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Surf Air: Unlimited Pilatus Flights for $1k/mo
Interesting business model: All-you-can-fly first-class for $1,000/mo between Palo Alto/Monterey/Santa Barbara/LA. (www.surfair.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayJet
Notice the asterisk at the bottom of the web page. "subject to regulatory approval". This probably means no 135 Certificate - yet. Many have attempted this sort of model, Can't think of any that have not failed. We'll see, maybe?
Is there any indication that "Surf AIr" actually has a 121/135 certificate and/or owns/leases any airplanes? Google shows nothing.
I'm curious as well. Given that they're selling individual seats like an air carrier, I'd expect that they'd have to pay the 7.5% federal excise tax and $3.80 per-segment tax. If someone flies 8 times a month and pays $1K, that's over $100 in federal taxes that Surf Air would have to pay since their web site says there are no extra taxes or fees.
What’s the over under on survivability?
It's like a regular airline, except less expensive tickets, highest costs, less availability, and less operational efficiency.
How can I invest?
How can I invest?
I'm trying to determine why I posted this a day before David and it says it was a duplicate squawk...whatever...lol