Global Crossing Airlines Group Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 5, 2026.
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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-03-05.
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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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During the twelve month period ended December 31, 2025 the team devoted efforts towards our stated goal of creating the largest narrow body charter operation in North America with an aim of generating sustainable, long-term profits. To achieve this goal, GlobalX continues to invest in its three key assets– certifications, aircraft, and crew.
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From a certifications perspective GlobalX, in the twelve month period ended December 31, 2025, received approval from the Australian Civil Aviation Authority to allow flights into and out of Australia.
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Entered into lease agreements for four A319 passenger aircraft.
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Leased two engines for the delivered A320 airframe
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Purchased one A320 passenger aircraft, which had been previously leased by GlobalX.
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Extended leases of one A320 aircraft and one A321 aircraft each of which is currently in our fleet.
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Returned one A319 aircraft to the lessor per the terms of the applicable lease.
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Completed nine heavy maintenance events and forty-two non-heavy maintenance events.
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From a crew perspective, GlobalX in the twelve month period ended December 31, 2025, increased its pilot headcount from 142 to an all-time Company high of 154.
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In late Q3, GlobalX initiated several actions to reduce headcount and salaries to better match our revenue projections. Headcount in December was reduced to 661 from a high of 727 in July.
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The Cargo Charter Market
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GlobalX added the A321F aircraft to its operating certificate during the first quarter of 2023. The Company believes that the A321F will eventually be a highly sought-after cargo aircraft as a replacement for the aging and retiring Boeing B757 freighter fleet. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, we had four cargo aircraft operating. In 2025, GlobalX saw a 55% increase in Block Hours operated compared to 2024. Despite this increased activity level, the cargo charter market continues to be a significant drag on earnings. This is primarily due to the low rates being offered by brokers and customers and the relatively low utilization rates on a per aircraft basis, relative to the rates offered. We expect this dynamic to continue into 2026, and consequently, we are exploring all options to mitigate future losses, including, but not limited to, leasing out engines, parking aircraft, and or returning one or more of our freighter aircraft to lessors.
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The Passenger Charter Market
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Unlike the cargo charter market, the passenger charter market continues to demonstrate strong demand and served as the economic engine for GlobalX in 2025. There are several macro factors, including the supply of aircraft, reduced direct competition, increased reliance on air charter by college sports teams and general increased customer demand, which are driving increased demand for our services. GlobalX anticipates the high level of demand will continue into 2026. To address this demand, the Company has prioritized the passenger charter market over the cargo charter market, devoted sales and operational resources to develop long-term relationships with key customers and looked to expand the markets served as opportunities arise.
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The following table describes the revenues (in thousands) generated by the Charter, ACMI, and Other operations of GlobalX’s business as well as the number of Block Hours serviced by the Charter, ACMI, and Non-Revenue operations of GlobalX’s business.
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Salaries, wages, and benefits increased $12.7 million or 18.8%, from $67.8 million in 2024 to $80.5 million in 2025, primarily due to an increase in the overall headcount in late 2024 and early 2025. In late Q3 of 2025, several actions were initiated to reduce headcount and salaries in response to aircraft delivery delays and subsequent revenue projections. In December 2025, headcount was reduced to 661 from a high of 727 in July, which will continue to yield operational savings in 2026.
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Aircraft fuel decreased by $8.6 million or 36.0%, from $23.8 million to $15.3 million. Approximately 68.6% or $5.9 million of this decrease is attributable to the reduction in the amount of Charter and Non-Revenue Block Hours and approximately 31.4% or $2.7 million is attributable to a reduction in the price of base jet fuel.
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Maintenance, materials, and repairs increased by $5.9 million or 44.7%, from $13.2 million to $19.1 million. $3.2 million of the increase or 54.2% was primarily due to the volume of Block Hours flown which increased 6,389 or 24.0% from 26,628 to 33,017 Block Hours. In addition, rate per Block Hour increased $83 per Block Hour or 16.7% from $496 per Block Hour to $579 per Block Hour resulting in an additional $2.7 million of expense. This is primarily due to significant price inflation in both labor and parts.
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Depreciation and amortization increased by $5.7 million or 90.8%, from $6.3 million in 2024 to $12.0 million in 2025, primarily driven by aircraft deliveries secured on capital leases, the purchase of an A320 aircraft, and an increase in rotable parts owned.
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Contracted ground and aviation services expenses decreased by $1.4 million or 7.1%, from $19.6 million in 2024 to $18.2 million in 2025. This was primarily driven by the reduced number of charter hours since contracted ground and aviation services are not associated with ACMI services.
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Travel expenses decreased $1.7 million or 15.0%, from $11.2 million to $9.5 million. This decrease was primarily driven by a conscious effort of management to focus on reducing travel expense through the creation of local bases tied to flight activity and contract rate negotiations. We are happy with the improvement in 2025 and will continue this focus into 2026.
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Insurance expenses decreased $1.0 million or 15.8%, from $6.2 million to $5.2 million, primarily related to a favorable renegotiation of our insurance rates.
