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Not Your Father's Brokerage
What We Do
We are pilots, lawyers, engineers, and investors who got tired of watching the aviation brokerage industry operate like it’s still 1997.
We believe aircraft transactions should be as sharp as the people making them. S9 exists because the industry disagreed, and we took that as a green light.
We don't double-end transactions. Ever. When we represent a buyer, we represent the buyer. When we represent a seller, we represent the seller. No split loyalties, no quiet conflicts, no broker collecting a check from both sides of the table. We're usually buy-side, which means our job is to protect your capital, question everything, and walk away from a bad deal before you have to ask us to. Your outcome is the only one we're optimizing for.
When we brought tech-enabled workflows and a modern legal framework to aircraft transactions, the industry told us that's not how things are done. We took that as confirmation we were onto something. S9 was built on tools and processes the old guard hasn't adopted because they haven't had to. We have. The result is faster closings, cleaner structures, and a level of transparency that legacy brokerages treat as a threat. We treat it as the baseline.
Our Reach
HQ’d in Sunny ☀️SoCal 🌴, Global Reach
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEXAS
Dallas
FLORIDA
Palm Beach
CALIFORNIA
San Jose
KANSAS
Kansas City
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEXAS
Dallas
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEXAS
Dallas
FLORIDA
Palm Beach
CALIFORNIA
San Jose
KANSAS
Kansas City
Los Angeles
CALIFORNIA
TEXAS
Dallas
Problem / Solution
Aircraft transactions are overcomplicated by design. Vague pricing, cryptic listings, and brokers who vanish the moment things get technical. The industry rewards opacity. We don’t.
Stratus 9 is founded. A crew of aviation professionals, attorneys, and operators launch S9 with a simple premise: aircraft transactions should be clear, fair, and efficient.
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Growing the network. Our brokerage and charter operations scale nationwide, with operator partnerships and a growing roster of high-profile clients across entertainment, tech, and finance.
3
First charter operations. We expand into shared charter under Part 380, providing by-the-seat private travel for music festivals and corporate events.
2
Special missions launch. We formalize our special missions capability, handling last-minute, high-stakes flight coordination for touring artists and time-sensitive corporate travel.
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We built S9 to do the opposite.
Our team and partners understand tax and deal structure—so we see what others miss and build better deals. Then we bring in the right people to get it done.
We spent years building that bench. You get it day one.
Our team and partners understand tax and deal structure—so we see what others miss and build better deals. Then we bring in the right people to get it done.
We spent years building that bench. You get it day one.
Small by design. No layers. No silos. Everyone here touches the work.
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Trusted By:
Our Team
Leadership
Pierre Badin
Co-CEO, Ops
Zeeshan Moha
Co-CEO, Biz
Erik Murray
Head of RE/Gov. R
Nicole Sue
CFO
Melanie Lumon
CSO
Work with Us
Nimble by design. No layers. No silos. Tech-forward, but old-fashioned relationships.
