Set Jet was a membership-based by-the-seat private jet charter program.

Overview

Set Jet was headquartered in

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and was founded in 2014 by Tom Smith and Trey Smith. Tom was the CEO and Director of Set Jet. Previously, Tom was CEO, President, and Director of Wrap Technologies, Inc. In 1993, Tom co-founded

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(now Axon Enterprise, Inc, NASDAQ: AXON), and served as President of TASER until October 2006. Set Jet operated private jet charter flights on

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aircraft between

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;

; Los Angeles; San Diego; San Francisco; and Orange County, California,

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, Mexico,

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, Utah and had 5,000 members. It used a fleet of 5 Bombardier CRJ100/200 which were configured as

's. Set Jet had a 2,500-square-foot terminal in the Atlantic Aviation facility in Las Vegas. Set Jet expanded operations in Las Vegas to shuttle passengers to facilitate the gaming companies. Set Jet closed in February 2024 after failing to complete its SPAC deal with Revelstone Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: RCAC). It had made significant losses for several years and needed funding from the SPAC listing to continue its operations.

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