News Release

Shawn S. Sullivan, former founding partner and COO at FlightAware, joins FlightPartner team

FlightPartner is excited to announce Shawn S. Sullivan's decision to join the FlightPartner team as chief operating officer. Shawn, an ATP-rated pilot, formerly served as chief operating officer and founding partner at FlightAware, where he grew the company from a beta-concept to a multi-million-dollar aviation flight tracking company and data services platform. Prior to FlightAware, Shawn worked in high-yield capital markets for 20 years, at firms including Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, Alex Brown, and Drexel Burnham. Shawn received an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and BA, cum laude, from Montclair State University.

FlightPartner CEO Doug Schmohl states, “As CEO of FlightPartner, my primary responsibility is to bring on team members that refine and execute upon our unique vision. I am thrilled to have Shawn join our growing company. Shawn's strength in building and scaling early-stage companies will underpin our operations, strategies and policies, and assist in propelling FlightPartner forward as a technological leader in B2B marketplace solutions for air charter.”

FlightPartner COO Shawn S. Sullivan states, “I am thrilled to be joining the FlightPartner team. Our platform provides both brokers and operators with a highly efficient digital marketplace, reducing costs and allowing for greater utilization and fleet management.”

FlightPartner is an air charter commerce solutions company that powers multiple air charter travel platforms. Our technology offers detailed aircraft search results with the ability to quote, book and pay for air charter travel in real-time. With a suite of solutions that include an easy to use cloud-based platform, embeddable quote and booking widget and Application Program Interface (API), we empower air charter brokers and aircraft operators with robust backend technology and direct-to-consumer solutions.

With a team of aviation information technology professionals, FlightPartner addresses a fragmented air charter industry with poor conversion to sale rates. Current expensive solutions have flooded the marketplace with request for quotes (RFQ's) and little expectation of that quote converting to a sale. At FlightPartner, our technology rigorously vets every charter request to increase conversion-to-sale rates for the air charter industry.

FlightPartner launched in 2013 to provide a technological solution to aircraft underutilization and a fragmented booking processes within the air charter industry. FlightPartner was designed as a global distribution system (GDS), wherein operators and air charter brokers can increase charter sales by leveraging its technology.