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Aircraft rent expenses decreased $0.3 million or 0.4%, from $57.7 million in 2024 to $57.4 million in 2025, primarily driven by a $7.8 million decrease in the number of sub service hours required in 2025 versus 2024. Adding to the savings was a decrease in base rent expenses of $1.1 million or 3.7% from $29.5 million in 2024 to $28.4 million in 2025 driven by a decrease in the average number of aircraft on operating leases in the fleet from 14.2 in 2024 to 13.8 in 2025. Offsetting the savings, was an increase in supplemental rent expenses of $8.6 million or 48.7%, from $17.7 million in 2024 to $26.3 million in 2025 driven by a year-over-year increase in Block Hours.
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Operating income (loss)improved $10.0 million, from an operating loss of $1.1 million in 2024 to an operating income of $8.9 million in 2025. This marks the first time in our history that GlobalX has delivered positive operating income. Operating (loss) income as a percentage of revenue improved by 4.1% from (0.5%) in 2024 to 3.6% in 2025. This improvement was a result of GlobalX’s ability to grow its revenue faster than its cost structure as the airline works towards achieving scale and profitability. Three factors drove these results: rates, utilization and scale. The Company’s ACMI rate for the period grew 3.3%, from $5,992 per Block Hour in 2024 to $6,249 per Block Hour in 2025. The Company’s average utilization per available aircraft grew 6.8% for the period from 1,930 Block Hours in 2024 to 2,062 Block Hours in 2025. The Company’s increasing scale also contributed to this positive result, for example, there were savings on a per block hour basis in travel and insurance, which combined with the other factors to drive the improvement.
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Non-Operating Expenses
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Interest expense, increased $2.6 million or 28.5% from $9.0 million to $11.5 million driven by the increase of aircraft on capital leases from 2.2 to 4.7 equivalent aircraft, and the financed purchase of one aircraft.
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Loss in Canada Jetlines Operations. The bankruptcy of Canada Jetlines resulted in a payment of $1.3 million by the Company to a lessor associated with an aircraft lease for which GlobalX had provided a guarantee, there were no further payments owed or made in 2025 pursuant to this guarantee and none are expected to arise in the future.
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The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a working capital deficit of $60.5 million and retained deficit of $73.6 million. The Company began flight operations in August 2021. Without ongoing income generation or additional financing, the Company will be unable to fund general and administrative expenses and working capital requirements for the next 12 months. These material uncertainties raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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In 2026 GlobalX will continue its business growth by (i) providing services on an ACMI basis using wet lease contracts to airlines and non-airlines, and (ii) on a Charter basis providing passenger and cargo aircraft charter services to customers by charging an “all-in” fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs, (iii) extending GlobalX current operations within the United States, Europe, Canada, Central and South America and continuing recruiting and maintaining a dynamic team of customer-centric flight crews, ground teams and management staff, (iv) Increasing GlobalX’s passenger aircraft fleet to 16 and GlobalX’s cargo aircraft fleet to remain at four within the next 12 months, and (v) projects an increase in total revenue.
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The Company expects to improve profitability during the year 2026, mainly as a result of GlobalX’s strategy and ability started in 2024 of developing and implementing growth in its revenue faster than its cost structure. There are a few factors management expects to drive the improved margins. The Company expects to continue securing higher rates for both ACMI and Charter contracts and the increase of passenger aircraft from 16 to 21 along with improve seasonality on Cargo aircraft contracts.
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The ability of GlobalX to execute its build-out and growth strategy and achieve operations will depend on acquiring substantial additional financing through debt financing, equity financing or other means. Failure to obtain such financing may result in the delay or indefinite postponement of such growth strategy or even impact the ability of GlobalX to continue as a going concern.
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There can be no assurance that additional capital or other types of financing will be available if needed or that, if available, the terms of such financing will be favorable to GlobalX. If additional financing is raised by GlobalX through the issuance of its securities, shareholders may suffer significant dilution. If additional financing is not available, or if available, not available on satisfactory terms, then this could result in a material adverse effect or could require GlobalX to reduce, delay, scale back or eliminate portions of its actual or proposed operations or could prevent GlobalX from continuing as a going concern.
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GlobalX may also need to raise capital by incurring long-term or short-term indebtedness in order to fund its business objectives. This could result in increased interest expense and decreased net income. Investors are cautioned that there can be no assurance as to the terms of such financing and whether such financing will be available. The level of GlobalX’s indebtedness could impair its ability to obtain additional financing in the future on a timely basis to take advantage of business opportunities that may arise.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The standard requires public companies, on an annual basis, to provide enhanced rate reconciliation disclosures, including disclosure of specific categories and additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. The standard also requires public companies to, among other things, disaggregate income taxes paid by federal, state, and foreign taxes. ASU No. 2023-09 became effective for this Annual Report on Form 10-K and was applied using a prospective approach. The standard only impacts required disclosures and did not impact the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. See note 15 for the Company's income tax disclosures.
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In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The standard requires disclosure of certain prescribed costs and expenses within the notes to consolidated financial statements. ASU No. 2024-03 becomes effective for the Company's 2027 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The standard only impacts required disclosures and will not impact the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. The Company is currently in the early stages of evaluating the impact of ASU No. 2024-03 on its disclosures.
