Fly away

What Fly away does

Fly away GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned boutique aviation company headquartered in Fürth, Bavaria, with operational base at Nuremberg airport. The company offers 24/7 private charter flights across Europe using a fleet of two Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A light business jets — aircraft selected for their high cruise speed, stand-up cabin, and ability to access smaller regional airports — and provides full-service aircraft management to third-party private jet owners including flight planning, crew, insurance, registration, CAMO, and charter integration.

Customer access is primarily direct: enquiries flow through a quote-based sales process via phone (+49 911 477 604-00), email ([email protected] / [email protected]), and a bilingual (DE/EN) website. The company sells to two main segments — corporate and private travellers who value schedule flexibility, smaller-airport access, and discreet service, and aircraft owners seeking outsourced operations.

The revenue model combines transaction-based charter fees (per-flight, quote-driven) with professional services fees from aircraft management contracts; an Empty Legs channel opportunistically fills repositioning legs at lower price points. The business is privately held by the Schwarz family with no institutional equity, managed by Herbert Rossgoderer under FA Verwaltungs GmbH; it carries German Federal Aviation Office (Luftfahrtbundesamt) certification and is supported by a family-operated reforestation/carbon-offset initiative in Saualpe, Austria.

Name

Fly away

Legal name

Fly away GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://flyaway.aero

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fly away is a family-owned boutique aviation company headquartered in Fürth, Germany, operating two Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A jets from Nuremberg to provide 24/7 private charter flights and aircraft management services across Europe for corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals, and private jet owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Aviation Services

NAICS

Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (481211), Nonscheduled Air Transportation (48121)

SIC

Air Transportation, Nonscheduled (4522)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Jet Charter (On-Demand) (THABAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate & VIP Group Charter Operators (THABADAD)

Keywords

• Private jet charter
• Business aviation services
• Aircraft management
• Empty leg flights
• Luxury air travel

Headquarters

HQ city

Fürth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charter Flight Services: Revenue generated from private jet charter flights across Europe. Pricing is quote-based, determined by destination, aircraft type, and flight duration. Transaction-based model where each flight booking constitutes a revenue event.
2. Aircraft Management: Comprehensive aircraft management services for private jet owners including flight planning, crew services, insurance, registration, CAMO, purchasing, and logistics. Full-service management package with 24/7 availability and dedicated contact persons.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fly away is a boutique private aviation operator that sells 24/7 business and leisure charter flights across Europe using a fleet of two Beechcraft Premier 1A light jets based at Nuremberg. In addition to charter, the company provides full-service aircraft management for private jet owners (flight planning, crew, CAMO, insurance, registration, logistics) and discounted empty-leg one-way flights as a secondary sales channel.

Product overview

Fly away operates as a boutique private aviation company offering charter flight services across Europe from their Nuremberg base. Their fleet consists of two Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A business jets, one of the fastest light jets with the highest cabin in its class. Core offerings include Charter Services (24/7 business and private charter flights), Aircraft Management (full-service private jet management for owners), and Empty Legs (discounted one-way flights). The company is certified by the German Federal Aviation Office (Luftfahrtbundesamt) and operates with a focus on trustworthiness, reliability, and individualized service. The Schwarz family also operates a reforestation project in Austria as part of their environmental sustainability initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Charter Services 24/7 private business and leisure charter flights across Europe, including flights to smaller airports with shorter runways, with VIP check-in/check-out in separate areas, personalized travel planning, and catering. Targeted at corporate executives, business travelers, and high-net-worth private individuals.
• Aircraft Management Comprehensive turnkey private jet management for aircraft owners: flight planning, crew services, insurance, registration, CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization), purchasing, logistics, and optional charter integration to maximize utilization when the aircraft is not in private use. Available 24/7 with a dedicated contact person.
• Empty Legs Discounted one-way charter flights offered when aircraft would otherwise return empty or during transfer flights, giving customers charter exclusivity at reduced pricing and serving as an entry-point sales channel for new customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Range of approximately 1181 miles (1900 km) enables direct access to most major European destinations
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Schwarz Family (Inhaberfamilie Schwarz)coreOthersThe Schwarz family, as owners of Fly Away, operate a reforestation project in their own mountain forest in Austria (Saualpe, Carinthia). This approximately 49-acre (20 hectare) area is being converted from spruce forest to mixed forest for environmental sustainability and carbon offset purposes. This is an internal family initiative rather than external partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GlobeAir: European light jet charter specialist operating a fleet of Citation Mustang / Premier-style light jets on a digital booking platform. Comparable in segment focus (light jet, Europe) but differentiated by a tech-enabled booking model versus Fly Away's enquiry-based approach.
• Air Hamburg: German-based business aviation operator with a Europe-wide charter fleet and management services — directly comparable in geography, customer base (corporate/HNW), and product mix (charter + aircraft management) to Fly Away, though significantly larger.
• FAI Aviation Group: German business jet and air ambulance operator headquartered in Nuremberg with a Europe-wide charter and aircraft management offering — overlapping geography and product set with Fly Away, materially larger fleet.
• DC Aviation: Germany-headquartered business jet operator offering charter, aircraft management, and FBO services at Stuttgart and other European locations. Closely comparable mission and service portfolio to Fly Away, with greater fleet scale.
• NetJets Europe: Europe's largest fractional ownership and charter operator (subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) serving the same HNW and corporate clients as Fly Away. Competes in the same customer base but at vastly greater scale and with a structured fractional product.
• Chapman Freeborn Airchartering: Global charter broker headquartered in the UK with a strong European private jet and group charter business. Comparable customer base and ad-hoc on-demand service offering; competes indirectly for the same Fly Away client enquiries.
• VistaJet: Global private aviation company offering on-demand jet and membership programs to HNW and corporate clients in Europe. Comparable customer and mission profile; significantly larger fleet and brand presence than Fly Away.
• PrivatAir: Swiss-based private jet operator offering ad-hoc charter, aircraft management, and corporate shuttle services to HNW and corporate clients in Europe — directly comparable service mix and client profile to Fly Away.
• Air Partner: UK-headquartered global charter broker and operator arranging private jet, group charter, and cargo flights — comparable customer base and on-demand product, though primarily acting as a broker rather than an asset operator like Fly Away.

Broad incumbents

• Jet Aviation: Swiss-headquartered broad business aviation services company (owned by General Dynamics) operating MRO, FBO, aircraft management, and charter across Europe. Overlaps with Fly Away on charter and management, with a much larger integrated services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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