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In 1996, I founded Coastal Technologies Group (CTGi), which\nincubated the early development of Coastal Aviation Technologies. Back then,\nCTGi\u2019s principal business was optimizing interstate telecommunications\nroutings, handling over 300 million calls per day for a few the largest\nregional telecom firms. To this day, I feel honored and humbled to be\nrecognized as one of the early adopters of advanced cloud computing for solving\ncomplex, time-sensitive problems when it comes to aviation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My title says CEO but being a pilot will always come first.\nI hold seven world speed records and one transatlantic single-engine crossing,\nwhich is what led me to become a lifetime member of the EAA and AOPA\norganizations, specifically for safety education. I\u2019m also actively involved in\nthe X PRIZE Foundation and currently serve on the board of the Lindbergh\nFoundation, which pursues a global program of radical decarbonization and noise\nreduction in aviation, while showcasing breakthrough innovation. I feel deeply\npassionate about each of these organizations because they seek to improve the\nworld and overall human condition. They seek to strike a balance between\ntechnology and the environment, all while advancing the pace of technological\nprogress in answer to the grand challenges of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After COVID-19 surfacing, possibly one of the biggest\nchallenges in our lifetime, returning to the skies is looking up in\n2021–especially if you\u2019re choosing the route of private air travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As more and more travelers look to private travel to avoid\nlarge queues, and more flexibility over scheduling, on-demand charter operators\nhave increased in popularity, allowing access to more than 5,000 public\nairports in the U.S., putting any destination–no matter how remote–within\nreach. Going the route of private air travel brings many advantages, especially\nsince the customer has more control over their own itineraries. All flights are\npoint-to-point, so you determine when you depart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
VeriJet operates on an industry proven AI routing platform \u2013\nensuring profitable, efficient use of our aircraft with dependable and scalable\nsources of demand. We empower our customers to fly whenever they choose, depart\nfrom airports closest to their home or office, and arrive faster to their\ndestination. If 2020 has made us realize one thing, it\u2019s that smaller terminals\nand fewer people have never sounded so appealing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVeriJet is the culmination of a decades-long journey to\nincrease the effective speed door to door, reduce carbon and noise footprint\nand open private aviation to more people, thus unlocking the fourth wave of\nhigh-speed travel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI-powered Air Taxi Service — Lower Carbon Footprint<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Being on the board of the Lindbergh Foundation, and CTO of\nCoastal Technologies Group–a company that supplies private aviation operators\nwith cost-saving artificial intelligence programs–it\u2019s our job to come\ntogether as an industry to achieve more innovative and sustainable aviation. At\nVeriJet, we consider ourselves a technology-first company that just so happens\nto fly airplanes and AI technology helps optimize many aspects of our flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As one of the leading environmentally friendly offerings,\nVeriJet is doing its part to reduce the carbon footprint by operating a\nradically efficient new jet design saving one ton of CO2 per flight segment as\ncompared to other light jets that burn 2-3x the amount of fuel. We focus on the\nshort haul charter travel market, as defined by trips of 600 or less nautical\nmiles, which represents a $7.5 billion opportunity as measured by flight hours.\nVeriJet has the right equipment for the mission with unmatched convenience,\nefficiency, and price point. \nFurthermore, VeriJet will be rolling out biodiesel options with aircraft\nthat are already approved to fly on four types of biodiesels. And most\nimportantly, VeriJet utilizes KNWN facial recognition to power electronic\nboarding passes and securely link the pilot, plane, and passenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For our customers, safety is paramount. Our onboard\nAI-powered Garmin Safe Return allows for single-pilot operations, where the\nplane lands itself at the press of a button in an emergency. Our Vision Jet is\nfully automated, and FAA certified for one pilot, but a parachute also comes\nstandard in case something goes wrong. The Cirrus jet can fly up to 1,275\nnautical miles and for passengers wanting two pilots on board, that can easily\nbe included for a fee of $850 extra per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More Airports in More Places<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike other private jet operators today, VeriJet utilizes\n5,400+ smaller airports across the US, avoiding wait times by bypassing\ncongested airports. Using the VeriJet booking service app, powered by\nindustry-leading AI software, passengers input their origin and destination\naddress, and VeriJet selects the most convenient local airports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With average flight times around 83 minutes, it\u2019s possible\nto launch a flight as early as one hour after booking. Furthermore, our Vision\nJet can land at hard-to-access airports with shorter runways, as short as 3,000\nfeet like in East Hampton or New York City. With our recent coverage on the\neast coast, we\u2019ve already seen an uptick in flights booked in and out of these\nsmaller, regional airports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Extending Service Westward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the last year alone, we\u2019ve seen tremendous adoption of\nour service on the east coast with 35% repeat customers. We expect to see the\nsame results in the LA market. With our technology-first approach, safety has\nalways been and will remain our highest priority as we continue to scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n California, get ready to Vjet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Richard Kane, CEO & Chairman of VeriJet With over 20 years of experience leading R&D in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, it\u2019s not surprising that our team at VeriJet considers itself a \u201ctechnology-first company that just so happens to fly airplanes.\u201d In 1996, I founded Coastal Technologies Group (CTGi), which incubated the early development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18957"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18961,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18957\/revisions\/18961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}