The VIP Seat: Private Aviation News
The VIP Seat (June 24, 2026 | Season 3 Episode 25) | By Jessie Naor and Preston Holland
Good morning and welcome back to the VIP Seat. This week we are covering Global Jet Capital’s $659 million bond, the new Air Force One landing at Andrews, NetJets’ first fatal crash, a pilot finally home after months held in Guinea, and Magellan Jets gearing up for an acquisition spree. We also sit down with John Owen of Airshare for a special Mile High Madness. Sit back, buckle up, and let’s take off.
🎰 Mile High Madness
Airshare Turns a Viral Tweet into the Cheapest Marketing Buy of the Summer
We had John Owen of Airshare, who turned a viral moment into a marketing stunt most teams would kill for. When the social media personality known as Freddy posted that he had missed his connection to a World Cup match, John replied with one of the great all-time lines, basically asking what time Freddy needed to land, with a chariot to Toronto standing by.
John told us the reply pulled in millions of impressions, and the whole thing landed him in the New York Post. The kicker: Airshare’s only hard cost was an airport slot in Toronto, which John put at roughly $1,100. Freddy politely declined and found another way north. Eleven hundred dollars for that kind of earned media is what we would call a full-throttle return on investment. Wheels up, even if Freddy stayed wheels down.
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