Tern Jet Sales
Tom Chapman currently serves as Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions at Tern Jet Sales, a role assumed in October 2024. Previously, Tom was Vice President of Managed Aircraft Sales at Elevate Aviation Group and Executive Vice President of Business Development at Volato, where significant achievements included launching and expanding the HondaJet fractional ownership model and acquiring a new Gulfstream G280 fleet. Tom's career includes key positions at C&L Aviation Group, XOJET, BOMBARDIER, and Gulfstream Aerospace, demonstrating a consistent track record of sales growth, market expansion, and leadership in aircraft management and MRO services. Educational credentials include advanced studies at Harvard Business School, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Marymount University, culminating in a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
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Tern Jet Sales
Tern Jet Sales is a team of aviation professionals focused on business jet acquisitions and sales representing Clients across the globe. We make complicated aircraft sales and purchases easy by focusing on ethical transactions and leveraging our operational knowledge from decades of operating all makes on models of modern business jets and turbo-props. Founded and lead by Julian Tonsmeire, our President, who brings 25 years of aviation expertise to the table. Julian’s extensive background as an aircraft broker CCO, new aircraft sales director, entrepreneur, business jet operations manager, and professional pilot, uniquely qualifies him and his team to lead your next aircraft sale or acquisition. Tern Jet Sales leverages the team’s 50 years of experience overseeing $700M in business jet transactions.