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Jet Out has taken delivery of its 15th factory-new Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 from Textron Aviation, giving the Milwaukee-based company the largest fleet of Citation CJ4s in US charter service.
The CJ4 Gen3, whose first production unit Textron rolled out on 20 October 2026, carries Garmin G3000 Prime avionics, integrated autothrottles and Garmin Emergency Autoland; it retains the same Williams International FJ44-4A engines and overall airframe as the Gen2.
In the first nine months of 2026, Jet Out's flight hours rose 92 per cent over the same period in 2025, company flight records show. In the 12 months through September, the fleet flew more than four million miles to 659 airports across all 48 contiguous states and 15 other countries and territories.
Since 2024, Jet Out has grown beyond its Milwaukee headquarters, opening regional bases in south Florida, Scottsdale, Fort Worth and building a hangar in nearby Waukesha. Each aircraft is based close to the owners it serves, supported by local pilots and maintenance teams.
“This fleet reflects the trust our owners have placed in Jet Out and the discipline of the team behind every flight,” confirms Jet Out CEO Joe Crivello. “We have grown alongside them, and we look forward to the continued expansion of Jet Out. The CJ4 Gen2 remains our foundation, and as owners tell us where they want to go next, we are evaluating what will best complement it.”
Every Jet Out tail number ends in NE, for Nonstop Efficiency. Members of the team choose the digits before it, and most encode a family date, such as a birthday or an anniversary. Inside each aircraft's nose baggage compartment, a panel records who chose the number and why. N365NE, the latest addition, breaks the pattern by design. Instead of one family's date, it marks every day of the year: the 365 days Jet Out operates, and the people who make each day possible. So far this year, not one day has passed without a Jet Out flight.
“Fifteen aircraft make a fleet. The people behind them make it a company,” states Jet Out president Matt Wild. “N365NE belongs to the schedulers, dispatchers, concierges, pilots and technicians who are there for our owners every day.”
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Jet Out is an FAA/DOT-certified direct air carrier operating under 14 CFR Part 135 and offers three programmes: co-ownership, co-lease and private charter.
In November, Jet Out will introduce the next evolution of Co-Lease, a programme structured around how flying private is planned, budgeted and paid for.
In October 2025, Jet Out projected its fleet would reach 17 CJ4 Gen2s by the end of 2026.