On May 5, 2023, the Company entered into a HondaJet Fleet Purchase Agreement with Honda Aircraft Company. LLC, for the purchase and delivery of twenty-three (23) HondaJet HA-420 Aircraft for a total estimated purchase price of $161.1 million with expected delivery between the fourth fiscal quarter of 2023 and the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025. The

Company should make a $150 thousand deposit for each aircraft twelve months prior to the expected delivery date. As of December 31, 2023, the Company took delivery and sold one aircraft related to this agreement, which brings the balance of aircraft to be delivered at twenty-two (22) as of December 31, 2023.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has funded an aggregated amount of $1.3 million towards the purchase agreement, which is presented under Deposits on Aircraft non-current in the consolidated financial statements. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company is required to fund an additional $1.5 million in deposits in the next twelve months.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company executed a series of purchase agreements with Gulfstream Aerospace, LP for the acquisition of four (4) Gulfstream G-280 aircraft for total consideration of $79 million and with expected deliveries in 2024 through 2025, for which the Company made prepayments totaling $39 million and $12.0 million as of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively. The $39.0 million is non-refundable, except in some specific circumstances, and would serve as consideration for liquidated damages of $3.0 million per aircraft should the purchase agreement be terminated by the Company.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made additional payments of $27.0 million towards these agreements, of which $24.0 million was funded through the SAC Leasing G280 LLC credit facility (note 15) and $3.0 million was paid by the Company.

The Company has a credit facility in place with SAC Leasing G280 LLC to fund $40.5 million of the original $79.0 million due under these purchase agreements with Gulfstream Aerospace LP. The remaining balance to be funded by SAC Leasing G280 LLC is $12.0 million as of December 31, 2023.

The Company leases property and equipment under operating leases. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, the Company records the related assets and obligations at the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. Many of the leases contain renewal options and/or termination options that are factored into our determination of lease payments when appropriate. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments to present value, as the rates implicit in its leases are not readily determinable. The incremental borrowing rate is based on the estimated interest rate for collateralized borrowing over a similar term of the lease at the commencement date.

During 2022, the Company began leasing an aircraft with a term of five years which has fixed lease payments. The Company recognized an operating lease liability in the amount of the net present value of the future minimum lease payments, and a right-of-use asset. The discount rate used for this lease was 12%, which was determined to be the incremental borrowing rate based on comparative secured financing in the marketplace at the inception of the fixed lease payments.

The remaining term of this lease was 3.33 years and 4.33 years as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease expense related to this lease consisting of fixed and variable lease costs was $469 thousand and $168 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Additionally, the Company leases other aircraft under operating leases with remaining terms ranging from one to five years. These leases require lease payments that are variable and are dependent on flight hours that generate charter revenues, with no minimum lease payment commitments. Because of the variable nature of the lease payments, these leases

are not recorded on our consolidated balance sheets as ROU assets and lease liabilities. Certain leases have renewal options to extend lease terms for additional periods ranging from three to twelve months.

Some of the aircraft leases have lease terms of 12 months or less. The Company has made a policy election to classify lease agreements with a lease term of 12 months or less as short-term leases. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized right-of-use assets or lease liabilities related to these lease agreements pursuant to the short-term election. The Company recognizes short-term lease costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term and accrues the difference each period between the amount expensed and the amount paid.

Variable lease costs associated with the aircraft operating leases were $12.9 million and $8.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. Short-term lease costs on the aircraft leases were $617 thousand and $597 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

Our facilities leases are for space at airports throughout the south with remaining terms ranging from one to eleven months. These leases consist of hangar space and office space. The leases have lease terms of 12 months or less. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized right-of-use assets or lease liabilities related to these lease agreements pursuant to the short-term lease election. The Company has made a policy election to not separate lease and non-lease components for these facility leases. Short-term lease costs related to these leases were $71 thousand and $52 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

Future estimated minimum lease payments by year and in aggregate, under the Company’s fixed payment operating lease consisted of the following at December 31, 2023, in thousand:


For the years ended December 31,	Operating Leases
2024	$	464
2025	471
2026	479
2027	161
TOTAL	1,575
Less amount representing interest	(284)
Present value of net minimum payments (inc. $326 classified as current operating lease liability)	$	1,291

The Company entered into $15.7 million and $42.0 million of sales-leaseback transactions related to aircraft during the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The Company recorded gains of $3.4 million and $7.9 million associated with these transactions, for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. Gains are recorded in gross profit in the consolidated statements of operations. The leases of the aircraft assets are operating leases which incur variable lease costs based upon usage as described above. These lease costs are expensed as occurred.

The Company is currently not involved with or know of any pending or threatening litigation and material claims against the Company or any of its officers.