please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message solairus aviation type private industry private aviation founded 2009 founder dan drohan jake cartwright headquarters petaluma area served international services aviation asset management charter flights slogan distinct legacy . fresh perspective . new heights website www.solairus.aero solairus aviation is a full service private aircraft management and charter company that provides clients with expertise in acquiring and operating a wide range of private aircraft . 1 the company manages 80 jets for businesses and wealthy individuals about 1 3 of which are available for on demand charter . 2 the aircraft are based in more than a dozen states throughout the u.s. 3 solairus has about 400 employees in 20 states and reports 300 percent growth in revenues in the past five years . employees are based at its headquarters in petaluma ca and other offices in burlingame ca denver co and white plains n.y. 4 most aircraft are based on the u.s. west and east coasts and flight and maintenance crew members are based at each aircraft s location . in the spring of 2013 solairus doubled their corporate offices in petaluma ca while also expanding their east coast us charter sales team . 5 solairus designates an aircraft s pilot or maintenance supervisor as one of four support team members for each client . besides a staff member based with the aircraft solairus provides the client with two office based team members and a company officer who has the authority to respond immediately to any concerns and who has the ultimate responsibility for a client s satisfaction . 6 history edit solairus aviation was founded by dan drohan and jake cartwright in 2009 . in may 2009 solairus obtained far part 135 certification . 7 in august 2009 solairus achieved aviation research group us arg us platinum status 8 this certification required a complete third party audit . solairus is one of only 71 aviation research group u.s. platinum rated charter operators in the world and has also received the nbaa commercial business flying safety award in recognition of six years and more than 27 000 consecutive flying hours without accident . 9 solairus also earned wyvern wingman certification in 2013 . 10 in september 2009 solairus earned 10 or more seating large cabin authority . 11 references edit 1 north bay business . retrieved 2015 01 19 . 2 press democrat . retrieved 2015 01 19 . solairus doubles in size ; gets global certification retrieved 2011 06 15 3 . press democrat . retrieved 2015 01 19 . 4 . ain . retrieved 2015 01 19 . 5 press democrat . retrieved 2015 01 19 . sunset aviation rebrands relaunches as solairus anr . retrieved 2010 06 07 . solairus aviation earns coveted arg us platinum rating ; company vaults into top tier of private aviation services airport business . retrieved 2010 06 03 . 6 north bay business journal . retrieved 2015 01 19 . solairus aviation distinct legacy jetset magazine . retrieved 2013 08 16 . solairus aviation gains large cabin aircraft ops retrieved 2010 07 13 . external links edit www.solairus.aero retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solairus aviation & oldid 647233835 categories aviation organizationshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from january 2015articles with a promotional tone from january 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 11 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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