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In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05 – Financial Instruments—Credit Losses. This update provides all entities with a practical expedient in developing reasonable and supportable forecasts as part of estimating expected credit losses. All entities may elect a practical expedient that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. This update will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted in both interim and annual reporting periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. Management expects no significant impact after adoption of the new standard.
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The twelve months period ended December 31, 2024 for GlobalX was characterized by the achievement of significant regulatory milestones in addition to considerable investment in crew, staff, maintenance, and systems to build out our platform, bolster our infrastructure to prepare GlobalX to continue its rapid expansion through the delivery of additional aircraft in 2025. GlobalX is comprised of three key assets which allows us to generate income – our certifications, our aircraft, and our crew.
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From a regulatory perspective GlobalX in the twelve months period ended December 31, 2024 has achieved the following:
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Successfully passed our DOD Audit – allowing us to register and start operating flights for the Department of Defense
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Successfully passed our IOSA Audit – allowing us to operate for other airlines without an extensive audit process
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Taken delivery of one A321F to launch Cargo operations
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Returned one A320 passenger aircraft to a lessor
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Completed five heavy maintenance events
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From a crew perspective GlobalX in the twelve months period ended December 31, 2024 has achieved the following:
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Hired and trained the required number of people in dispatch, crew scheduling, operation control center and maintenance to allow for 24 hours, 7 day a week operation on a global basis
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Increased our pilot headcount from 138 to 142
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GlobalX Charter Service
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GlobalX is a charter provider that currently focuses exclusively on providing customized, non-scheduled passenger air transport services with narrow-body Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. We expect our primary line of business and focus to be commercial charter services throughout North and South America and the Caribbean, with established several key customer including the US Government, scheduled airlines, US colleges and indirect air carriers.
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We provide our services through two contract structures: (1) ACMI and (2) Charter.
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We believe operating charter flights will largely insulate our expected profitability from fluctuations in jet fuel prices, which are typically the largest and most volatile expense for an air carrier. Under the vast majority of our commercial passenger charter arrangements, our customers bear 100% of the cost of jet fuel. In addition, consistent with industry practice, we plan for those customers to pay us our contract price approximately two weeks in advance of their flights.
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Because our ACMI customers are responsible for fuel costs, our expected commercial ACMI revenues would not be affected directly by fuel price changes. However, a significant increase in fuel prices would likely have an adverse effect on demand for the use of our aircraft, which could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and financial position.
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Business Strategy
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In launching a US 121 Domestic Flag and Supplemental charter airline in the United States, GlobalX has done the following:
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Launch passenger charter flights with A320/A321 all passenger aircraft
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GlobalX operates its A320 family aircraft under ACMI/Full Contract charter operations for major airlines, tour operators, college and professional sports teams, incentive groups, major resorts and casino groups.
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Expand existing relationships and develop additional relationships with leading European charter/ our operators to provide aircraft during their peak seasons; and
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Provide ad-hoc and track charter programs for non-airline customers, including hotels, casinos, cruise ship companies, tour operators.
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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and other financial information appearing and referred to elsewhere in this report.
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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and other financial information appearing and referred to elsewhere in this report.
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The following table describes the degree to which variations in revenues (in thousands) can be attributed to fluctuations in prices and nature of GlobalX services.
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Salaries, wages, and benefits increased $13.7 million from $54.1 million to $67.8 million, or 25.4%, primarily due to the hiring and training of pilots and other airline personnel necessitated by the growing fleet and operations. The total number of employees grew 8.5% from 625 to 678 of which pilots increased from 138 to 142, or 2.9 %. Block hours increased 44.2% that without efficiency and scaling of the labor force would have resulted in a $23.9 million increase, however, increased efficiency and utilization of labor resulted in $10.2 million or reduction of effective labor rate per block hour of 13.1%.
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Aircraft fuel decreased by $5.6 million, from $29.5 million to $23.8 or 19.2%, the volume of Charter hours decreased by 26.7% or $7.8 million. This was offset by an increase in base jet fuel of approximately 10.3% or $2.2 million.
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Maintenance, materials, and repairs increased by $4.6 million, from $8.6 million to $13.2 million, or 53.6%. An increase of $0.6 million was due to a severe weather event that damaged two parked aircraft, multiple bird strikes across several aircraft and damage caused by a third-party vendor. Another $3.2 million cost increase was primarily due to volume from the increase in both the number of aircraft to 18 aircraft and the number of block hours flown which increased 8,556 or 47% from 18,072 to 26,628 block hours. Another, $0.8 million increase is due to a rate per block hour increase of 6.3% from $431 per block hour to $458 per block hour.
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Depreciation and amortization increased $4.0 million, from $2.3 million to $6.3 million or 173.5%, driven by assets acquired to support our airport operations. These assets include, but are not limited to, aircraft deliveries secured on capital leases, computers, software, and rotable inventory.
