Gallery: Volato In Growth Mode With HondaJet Aircraft

A Volato HondaJet Elite S on display at the Fort Worth Meacham International Airport. Volato, a fractional, jet card and charter provider, is the largest operator of HondaJets from Honda Aircraft. The company has grown its fleet from three HondaJets at the end of 2021 to 24 today. That number is expected to grow to 28 by the end of March 2024. 

Volato is the launch customer for Honda Aircraft’s new HondaJet Echelon light business jet, with certification expected in 2028.

Volato CEO and co-founder Matt Liotta with a Gulfstream G280. Besides the HondaJet, Volato operates Gulfstream G280 aircraft. The company has four G280 super midsize business jets on order with deliveries expected in 2024, officials say.

In December 2023, Volato merged with special purpose acquisition company Proof Acquisition Corp. and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. “It’s been quite a rocket ship,” says Mike Prachar, Volato chief operating officer, of the company's trajectory. 

The HondaJet Elite S and HondaJet Elite II, the latest version of the HondaJet, are ideally suited for missions from two to 2.5 hrs., with up to four passengers, Prachar says.  Most of Volato's trips fall under those parameters. 

The HondaJet includes executive leather seats with side tables, a Bongiovi speakerless audio system, acoustic treatments in the cabin to reduce noise and other features. 

The HondaJet includes an enclosed lavatory with ceiling skylights. 

A Volato pilot in the cockpit of the HondaJet Elite S on display at the Fort Worth Meacham International Airport. The latest version of the HondaJet, the HondaJet Elite II,  has a range of 1,547 nm, a maximum cruise speed of 422 kt., and is powered by GE Honda/HF120 engines. It is equipped with Garmin G3000 avionics, automated anti-ice, lighting and pressurization systems, automated ground spoilers, an advanced steering and augmentation system and stabilized approach equipment with visual and other features. 

A Volato HondaJet Elite S was on static display at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, during the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers conference in March.