NetJets Has Limited Its Jet Card Sales. Here Is What That Means for You and Why Ex Jets is Your Solution.
For the second time in five years, the world's largest private aviation provider has limited its jet card and lease programs to focus on fractional ownership. If you hold a card, were considering one, or simply want to understand what this signals about how the industry is structured, this page is for you.
What Happened
In late July 2026, NetJets informed its sales organization that jet card and lease sales would be limited. The company cited record retention among its fractional owners and rising demand, and stated its priority is protecting service delivery for its core fractional ownership business.
This is a rational decision, and NetJets deserves credit for making it openly rather than letting service quietly erode. Demand for private flying is now 35 percent above pre-pandemic levels. Crews, maintenance capacity, and hangar space are all constrained across the industry. Something had to give.
What gave was the jet card.
What the Decision Reveals About How Fleet Programs Work
Fleet providers must rank their clients.
When a company owns the aircraft, its capacity is finite, and every client draws from the same pool. Whole-aircraft owners, fractional owners, lease holders, and card holders all fly on the same fleet. When demand exceeds supply, someone has to come first, and the structure decides who. Fractional owners represent long-term committed capital. Jet card holders, by NetJets' own prior figures, account for roughly 15 percent of its flying. The priority order follows the economics, not the individual.
Within each tier, commitment level sets your standing
Even among card holders, larger deposits and longer histories carry more weight when aircraft are scarce. Your experience is shaped not just by what you purchased, but by where your purchase sits relative to everyone else's.
The jet card is designed as an entry point
Across the industry, card programs exist largely to introduce flyers to a brand and graduate them into fractional ownership. That is a legitimate strategy. But it means the card itself is a pathway, not a destination, and when the pathway is no longer needed, it can be paused. It has now happened twice since 2021.
A door that closes once can close again
Flyers who built their travel around a card program in 2021 waited more than a year for it to reopen. Those exploring one today have been asked to wait indefinitely. In a market where demand keeps compounding, availability is the question that matters most, and it is the one a capped program cannot answer.
What Makes Ex Jets Different
While NetJets has paused jet card and lease sales for the second time in five years, restricting how and when new clients can enter, Ex Jets has never closed its doors on a member and never will. Our Signature Membership is built for 365-day access with zero blackout dates, across every cabin category from light jets to ultra-long-range, each aircraft vetted to our rigorous safety standards. There are no multi-year commitments to lock into, no pressure to graduate into a fractional share, and no hours that vanish on a deadline. Your funds sit in your own Member Reserve Account, drawn down only as you fly, with no expiration and no forfeiture. And where fleet programs rank their clients by tier, every Ex Jets member holds the same standing: first. One advisor, one relationship, every mission.
A Relationship, Not an Account Number.
Every member is served by a dedicated advisor who knows their preferences, their standards, and the way they travel. There is no queue and no rotation of representatives. The relationship is continuous, personal, and permanent.
Attention to Detail as the Standard.
An itinerary here is built, not booked. Aircraft selection, cabin configuration, catering, ground arrangements, and crew experience are considered in full before anything is presented. Fleet programs reserve this level of care for their highest tier. We extend it to every member.
Global Access Without Limitation
Membership operates 365 days a year, with no blackout dates, across every cabin category, domestically and internationally. Our privately curated network, vetted to Wyvern Wingman standards, is not bound to a single fleet's calendar. The periods that strain closed programs are the periods we were built for.
Capital Efficiency Others Cannot Offer
Fractional ownership requires substantial committed capital, multi-year terms, management fees, and exposure to the aircraft's residual value. Jet cards convert your funds into hours that expire and cannot be refunded. At Ex Jets, your capital remains yours, held in your Member Reserve Account and drawn only as you fly, with no expiration and no forfeiture.
For Those Who Know There's a Better Way to Fly
Solutions for companies and corporate flight departments
The same structure serves corporate aviation. For companies weighing a jet card or fractional commitment against the flexibility their travel actually requires, Corporate Solutions provides executive lift with the capital efficiency of the Member Reserve Account and none of the multi-year exposure. And for organizations that already operate aircraft, we serve as supplemental lift when the flight department's aircraft is AOG, in maintenance, or committed elsewhere, or when a mission requires range, cabin, or runway capability beyond the current fleet. Your passengers experience the standard your flight department has set.
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