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Contracted ground and aviation services decreased by $0.9 million from $20.5 million to $19.6 million, or 4.4%. A rate increase of 32.5% per block hour drove an increase of $4.8 million. This was offset by lower charter block hours by 27.8%, which drove a reduction of $5.7 million.
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Travel increased $2.8 million, from $8.3 million to $11.1 million or 34.1%. The primary driver of increased travel expense was the growth of our government agency business which required a greater than normal number of crews to be reposition and put in hotels than normal in order to rapidly respond to the demand. Throughout the year we expanded local hiring in those key bases and the reliance on travel dropped and is a cost that will be a continued focus in 2025.
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Insurance increased $1.2 million, from $5.0 million to $6.2 million or 34.1%, primarily related to the increase in the number of aircraft.
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Aircraft rent increased $24.0 million, from $33.6 million to $57.6 million or 71.5%, primarily due to the increase in the average number of aircraft from 10.6 to 16.4 aircraft in the fleet. $18.4 million or 76.5% of the increase is driven by the increase in the number of aircraft being leased, with the remaining $5.6 million or 23.5% due to rate increase per aircraft and short-term ACMI leases from other airlines due to flights sold exceeded capacity available during the period.
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Operating loss decreased $14.7 million, from an operating loss of $15.8 million to $1.1 million, or an 84.7% improvement. In addition, operating loss as a percentage of revenue improved from (9.9%) to (0.5%), a 9.4% improvement. This was a direct result of GlobalX’s ability to grow its revenue faster than its cost structure as the airline works towards achieving scale and profitability. There are a few factors driving the improved margins. The first factor is rates as the Company was able to secure higher rates for both ACMI and Charter contracts. The Company’s ACMI rate grew 39.5%, from $4,317 per block hour to $5,992 per block hour, while Charter rate per block hour is up 16.7% from $10,826 per block hour to $12,590 per block hour. The second factor is scale. As an example, when measured on a per block hour basis, Salaries, wages, and benefits dropped from $2,705 to $2,352 per block hour, an 13.1% reduction. There were also savings on a per block hour basis in travel, insurance, and general overhead expenses (other) which combined with the other factors drove the improvement. This improvement was, in spite of the impact of the events in September, that effectively took almost 35% of the passenger fleet offline for almost two weeks. This included a severe weather event damaging two parked aircraft, multiple bird strikes across three different aircraft and a third-party vendor who severely damaged an aircraft during a routine check. A number of these are insurable events, but the impact to revenue was significant and the estimated impact to operating loss is over $5.0 million. Also, negatively impacting results. Our Cargo business continued to underperform which also served as a multimillion dollar drag to earnings in 2024. In addition, there were $2.9 million in costs incurred related to the return of one aircraft and the guarantee of the Canada Jetlines aircraft that negatively impacted the operating loss and will not be repeated in 2025.
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Non-operating Expenses (Income)
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Interest expense, netincreased $4.0 million from $4.9 million to $8.9 million driven mainly by the interest payable on the debentures issued in 2023.
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The Company continuously seeks to identify external sources of capital from time to time depending on our cash requirements, assessment of current and anticipated market conditions, and the after-tax cost of capital. Our access to capital markets can be adversely impacted by prevailing economic conditions and by financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. Additionally, the Company’s borrowing costs are affected by market conditions and may be adversely impacted by a tightening in credit markets.
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In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures – Amendments in this update improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis for all public entities to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2023-07 as of December 31, 2024, which did not materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Refer to our significant accounting policies below for the impact of adoption.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures – Amendments in this update require: that public business entities on an annual basis (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income [or loss] by the applicable statutory income tax rate). All entities disclose on an annual basis the following information about income taxes paid: 1. The amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign taxes 2. The amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid (net of refunds received) is equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). All entities disclose the following information: 1. Income (or loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (or benefit) disaggregated between domestic and foreign 2. Income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign. The amendments in this Update eliminate the requirement for all entities to (1) disclose the nature and estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change in the unrecognized tax benefits balance in the next 12 months or (2) make a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made. The amendments in this Update remove the requirement to disclose the cumulative amount of each type of temporary difference when a deferred tax liability is not recognized because of the exceptions to comprehensive recognition of deferred taxes related to subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures. The amendments in this Update replace the term public entity as currently used in Topic 740 with the term public business entity as defined in the Master Glossary of the Codification. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Management expects no significant impact after adoption of the new standard.
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The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this report. This Item 7 contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed throughout this report and include, but are not limited to, those set forth at the end of this Item 7 under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements." Additional factors are under the heading “Risk Factors”.
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The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this report. This Item 7 contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed throughout this report and include, but are not limited to, those set forth at the end of this Item 7 under the heading “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Additional factors are found in Item 1A under the heading “Risk Factors”.
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GlobalX operates a US Part 121 domestic flag and supplemental airline using the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. GlobalX’s business model is to (1) provide services on an ACMI using wet lease contracts to airlines and non-airlines, and (2) on a Charter basis whereby we provide passenger aircraft charter services to customers by charging an “all-in” fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs. GlobalX operates within the United States, Europe, Canada, Central and South America.
