Draft:Nomadic Aviation Group

The Nomadic Aviation Group is a global aircraft ferry, flight test, and crew leasing company based in Delaware, United States. The group specializes in delivering and transporting transport category aircraft around the world for airline and aircraft lessor customers. Missions include delivering aircraft for conversion from passenger configurations to freighters; repossessing and repatriating aircraft on behalf of lessors; and testing aircraft before they are entered into regular commercial service. The company also offers ACMI leasing, air operator certificate resources, airworthiness resources, and more.

The company flies on behalf of a large collection of airlines, lessors, and operators. It provided consulting and support to aircraft lessors whose planes were stuck in Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 left Russia vulnerable to sanctions.

In 2023, the company was enlisted to ferry Mexico's controversial Presidential Jet, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, to its new owner in Tajikistan. That same year, the company flew a Condor Boeing 767 to China for conversion to a freighter aircraft. In 2024, the company flew the last Boeing 747s belonging to Air India to new owners or to retirement in Roswell, New Mexico.

A YouTube channel called Speedtape Films is dedicated to detailing the lives of Nomadic's pilots as they ferry aircraft around the world. The films are produced by Nomadic's Managing Director. Another Nomadic pilot manages a TikTok account detailing day-to-day operations.

Initial Operations
The company's core group of pilots began ferrying aircraft together in 1999 before founding any major company.

Jet Test International
Nomadic Aviation's predecessor, Jet Test International, began operations as early as 2006. Under a Bermudian Air Operators Certificate, the original airline served much the same purpose as Nomadic eventually would: ferrying planes and performing test flights after maintenance and modification.

After a three-month pause due to international covid-19 travel restrictions, Jet Test International flew often during the covid-19 pandemic to return planes to lessors after aviation industries were largely shut down around the world and airlines needed to store idle aircraft.

Founding of Nomadic Aviation
Jet Test International became Nomadic Aviation Group in 2021. Nomadic is an entirely new company.