Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions

What Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions does

Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions (operating as Altivation LLC) is a US-based aircraft brokerage founded in 2018 by Chris Swathwood in Colorado. The firm operates as a transaction broker and consultant for business jets, turboprops, and piston aircraft, providing sales representation, acquisition guidance, and market valuation services to individual aircraft owners and corporate aviation buyers. Its service portfolio spans Business Jet Sales, Turboprop Sales, Piston Aircraft Sales, Aircraft Acquisitions, Aircraft Consulting, Sell Your Plane disposition services, and a self-serve Aircraft Specifications Comparison tool. The company runs no proprietary technology platform; value delivery is human advisory-led, with consultants providing in-depth global pricing analysis, mission-needs analysis, pre-buy inspection coordination, and closing-process management.

The business earns revenue exclusively through transaction-based commissions on completed aircraft sales and acquisitions; no subscription, retainer, or recurring revenue streams are disclosed, and commission rates are negotiated per transaction and not publicly listed. The company is led by a four-person team as of November 2023 — the President/Founder plus three Aircraft Sales Consultants based in Denver, Sarasota, and Indianapolis — providing national coverage while keeping fixed costs low. The firm maintains a co-marketing partnership with Antaero Aviation to bundle supplemental charter and lift services into the client offering, expanding service surface without internal charter capability.

The customer base is composed of individual private aircraft owners and buyers (including first-time piston purchasers, upgraders, and pilots transitioning between aircraft classes) and corporate/business aviation buyers and sellers seeking business jets and turboprops for executive transport and mission-critical travel. Go-to-market is sales-led and relies on content marketing (blog, newsletter), organic social, NBAA/CABA industry event participation, and client referrals, with no paid acquisition channels or third-party distribution partners disclosed. The company is privately held with no institutional capital, operates as a Colorado LLC, and was recognized in NBAA's inaugural Top 40 Under 40 in 2018.

Name

Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions

Legal name

Altivation LLC

Website

https://altivationaircraft.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions is a US-based aircraft brokerage founded in 2018 that provides transaction-based sales and acquisition representation for business jets, turboprops, and piston aircraft, serving individual owners and corporate aviation buyers with a four-person consultant team across Colorado, Florida, and Indiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Venice

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Aircraft Sales and Acquisition Brokerage/Consulting: The company operates as a transaction broker/consultant earning fees or commissions on aircraft sales and acquisitions. As stated in their legal notice: 'Altivation LLC is a transaction broker/consultant, all aircraft advertised and marketed by Altivation are exclusive aircraft listings.' Revenue is generated through completed aircraft transactions rather than subscription or recurring revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions operates as a transaction broker and consultant for business jets, turboprop aircraft, and piston-powered aircraft. The company provides sales brokerage, buyer representation, sell-side representation, and advisory consulting supported by global pricing analysis and mission needs analysis. Services are delivered by geographically distributed aircraft sales consultants who manage the full transaction lifecycle from valuation through closing.

Product overview

Altivation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions is an aircraft sales and acquisition brokerage company that operates as a transaction broker and consultant. The company offers a portfolio of complementary services including Business Jet Sales, Turboprop Sales, and Piston Aircraft Sales as its core sales offerings, alongside dedicated Aircraft Acquisitions services to guide buyers through the purchasing process. The company also provides Aircraft Consulting services backed by comprehensive market data analysis. Additional offerings include an Aircraft Specifications Comparison tool for performance benchmarking and Sell Your Plane services for aircraft disposition. The company specializes in owner-flown aircraft and assists clients ranging from first-time piston aircraft buyers to executives acquiring multi-million-dollar business jets. The company is headquartered in Colorado and Florida with phone contact at +1 877-884-0359 and email [email protected].

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Jet Sales

Quantifiable outcome

• Sold vintage aircraft within 4 days during global pandemic

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Antaero AviationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-marketing relationship with Antaero Aviation for supplemental lift/charter services. Antaero works with Altivation clients to provide custom charter programs for missions outside the scope of a client's owned aircraft. Eric Wilkins, Co-Founder of Antaero Aviation, contributes content to Altivation's newsletter on charter and supplemental lift topics.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elliott Jets: Elliott Jets is a business jet acquisition and sales brokerage using a transaction-broker model with similar advisory positioning for corporate and individual buyers of pre-owned jets.
• Lone Mountain Aircraft: Lone Mountain Aircraft brokers pre-owned business jets, turboprops, and piston aircraft with a similar advisory and exclusive-listing model, directly competing for owner-flown and corporate buyer clients.
• Guardian Jet: Guardian Jet is an aircraft acquisition and sales brokerage serving business jet buyers and sellers with transaction-broker commissions, overlapping Altivation's mission-needs analysis and representation services.
• AVPro: AVPro is a large global aircraft sales and acquisitions brokerage representing business jets, turboprops, and piston aircraft across the same customer segments as Altivation, with a comparable transaction-broker revenue model.
• International Aircraft Marketing & Sales: International Aircraft Marketing & Sales brokers pre-owned piston, turboprop, and jet aircraft with a transaction-based commission structure closely mirroring Altivation's service model.
• JetAviva: JetAviva is a business jet brokerage specializing in pre-owned light to mid-size jets with a similar transaction-based commission model and consultative buyer representation approach.
• GlobalAir.com: GlobalAir.com operates an aircraft for-sale marketplace plus broker services covering piston, turboprop, and jet aircraft, addressing the same buyer and seller segments as Altivation's listings.
• Aerista: Aerista provides aircraft acquisition, sales, and management services for business jets and turboprops, overlapping Altivation's buyer/seller representation offerings and mission analysis positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Cirrus Aircraft: Cirrus Aircraft manufactures the SR-series piston aircraft that frequently appear in Altivation's listings, operating as a broad incumbent OEM in the owner-flown general aviation market Altivation serves.
• Textron Aviation: Textron Aviation manufactures the Cessna and Beechcraft lines (including the Bonanza and Baron that Altivation resells), making it a broad incumbent in the same general/business aviation ecosystem even though it does not directly broker used aircraft.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AltivationAircraft
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/altivation-aircraft-sales

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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