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GlobalX operates a US Part 121 domestic flag and supplemental airline using the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. GlobalX’s business model is to (1) provide services on an ACMI basis using wet lease contracts to airlines, whereby we provide aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance to customers, and (2) on a Charter basis whereby we provide passenger aircraft charter services to customers by charging an “all-in” fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs. GlobalX operates within the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean Islands, and Central and South America.
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GlobalX operates its A320 family aircraft for airlines, tour operators, college and professional sports teams, incentive groups, resorts and casino groups and government agencies. It is our goal to deliver best in class on time performance and dispatch reliability, expand existing relationships and develop additional relationships with leading charter/tour operators to provide aircraft during their peak seasons; and provide ad-hoc and track charter programs for non-airline customers, including hotels, casinos, cruise ship companies, tour operators.
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GlobalX operates its A320 family aircraft for government agencies, airlines, tour operators, college and professional sports teams, and incentive groups. It is our goal to deliver best in class on time performance and dispatch reliability, expand existing relationships and develop additional relationships.
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From an aircraft perspective GlobalX in the twelve months period ended December 31, 2024 has achieved the following:
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From an aircraft perspective GlobalX, in the twelve month period ended December 31, 2025:
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Taken delivery of three A320 passenger aircraft and one A321 passenger aircraft
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Took delivery of one A321 passenger aircraft, one A319 aircraft and one A320 airframe.
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In short, the twelve months period ended December 31, 2024 was a time when GlobalX invested in its people, prepared for its growth, and established a robust infrastructure for its future.
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In short, the twelve month period ended December 31, 2025, was a time when GlobalX invested in its people, prepared for its growth, and established a robust infrastructure for its future.
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Major tour operators, resorts, cruise lines and casinos that require airlift above and beyond scheduled service to meet their occupancy needs.
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Major tour operators that require airlift above and beyond scheduled service to meet their occupancy needs.
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Critical to GlobalX’s business model is a fleet of modern and cost-effective aircraft. To achieve this objective, GlobalX has selected what it believes is the best overall single-aisle aircraft family to operate. This approach differs from traditional airlines, which purchase a variety of aircraft, often from different manufacturers, to achieve their operational flight sectors, resulting in increased training, operating and spare part costs. GlobalX conducted research to determine the best aircraft to fly in competition with other narrow-body charter airlines in the single-aisle seat market and GlobalX selected the A320 aircraft family.
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Critical to GlobalX’s business model is a fleet of modern and cost-effective aircraft. To achieve this objective, GlobalX has selected what it believes is the best overall single-aisle aircraft family to operate. This approach differs from traditional airlines, which purchase a variety of aircraft, often from different manufacturers, to achieve their operational flight sectors, resulting in increased training, operating costs and maintenance costs. GlobalX conducted research to determine the best aircraft to fly in competition with other narrow-body charter airlines in the single-aisle seat market and after such research GlobalX selected the A320 aircraft family.
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The following factors support GlobalX’s choice to operate the Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft versus the Boeing family of aircraft:
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The following factors support GlobalX’s choice to operate the Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft versus the Boeing-737 family of aircraft:
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Operational Capability: the A320 has a range advantage over the 737-800 and can fly non-stop from Miami to selected airports in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and between most major destinations in Europe. The A320 has excellent maintenance dispatch reliability and strong availability of spare parts and components, making the A320, in management’s estimation, the most popular aircraft among low-cost airlines.
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Operational Capability: the A320 has a range advantage over the 737-800 and can fly non-stop from Miami to most airports throughout North America, South America and the Caribbean, and between most major destinations in Europe. The A320 has excellent maintenance dispatch reliability and strong availability of spare parts and components, making the A320, in management’s estimation, the most popular aircraft among low-cost airlines.
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Passenger comfort: better seat width, cargo bin volume for carry-on baggage and cargo hold volume.
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Passenger comfort: wider seat width, larger cargo bin volume for carry-on baggage and larger cargo hold volume.
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We expect the existing charter operators based in the U.S. to respond to GlobalX’s entry into the market by lowering their pricing to customers. The expected competitive response typically includes lowered ACMI rates for key contracts. We believe GlobalX’s existing relationships with potential customers and the underserved demand in the U.S., coupled with our newer planes allowing for a more cost-efficient operation, will allow us to address any competitive pressure and grow as anticipated.
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We expect the existing charter operators based in the U.S. to respond to GlobalX’s entry into the market by lowering their pricing to customers. The expected competitive response typically includes lowered ACMI rates for key contracts. We believe GlobalX’s existing relationships with potential customers and the underserved demand in the U.S., coupled with our newer planes allowing for a more cost-efficient operation, will allow us to address and respond to competitive pressures and grow our business.
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Our management team has extensive operating and leadership experience in the airfreight, airline, and aircraft leasing, maintenance, and management industries at companies such as Republic Airways, JetBlue Airways, Virgin America, Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, US Airways, Atlas Air, Emirates, North American Airlines, Miami Air, Spirit Airlines, Continental Airlines, Pan Am, Atlantic Coast Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Flair Airlines, as well as the United States Army, and Air Force. In addition, our management team has a diversity of experience from other industries at companies such as KBR, Carnival Cruise Lines, Palms Casino Resort, Teladoc, Halliburton, and the Burger King Corporation.
