US private aviation company flyExclusive has reached two milestones in its proprietary technology development: the filing of a utility patent application for a novel aircraft schedule optimisation architecture and the availability of Contrails, its flight management system, to other Part 135 operators beginning in Q2 2026.

The patent application titled ‘Aircraft Schedule Optimization’ describes a novel architecture that fundamentally changes how aircraft fleets handle scheduling and disruption recovery. Rather than recalculating schedules from scratch each time conditions change, the system does the hard work in advance, precomputing valid options across the full fleet so that when something goes wrong, the answer is already there.

The result is near-instant schedule recovery during irregular operations, with a performance advantage that grows as fleet size and complexity increase.

“We have spent years building flyExclusive into one of the most operationally capable private aviation companies in the country,” notes Jim Segrave, founder, chairman and CEO, flyExclusive. “Contrails is how we make that expertise available to the broader industry, and the intellectual property behind it reflects the depth of investment we have made in solving problems that matter to every serious operator. We believe the right technology, built by people who actually run flights, changes what is possible in this industry. Today we are unable to source lift for nearly 300 trip requests per day. We believe Contrails will allow us to address that demand far more efficiently, both within our own operation and through coordination with other operators, and that represents a material revenue opportunity for flyExclusive and for all participating operators.”

Separately, flyExclusive has announced the availability of Contrails, a new light management system purpose-built for Part 135 operators. Contrails was developed by combining the operational experience and expertise of flyExclusive, one of the largest and fastest-growing private jet operators in the US, with intellectual property acquired from Volato Group, including its Mission Control flight management system.

The result is a system informed by the real-world demands of operating at scale: scheduling, crew compliance, dispatch, disruption recovery, fleet optimisation and wholesale charter coordination, integrated into a single platform. Contrails is designed for the complexity that large Part 135 operators actually face, not the complexity that software vendors imagine they face.

flyExclusive is launching Contrails in Q2 2026 and is ready to begin onboarding other operators at that time, at no licence cost.

The company's ongoing investment in proprietary technology reflects its broader strategy of making vertical integration a performance advantage, not just an operational structure. flyExclusive operates one of the largest private jet fleets in the United States, with in-house maintenance, avionics and refurbishment capabilities based in Kinston, North Carolina.