Private business jet on an airport ramp at dusk
Aviation Growth Systems — Built by a Pilot, for Aviation Businesses

Aviation Businesses Deserve to Be Found.

Full-service digital marketing built exclusively for FBOs, flight schools, charter operators, and MROs — founded by a 40-year aviation veteran who's sat in both seats: the operator building the business, and the buyer everyone else is trying to reach.

The Problem

Aviation Businesses Are Exceptional in the Air. Invisible on the Ground.

Your next charter client, student pilot, or fuel customer is searching right now. Most aviation businesses have no system built to capture them. That's not a marketing problem — it's a revenue problem.

01

Whoever answers first wins the lead.

A missed call or a slow follow-up doesn't just cost a lead — it hands that charter booking, discovery flight, or fuel stop straight to whichever competitor picked up the phone or showed up first in the search results.

02

Generalist agencies don't speak the language.

ICAO codes, Part 61 versus Part 141, AOG response, ramp fees, transient versus based traffic — most marketing agencies are translating your industry after the fact, if they understand it at all.

03

Word of mouth isn't a strategy.

Being the only option nearby works — until a competitor opens down the ramp or across the airport. A digital presence built on purpose is what still works after that happens.

Exceptional operators, invisible online. That's the exact problem AviationCreative was built to fix.

Built by an operator, not an agency guessing at the industry: AviationCreative is founded by Ken Starnes — 40 years in aviation, CEO & Founder of GlobalJet, rated ARGUS International Platinum and WYVERN Wingman. Read the full story →
Growth Systems

Built for every business type on the field.

Aviation-exclusive marketing systems, by segment and by service.

FBO Marketing

Your FBO deserves to own the ramp.

FBO marketing isn't banner ads and social posts. It's owning the search results when a pilot types "FBO near KTEB" or a dispatcher searches a fuel stop by ICAO code. A transient crew makes that call fast — often before they're even on the ground. If you're not the easy answer, you're not in the running.

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  • ICAO-code ranking — visibility built around how pilots and dispatchers actually search, not just city names.
  • Fast answers for transient traffic — fuel pricing, services, and hours findable before the call ever gets made.
  • Ramp-level competition — your competitors are already bidding on your airport code. Showing up matters.
The Flight Path

From diagnostic to full altitude.

Every engagement starts the same way — with a clear picture of where you actually stand.

01

The Preflight Diagnostic

A twelve-category digital-presence audit — competitive position, technical health, content, and real search demand — delivered as a written playbook.

02

Flight Plan Development

Your findings become a prioritized plan, sequenced by what's actually broken and phased across the twelve months ahead.

03

Runway Preparation

Technical SEO, Google Business Profile, website fixes, and tracking — the foundation, built right.

04

Climb Out

Content, campaigns, AI automation, and lead capture, running full-funnel at altitude.

The Diagnostic

The $2,497 Preflight Diagnostic

A twelve-section, twelve-month digital marketing playbook — delivered in ten business days, and presented live on a follow-up call, never just emailed.

$2,497One-Time Fee
10 DaysBusiness-Day Turnaround
Live CallFindings Walkthrough

What the audit covers

  • Business & market context — where you stand, and what your fleet, staffing, and capacity can realistically support
  • Technical SEO & site health — Core Web Vitals, crawlability, indexation, mobile
  • On-page content & E-E-A-T — is your site built to earn trust with search engines and buyers
  • Keyword & search visibility — real, DataForSEO-sourced demand for the terms your buyers actually type
  • Local presence & map pack — Google Business Profile, ICAO-anchored visibility
  • Reputation & trust signals — review volume, sentiment, and how it's used on-site
  • Competitive position — where you rank against the operators you're actually losing leads to
  • Schema & structured data, and AI search (GEO) visibility
  • Conversion path & lead capture — where your funnel leaks, and how fast a new inquiry gets worked

What you receive

  • A written, 12-section, 12-month digital marketing playbook — specific to your business, not a generic template
  • Delivered within ten business days
  • Walked through live with you on a follow-up call, screen-share or in person — never dropped in your inbox
  • Built to be useful whether you engage us further or not
  • Which describes you? Flight School · FBO · MRO

The Preflight Diagnostic is the only front door — nothing is bundled into a retainer to reach it, and nothing is bundled out of a retainer because of it.

The Authority

Built by an Operator Who's Sat in Both Seats

Ken Starnes has spent 40 years in aviation — flying corporate jets, building companies, and sitting in the exact seat AviationCreative's clients are trying to reach. He's a commercial pilot with nearly 10,000 hours in corporate jets, and CEO & Founder of GlobalJet in Canton, GA, built to ARGUS International Platinum and WYVERN Wingman standards.

Earlier, he founded PrivateJet.com — the aviation media portal that ranked #1 on Google for "private jet" — a first-hand education in exactly the kind of visibility AviationCreative now builds for its clients.

40 yrsIn Aviation
~10,000Hours · Corporate Jets
ARGUSPlatinum Rated
WYVERNWingman Certified
Markets Served

Nationwide, concentrated where aviation concentrates.

Priority coverage in metros with major FBOs, major airports, and large flight schools.

Ready for Takeoff?

Stop Losing Leads to Competitors Who Show Up First.

The Preflight Diagnostic is the fastest way to understand exactly where your business stands — a twelve-section, twelve-month playbook, delivered in ten business days and presented live, never just emailed.