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Our management team has extensive operating and leadership experience in the airfreight, airline, and aircraft leasing, maintenance, and management industries at companies such as Virgin America, American Airlines, US Airways, Atlas Air, DHL, Eastern Airlines Express, Emirates, North American Airlines, Miami Air, Spirit Airlines, Continental Airlines, Pan Am, and Flair Airlines, as well as the United States Army, and Air Force. In addition, our management team has a diversity of experience from other industries at companies such as KBR, Teladoc, Halliburton, Lehman Brothers, and the Burger King Corporation.
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The analysis of GlobalX results for the twelve months period ended on December 31, 2024 and 2023 requires an understanding of how the Company fundamentally evolved during that time period. 2023 was our second year of full operations and was a period where the company was focused on securing additional customers, entering new markets and flying to additional locations; primarily in the domestic and Caribbean markets and within the European market. As a growing company, we were also focused on operating effectively and efficiently.
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The analysis of GlobalX results for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 requires an understanding of how the Company fundamentally evolved during that time period. 2024 was our third year of full operations and was a period where the Company was focused on securing additional customers, entering new markets and flying to additional locations; primarily in the domestic and Caribbean markets and within the European market. As a growing company, we were also focused on operating effectively and efficiently.
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By contrast in 2024, GlobalX expanded existing government agency relationships, acquired new partners, secured longer term Cargo contracts, expanded operations in the European ACMI market and continued operating for existing airlines. Our key metric is block hours flown and block hours flown per available aircraft, which is the measure by which we track commercial activity. While other airlines discuss available seat miles and revenue per available seat mile (“rasm”), cost per available seat mile (“casm”), these metrics are not germane to our business model as an ACMI and Charter operator. GlobalX charters the entire aircraft, does not take fuel risk, and does not take third party risk therefore all results are evaluated on a block hour basis.
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In 2025, GlobalX continued expanding existing governmental agency relationships, acquired new partners, secured long-term cargo contracts, expanded operations in the European ACMI market and continued its operations with existing airlines. Our key metric is Block Hours flown and Block Hours flown per available aircraft, which is the measure by which we track commercial activity. While other airlines discuss available seat miles and revenue per available seat mile, cost per available seat mile, these metrics are not germane to our business model as an ACMI and Charter operator. GlobalX charters the entire aircraft, does not take fuel risk, and does not take third party risk therefore our results are evaluated on a Block Hour and Utilization basis.
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Charter revenue for the period decreased $18.7 million or 16.4 %, from $114.1 million in 2023 to $95.5 million in 2024. The rate for Charter flying increased 16.7% from $10,826 per block hour to $12,590 per block hour resulting in a $13.4 million increase. This was offset by a $32.1 million reduction due to charter block hours decreasing 28.1% from 10,542 to 7,582 block hours. The increase in the rate per block hour is primarily driven by high market demand and a supply shortage as competitors reduced capacity to increase demand, higher fuel and handling fees and the mix of flying. The decrease in charter block hours was due to the increased level of flying on an ACMI basis.
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Charter revenue for the period decreased $33.2 million or 34.8%, from $95.5 million in 2024 to $62.3 million in 2025. This reduction was primarily driven by a reduction in Charter Block Hours of 28.1%, decreasing from 7,582 Block Hours in 2024 to 4,580 block hours in 2025, which resulted in a $36.2 million reduction in revenue. This reduction was partially offset by an increase in the rate for Charter flying of 4.8% from $12,590 per Block Hour in 2024 to $16,594 per Block Hour in 2025, resulting in a $1.0 million increase in revenue. The decrease in Charter Block Hours was due to an intentional focus on an increased level of flying on an ACMI basis and the Company’s exit from the Cuba-based charter market.
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ACMI revenue for the period increased by $82.6 million or 204.0% from $40.5 million in 2023 to $123.1 million in 2024. This variance is driven by an increase from 9,376 block hours in 2023 to 20,539 block hours in 2024, an increase of 119.1% or 11,163 block hours. This volume accounted for 58.4% or $48.2 million of the increase. The average revenue per block hour increased $1,675 per block hours from $4,317 per block hour in 2023 to $5,992 per block hour in 2024 and accounted for $34.4 million or 41.6% of the revenue increase. The primary driver for the increase was related to both high market demand and ability to grow our government business which is primarily operated on an ACMI basis.
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ACMI revenue for the period increased by $52.7 million or 42.8% from $123.1 million in 2024 to $175.8 million in 2025. This increase was driven by an increase in Block Hours from 20,539 in 2024 to 28,251 in 2025, an increase of 37.5% or 7,712 Block Hours. This increase in volume accounted for 86.3% or $45.5 million of the revenue increase. The average revenue per Block Hour increased $257 from $5,992 per Block Hour in 2024 to $6,222 per Block Hour in 2025 and accounted for $7.2 million or 13.7% of the revenue increase. The primary driver for the rate increase was related to our ability to negotiate higher rates with key customers underpinned by strong market demand and a shortage of supply.
