operational excellence for agents, brokers, and brokerages of all sizes."This opportunity eliminates barriers to entry for experienced agents, brokers, and entrepreneurs who want to own their own jet charter business in private aviation. Franchising with Stratos Jets drastically reduces start-up and operations costs and provides access to capital and backend support, allowing them to focus on their clients and scaling their franchise. Franchisees are afforded a number of benefits designed to strengthen their business and the trade including comprehensive industry training, operational insights, and information sharing amongst the greater franchise network. Knowledge sharing fosters collaboration, enhances problem-solving capabilities, and accelerates the learning and growth of Stratos Jets franchisees."Through our franchising model, we're spearheading a critical consolidation that will result in a better customer and air carrier experience through streamlined coordination processes, greater information sharing, and a higher safety standard." The Stratos Jets' shared services model provides franchisees with all backend coordination and accounting services. This allows Stratos Jets franchisees to scale their business without hiring, training, and managing staff. Thereby enabling Stratos Jets franchisees to focus solely on customer relationship development and booking trips.Technology also plays a major role in the development of new franchisees. To standardize processes that result in a consistent customer experience, Stratos Jets franchisees are provided access to Stratos Jets' proprietary Flight Management System (Stratos FMS). This native Salesforce technology platform provides the franchisee with an end-to-end suite of services, e.g. aircraft sourcing, quoting, trip management, etc. It also provides Stratos Jets franchisee clients with access to all of their current flight and past travel data through a secure client portal. Since its inception Stratos Jets has had incredibly high standards for safety and professionalism that it will train all new franchisees on. Two of the main components include adherence to its rigorous vetting of aircraft operators and verified safety protocols including those outlined by the ARGUS Certified Charter Broker program.