About Asteria Air
We grew up watching skies full of liveries. We are buying an airline to rebuild what the mergers took away, and running it on software we own.
Bought up or shut down. The survivors all fly for someone else.
A dozen carriers became four
Regionals were bought up or shut down.
Cities lost their nonstops
Grand Rapids alone lost at least ten nearby cities.
Our competitor is the car
People drive two to five hours because no flight exists.
Small carriers work. There are just too many of them, each paying for the same overhead.
One top
Finance, technology, safety, scheduling and sales sit at the holding company.
Many certificates
Each operator keeps its certificate and crews. The regulator sees the same carrier.
One system
Every operator runs on Atlas. Each new one costs less to run the day it moves over.
We studied the ones that failed.
We studied more than 30 small airlines that tried this. Most are gone. We ranked what ended each one and built the plan around not repeating it. Of the 19 regionals we studied that died, 15 were flying for a major at the time.
Cash and debt
Leases and aircraft only. No debt on the company.
No certificate
We buy an operator that already holds one and flies.
Pilots
The crews and managers come with the deal and stay.
Fuel spikes
Turboprops on short legs, and fuel bought across every operator.
Flying for a major
We sell our own seats under our own name.
Two founders who have worked in airlines and airports their whole careers.
An aviation operating partner covers tech ops, fleet and integration during the build, so we add payroll only when the work is permanent.
Founder & CEORoss Kinkade
Planned air routes for airports at Ricondo & Associates, then built enterprise data systems. Wrote Atlas.
Co-founder & COOJonathan Rupp
Ran airport operations at Phoenix and Atlanta. Former fleet chief pilot, 4,000+ hours.
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