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Other revenue for the period decreased by $0.3 million from $5.5 million in 2023 to $5.2 million in 2024. The decrease is primarily driven by less ancillary services provided to our customers.
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Other revenue for the period increased by $3.1 million from $5.2 million in 2024 to $8.3 million in 2025. The increase is primarily driven by more ancillary services provided to our customers.
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The following table compares our Non-operating Expenses (Income):
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The following table compares our Non-Operating Expenses (in thousands):
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Net Lossdue to events noted above, decreased by $9.4 million or 45.2%, from a net loss of $20.8 million in 2023 to $11.4 million in 2024.
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Net Lossfor the period, due to events and circumstances noted above, improved by $8.8 million or 77.2%, from a net loss of $11.4 million in 2024 to $2.6 million in 2025.
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As of December 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $12.3 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and approximately $1.7 million in restricted cash, an increase and decrease of approximately $0.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively, from December 31, 2023. The changes were primarily due to new aircraft deliveries, deposits, and net loss in operations. Management is confident that the augmented cash and cash equivalents, coupled with the anticipated rise in sales linked to the Company’s strategies to attract more funds, will adequately address the Company’s liquidity requirements. Management is actively assessing various options to procure additional funds, including exploring opportunities for additional equity or debt financing.
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As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately $16.7 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and approximately $3.8 million in restricted cash, an increase of approximately $4.4 million and $2.1 million, respectively, from December 31, 2024. The changes were primarily due to new aircraft deliveries, customer deposits, and cash flow from operations.
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The Company has significant fixed and noncancelable lease commitments of aircraft, equipment and related maintenance checks. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had total of $19.9 million due in the next 12 months of future minimum lease payments under finance and operating leases. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had total of $100.3 million due after 12 months from the balance sheet date of future minimum lease payments under finance and operating leases, respectively, and approximately $29.7 million in notes payable included in the non-current liabilities presented in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company finished 2024 with fourteen passenger aircraft and four cargo aircraft and expects the fleet to increase to nineteen passenger aircraft and remain at four cargo aircraft by the end of 2025. To achieve the number of aircraft deliveries in 2025, the Company currently has four aircrafts under lease with partial or total deposits paid and one aircraft under binding agreements that are subject to execution of definitive lease documentation and fulfillment of certain closing conditions.
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The Company has significant fixed and noncancelable lease commitments of aircraft, equipment and related maintenance checks. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a total of $24.6 million due in the next 12 months of future minimum lease payments under finance and operating leases. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a total of $100.1 million due after 12 months from the balance sheet date of future minimum lease payments under finance and operating leases, respectively, and approximately $40.5 million in notes payable included in the non-current liabilities presented in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company finished 2025 with sixteen passenger aircraft and four cargo aircraft and expects the fleet to increase to twenty-one passenger aircraft and remain at four cargo aircraft by the end of 2026. To achieve the number of aircraft deliveries in 2026, the Company currently has three aircrafts under lease with partial or total deposits paid and two aircraft under binding agreements that are subject to execution of definitive lease documentation and fulfillment of certain closing conditions.
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The Company regularly assesses our anticipated working capital needs, debt and leverage levels, debt maturities, capital expenditure requirements and future investments or acquisitions to maximize shareholder return, efficiently finance our ongoing operations and maintain flexibility for future strategic transactions. The Company also regularly evaluates its liquidity and capital structure to ensure financial risks, adequate liquidity access and lower cost of capital are efficiently managed.
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The Company regularly assesses its anticipated working capital needs, debt and leverage levels, debt maturities, capital expenditure requirements and future investments or acquisitions to maximize shareholder return, efficiently finance our ongoing operations and maintain flexibility for future strategic transactions. The Company also regularly evaluates its liquidity and capital structure to ensure financial risks, adequate liquidity access and lower cost of capital are efficiently managed. Management is actively assessing various options to procure additional funds, including exploring opportunities for additional equity or debt financing to the extent it determines such financing is necessary or appropriate. Management is confident that the augmented cash and cash equivalents, coupled with the anticipated rise in sales linked to the Company’s strategies to attract more funds, will adequately address the Company’s liquidity requirements.
