Delivering Clarity & Agility in Business Aviation
Scissortail Aviation Advisors is based in Austin, Texas, and provides aviation advisory services to clients throughout Texas and across the United States.
End-to-End Aircraft Ownership & Flight Department Services
Scissortail Is With You For The Entire Journey
Choosing an aircraft is more than a transaction. It’s the start of a long-term ownership journey, with operational needs and opportunities that evolve over time.
Total Ownership Lifecycle Support means having an experienced aviation advisor alongside you from the moment you begin exploring options to the day you decide to sell, upgrade, or expand your fleet.
At Scissortail, we look at the full picture first. For some clients, full ownership is the right fit. For others, a partnership structure, jet card, charter program, or fractional ownership may make more sense. Our role is to help you evaluate every option objectively and build the right solution around how you actually fly.
Once ownership is the right path, we act as your acquisition broker, managing everything from aircraft selection and market analysis to pre-buy coordination, negotiations, closing, and delivery. After entry into service, support can range from ongoing Part 91 guidance and maintenance oversight to complete turn-key flight department management, including crew support, safety systems, and Part 135 placement strategies to help offset operating costs.
As your needs evolve, we stay involved where you need us, whether that means upgrading, expanding the fleet, restructuring ownership, or selling the aircraft. The goal is continuity: one trusted partner who understands your operation and can support you through every stage of ownership.
Access Model Analysis
Evaluating the Best Private Aviation Solution for Your Mission
Access Model Analysis is the process of evaluating the different ways to access private aviation, including full ownership, partnership structures, fractional ownership, jet cards, and charter programs, to determine which solution best aligns with your travel profile, operational expectations, and long-term goals.
Scissortail’s Access Model Analysis is designed to evaluate how you actually fly and identify the most practical, efficient, and cost-effective solution for your needs. We look beyond simple flight-hour comparisons to evaluate factors such as flexibility, operational control, long-term scalability, and overall value.
For a flat fee, we provide a comprehensive and unbiased report tailored specifically to your mission profile and access requirements. If ownership ultimately becomes the right path and you choose to acquire an aircraft through Scissortail, the full cost of the analysis is credited toward any earned acquisition brokerage commissions.
Aircraft Acquisition Services
Finding the Right Aircraft for Your Mission
Acquiring an aircraft is a complex process that extends far beyond identifying a make and model. The right acquisition strategy requires a clear understanding of your mission profile, operational goals, budget, ownership structure, and long-term plans.
Scissortail represents buyers throughout the entire acquisition process, serving as an independent advisor and acquisition broker from initial planning through delivery. Our role is to help clients identify the right aircraft, evaluate market opportunities, and navigate each stage of the transaction with clarity and confidence.
Our acquisition services include mission analysis, aircraft sourcing, market evaluations, off-market opportunities, valuation guidance, pre-buy coordination, maintenance record review, negotiation support, transaction management, and delivery oversight. We work closely with trusted legal, tax, finance, insurance, and technical partners to ensure every aspect of the acquisition is properly coordinated.
Just as importantly, we approach acquisitions with an operational mindset. We evaluate not only the aircraft itself, but also the long-term implications of ownership, including operating costs, maintenance exposure, crew requirements, hangar strategy, management structure, and opportunities for revenue offset through Part 135 placement or partnership arrangements.
The goal is simple: to help you make informed decisions, avoid unnecessary risk, and acquire the aircraft that best supports your mission today and into the future.
Flight Department & Management Solutions
Turn-Key Flight Department Management & Operational Support
Once the aircraft enters service, the focus shifts from acquisition to building an operation that is safe, efficient, reliable, and aligned with your long-term goals. For many owners, this is where the real complexity of aircraft ownership begins.
Scissortail supports clients through every stage of operational development, whether that means standing up a flight department from the ground up or serving as a full turn-key flight department solution. Our role can range from strategic oversight and advisory support to fully managing the day-to-day operation on the owner’s behalf.
Services can include crew recruitment and management, maintenance oversight, training coordination, operational manual development, scheduling support, vendor management, budgeting, safety management system implementation, Part 91 operational guidance, and Part 135 placement strategy to help offset operating costs where appropriate. When additional lift is needed beyond the capabilities or availability of the aircraft, clients also have access to supplemental charter solutions through our sister brand, Scissortail Jets.
The goal is to create an operation that is professionally managed, operationally sound, and built around the specific needs of the owner, allowing clients to fully enjoy the benefits of aircraft ownership without unnecessary headaches.
Aircraft Sales & Fleet Strategy
Supporting the Next Stage of Ownership
Aircraft ownership needs rarely stay static. As mission requirements evolve, owners inevitably reach a point where selling, upgrading, restructuring ownership, or expanding the fleet becomes the next logical step.
Scissortail continues to serve as your advisor and broker through that transition, helping our clients evaluate market timing, aircraft positioning, replacement strategies, and long-term fleet planning. Whether managing the sale of a single aircraft or advising on broader fleet growth, our focus remains the same: protecting value, minimizing disruption, and aligning the next decision with your operational goals.
Our services include aircraft valuation guidance, market analysis, sales strategy, aircraft marketing, buyer qualification, negotiation management, transaction coordination, and delivery oversight. For clients pursuing replacement aircraft or fleet expansion, we coordinate the acquisition and disposition process together to help streamline timing, operations, and financial planning.
What sets Scissortail apart is the continuity of the relationship. We are not simply involved for a single transaction or isolated phase of ownership. From evaluating the right access model, to acquisition, operational development, flight department management, and ultimately disposition or fleet growth, we remain a consistent advisor throughout the entire ownership lifecycle. The result is a more informed, efficient, and strategically aligned aviation operation built around your long-term goals, not just the next transaction.
B2B Services
White-Label Brokerage Support
Scale your aviation business without expanding your overhead.
Our white-label solutions are built for operators, brokers, consultants, and aviation brands that need experienced operational support behind the scenes. We integrate seamlessly into your organization, providing the expertise, execution, and infrastructure necessary to help you grow while keeping your brand front and center.
Whether supporting charter operations, regulatory compliance, documentation, business development, project management, or strategic initiatives, we operate as an extension of your team: quietly, professionally, and efficiently.
You maintain the client relationship.
You control the brand experience.
We help you deliver with confidence.
Part 135 Compliance & Operational Development
Operational compliance support for Part 135 operators launching, expanding, and strengthening their capabilities.
Launching and/or growing a Part 135 operation requires a strong compliance foundation, clear operational structure, and consistent coordination with the FAA. We help operators build and maintain programs that support both regulatory compliance and operational growth.
Our services support operators pursuing initial certification, expanding operational capability, adding aircraft, revising operational specifications, or strengthening internal compliance systems. We provide practical guidance throughout the process while helping operators maintain efficient, scalable operations.
Capabilities include manual development and revision, TFSSP development, Safety Management System (SMS) implementation, FAA and FSDO coordination, proving run support, training program development, operational documentation, and ongoing compliance management. We also assist with operational scaling, process standardization, and regulatory preparation tailored to each operator’s certificate and mission profile.
Whether supporting a newly launched operator or an established certificate holder expanding capability, we provide experienced operational support designed to keep programs organized, compliant, and ready for growth.