Charter Info
Our corporate headquarters is located at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), occupying the entire ground floor of a modern office tower just steps from the U.S. Customs facility. With 30,000 square feet of space designed for performance and comfort, our facility features a panoramic view of the runway, a 24/7 state-of-the-art charter dispatch center, a fully equipped executive conference room, and a private luxury lounge. Guests enjoy premium amenities including a selection of snacks and beverages, satellite television, DirectTV, and more.
Directly adjacent to our headquarters, you’ll find three expansive 20,000-square-foot aircraft hangars, home to our Flight Operations, Maintenance Division, and Aircraft Completion Center.
With over four decades of aviation expertise, Ace Aviation Services operates and maintains a fleet of high-performance Learjets and long-range Challenger 604 and 605 aircraft. Every detail is handled in-house: from hiring and training elite pilots and crew, to dispatching flights, coordinating gourmet in-flight dining, and arranging seamless ground transportation.
Based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport since 1976, our mission remains the same: to deliver a luxury air travel experience that’s safe, punctual, and refreshingly effortless.
Our Facility
Our private passenger lounge offers a serene and refined space where you can unwind before your flight. Enjoy a selection of snacks and beverages or catch up on news and entertainment with our wide-screen TV. Just across the hall, our Charter Operations team is available around the clock to accommodate your travel needs and enhance your experience.
For business travelers, a fully equipped executive conference room is available at no additional cost. When it’s time to depart, guests benefit from direct walk-on access to their aircraft or secure vehicle access to the ramp, ensuring maximum privacy and efficiency.
Adjacent to our main office, two 20,000-square-foot aircraft hangars house our in-house Flight Operations, Maintenance Department, and Aircraft Completion Center, allowing us to maintain full control over every detail of your journey.
Harvey N. Hop
A Tradition of Greatness
The values that guide Ace Aviation Services are rooted in a deep commitment to integrity, excellence, and innovation in executive aviation. These principles continue to shape every aspect of how we operate and serve our clients.
Harvey Hop lived to fly, both as a Navy pilot and as the owner of his own charter company. During his lifetime, he logged over 37,000 flight hours; literally, he spent over four years of his life flying.
As a naval aviator, through two WWII combat tours in the Pacific, Hop flew in the battles of Midway and of the South Pacific and he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star, the Purple Heart and five Air Medals for distinguished service. After the war, he graduated from Naval Test Pilot School, commanded two squadrons and earned three additional Air Medals during his 20-year naval career, until his retirement in 1959.
Following his retirement, Hop became Director of Flight Operations at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he played a significant role in the development, testing and marketing of the Flight Directors, Doppler radar and autopilots still in use in today’s aviation industry.
After leaving Collins Radio, Hop went to work for Bill Lear in his new aircraft sales department. Upon delivery of a new jet to its owner in South Florida, he was offered the opportunity to relocate and manage the new Lear 24 for the owner.
In 1977, a decade after moving to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hop formed Hop-A-Jet. His strict military training served as the basis for his business philosophy, which includes well-maintained, pristine aircraft — extensively trained crews — excellent customer service — and complete commitment to safety.
Mr. Hop not only flew celebrities Robert Redford, Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicklaus and Bob Hope among the hundreds of notables, but also critically ill patients, organs for transplants and repair parts for aircraft and the space shuttle.
In 1987, at the age of 70 and still active in the industry, Hop was presented with the Key to the City by the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale and the Lear family honored him with a plaque acknowledging that he had flown more hours in Lear than anyone else in the world. Five years later, he retired and spent the rest of his life traveling, never staying too long away from the office and hangar of Hop-A-Jet at Fort Lauderdale’s Executive Airport.
Mr. Hop passed away in 1999, at the age of 82. His principles remain vital through the extended family of more than 250 pilots he helped to train and who went on to open their own businesses or fly for commercial airlines. One of those pilots, Barry Ellis, is now president of Hop-A-Jet, the company Harvey N. Hop created and which under his solid foundation has grown to achieve unparalleled international success through the legendary pilot’s legacy of uncompromising commitment to excellence in aviation.