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Operating Activities. For 2024, net cash provided by operating activities increased $9.5 million to $8.1 million, consisting primarily of $21.2 million in noncash adjustments for depreciation and amortization of fixed assets, operating lease right of use assets and debt issue costs, $5.3 million of increase in accounts payable, $3.2 million of decrease in accounts receivable, $0.4 million of decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets, $3.0 million in interest on finance leases, $1.7 million of share-based payments and $0.5 million of credit losses. These were partially offset by $14.4 million of increase in operating leases obligations, $1.3 million of decrease in accrued liabilities and other liabilities, $0.4 million of increase of assets held for sale and $11.4 million of net loss. For 2023, net cash used in operating activities decreased $2.2 million to $1.4 million, consisting primarily of $11.4 million in noncash adjustments for depreciation and amortization of fixed assets, operating lease right of use assets and debt issue costs, $17.4 million of increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities, $2.4 million of increase of accounts payables, $1.7 million of decrease in assets held for sale, $2.5 million of share-based payments and $0.4 million in interest on finance leases. These were partially offset by $20.8 million of net loss, $7.7 million of increase in accounts receivable, $7.9 million of increase in operating lease obligations and $0.3 million of increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
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Operating Activities. For 2025, net cash provided by operating activities increased $20.0 million to $28.1 million, consisting primarily of $31.4 million in noncash adjustments for depreciation and amortization of fixed assets, operating lease right of use assets and debt issue costs, $11.9 million of increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities, $4.7 million in interest on finance leases, $2.7 million of share-based payments, $1.3 million of increase in accounts payable and $0.5 million of credit losses. These were partially offset by $19.6 million of decrease in operating leases obligations, $2.6 million of net loss, $1.3 million of increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and $0.5 million of increase in accounts receivable. For 2024, net cash provided by operating activities increased $9.5 million to $8.1 million, consisting primarily of $21.2 million in noncash adjustments for depreciation and amortization of fixed assets, operating lease right of use assets and debt issue costs, $5.3 million of increase in accounts payable, $3.2 million of decrease in accounts receivable, $3.1 million in interest on finance leases, $1.7 million of share-based payments, $0.4 million of decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $0.5 million of credit losses. These were partially offset by $14.4 million of increase in operating lease obligations, $1.3 million of decrease in accrued liabilities and other liabilities, $0.4 million of increase of assets held for sale and $11.4 million of net loss.
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Investing Activities. For 2024, net cash used for investing activities decreased $3.2 million to $10.0 million, consisting of $2.8 million of decrease of deposit, deferred costs and other assets and $7.2 million of purchases of property and equipment. For 2023, net cash used for investing activities increased $8.0 million to $13.2 million, consisting of $9.1 million of increase of deposit, deferred costs and other assets and $4.0 million of purchases of property and equipment.
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Investing Activities. For 2025, net cash used for investing activities increased $4.3 million to $14.3 million, consisting of $11.6 million of Purchases of property and equipment, partially offset by $2.7 million of decrease of deposit, deferred costs and other assets. For 2024, net cash used for investing activities decreased $3.3 million to $10.0 million, consisting of $7.2 million of Purchases of property and equipment and $6.3 million of a decrease of deposit, deferred costs and other assets.
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Financing Activities. For 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $1.7 million, consisting of $1.8 million of Principal payments on finance leases and $0.2 million of Noncontrolling interest dividends paid, partially offset by $0.3 million from Proceeds on issuance of shares. For 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was $26.8 million, consisting primarily of net proceeds of approximately $24.9 million from note payable, and $1.9 million from Proceeds on issuance of shares.
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Financing Activities. For 2025, net cash used in financing activities increased $5.6 million to $7.3 million, consisting primarily of $5.6 million of Principal payments on finance leases, $1.5 million of Principal payments on note payable, $0.5 million of Noncontrolling interest dividends paid, and $0.2 million of Debt issue costs, partially offset by $0.3 million from Proceeds on issuance of shares. For 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $1.7 million, consisting of $1.8 million of Principal payments on finance leases and $0.2 million of Noncontrolling interest dividends paid, partially offset by $0.3 million from Proceeds on issuance of shares.
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We base our estimates and judgments on our experience, our current knowledge, our beliefs of what could occur in the future, our observation of trends in the industry, information provided by our customers and information available from other resources. Actual results may differ from the estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following policies and estimates as those that we believe are most critical to our financial condition and results of operations and that require management's most subjective and complex judgments in estimating the effect of inherent uncertainties: allowance for credit losses, fair value measurements for stock-based compensation and deferred tax valuation allowance. See footnote 2 of the Company's consolidated financial statements for significant accounting policies.
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We base our estimates and judgments on our experience, our current knowledge, our beliefs of what could occur in the future, our observation of trends in the industry, information provided by our customers and information available from other resources. Actual results may differ from the estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following policies and estimates as those that we believe are most critical to our financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most subjective and complex judgments in estimating the effect of inherent uncertainties: allowance for credit losses, determination of IBR for leases, estimates related to going concern, and deferred tax valuation allowance. See Note 2 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for significant accounting policies.
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In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01 – Compensation-Stock Compensation – Amendments to improve generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by adding an illustrative example to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to determine whether profits interest and similar awards ("profits interest awards") should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Management expects no significant impact after adoption of the new standard.
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In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01 – Compensation-Stock Compensation – Amendments. This update aims to improve GAAP by adding an illustrative example to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to determine whether profits interest and similar awards (“profits interest awards”) should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2024-01 as of January 1, 2025, which did not materially impact the Company’s financial statements.
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GlobalX seeks to become the best-in-class U.S. narrow-body, ACMI and full services contract charter airline, operating both passenger and cargo charter aircraft while recruiting and maintaining a dynamic team of customer-centric flight crews, ground teams and management staff.
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Deliver best in class on time performance and dispatch reliability;