Founded

1988

Headquarters

Utica, New York

Key People

Tony Esposito, president

Number of Employees

about 100

Phone Number

(800) 553-8638

Website

Jetnet

Jetnet

Jetnet, the self-proclaimed “world leader in aviation market intelligence,” offers business aviation information services ranging from marketplace analysis reports to databases with aircraft values.

Vincent Esposito founded the company as an aircraft listing service in 1988, and current vice president of sales Paul Cardarelli joined in July of that year. Creating an interface to the FAA database of registered aircraft and developing data on each airframe, Esposito and Cardarelli marketed the satellite-based data distribution service to business jet brokers and dealers. 

When his father passed away in 1991, Vincent Esposito Jr. took over as president with his brother Tony as executive vice president. The company’s subscription base increased in the mid-1990s as internet access grew.

In 2004, Jetnet acquired Wichita, Kansas–based AvData Company, adding nearly four decades of aircraft information compiled by more than 200 correspondents worldwide, plus AvData’s annual Jet & Propjet directory of business aircraft. In 2005, the company began publishing Statistical Analysis & Review (STAR) reports—the first AvData product since it became a Jetnet division.

Also in 2005, the company introduced Jetnet for Helicopters, a comprehensive database that now contains information about more than 31,000 rotorcraft. Shortly thereafter, Jetnet branded its main database as Aerodex Evolution and provided clients with customized interfaces. An Internet-based Jetnet/AvData Aviation Business Index (ABI) portal followed in 2007.

In 2011, with data on more than 60,000 aircraft, the company launched its Jetnet iQ Business Aviation Forecast Service, which provides market analysis gathered from quarterly surveys of more than 500 aircraft owners and operators worldwide. A collaboration between Jetnet and Rolland Vincent Associates, Jetnet iQ offers reports, annual summits, and project consulting. Jetnet also created the Yachtspot database in 2011; it now holds information on more than 7,000 luxury watercraft. 

In 2017, the company introduced Aerodex Airport Uplift, using live direct-feed FAA aircraft flight data to provide search capabilities on flight patterns, fuel consumption, and predictors for maintenance and inspection events per aircraft serial number. At that time, Aerodex was tracking and updating 21,674 business jets, 15,045 turboprops, 5,207 piston airframes, and an unspecified number of airliners. Jetnet now holds detailed information on more than 112,000 airframes. 

In January 2019, Vincent passed away and Tony became president. The company has continued to innovate under his leadership, introducing Jetnet for Salesforce later that year and an iQ Pulse free downloadable biweekly report in April 2020.