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SURF AIR MOBILITY INC. (SRFM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Prepared remarks

DaraConference Operator

Thank you. Good evening. My name is Dara, and I'll be your conference operator today for Surf Air Mobility's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the earnings call. Operator gave instructions to participants. I will now pass the call over to Hudson Andrews for opening remarks. Go ahead.

Hudson AndrewsHead of Investor Relations

Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Surf Air Mobility's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. I am joined today by Deanna White, our Chief Executive Officer; Shawn Pelsinger, our newly appointed Chairman of the Board; Liam Fayed, our Co-Founder; Louis Saint-Cyr, our President of Airline Operations; Joshua Lowton, our President of Surf On Demand; and Oliver Reeves, our Chief Financial Officer. Our earnings release can be found on the SEC EDGAR website and on our Investor Relations page at investors.surfair.com. Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that during today's call, we will discuss our outlook and expectations for future performance. These forward-looking statements may be preceded by words such as we expect, we believe or we anticipate. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from the views expressed today. Some of these risks are set forth in our earnings release and in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. We will also present both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Additional disclosures regarding non-GAAP measures, including a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP, are included in our earnings release posted on our Investor Relations website and in our SEC filings. I'll now turn the call over to Deanna White.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Good afternoon, everyone. The second quarter of 2026 was strong. Revenue came in at the high end of our guidance range at $29.5 million and our adjusted EBITDA loss was within our range at $10.5 million. In April, we announced an improvement to our full year 2026 adjusted EBITDA loss guidance of approximately 40% compared to what we had previously announced, while maintaining our revenue growth target of 20% to 30% over the prior year. To achieve this, we put specific cost controls and strategies in place across our businesses, and we believe these changes have resulted in permanent improvements. What makes me most confident about our results is the environment we deliver them in. Over the last several months, the aviation industry experienced one of the most volatile periods of fuel prices. In our case, we also managed through a month of unexpected heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding, uncommon in Hawaii, affecting our Mokulele operations. Achieving both our revenue and adjusted EBITDA targets under those conditions speaks to the durability of our operations and the technology we have built. Beyond the financial results, the second quarter produced a series of milestones. We won our first multi-year SurfOS enterprise contract. We doubled on-demand private charter revenue in the second quarter compared to the prior year period. We reduced our existing convertible note principal by 64% and lowered monthly cash amortization payments by up to 50%. We significantly expanded our partnership with Palantir, adding both engineering and business development resources to accelerate the commercialization of SurfOS. We partnered with BETA Technologies on landmark demonstration flights of electric aircraft in Hawaii, with support from Hawaiian Airlines. And we deployed our safety management system a year ahead of the FAA schedule. For the last 1.5 years, the first phases of our transformation plan focused on completing foundational work: building SurfOS, lowering our cost structure, rationalizing the route network, modernizing the fleet and restructuring our balance sheet. Though there will always be more to do, the work is now largely behind us. We believe the company is in a place for us to pursue revenue growth and profitability at the same time. This comes with a major shift in our strategic priorities as we now move into the expansion phase of our transformation plan, which runs now through 2027. Each of our leaders will take you through their second quarter results and key achievements and then explain in more detail their second half of 2026 priorities. Before that, I will turn it over to our newly appointed Chairman of the Board, Shawn Pelsinger.

Shawn PelsingerChairman of the Board

Hi, all. For those who I haven't met, I'm Shawn Pelsinger. I've served on Surf Air Mobility's Board since October 2025, and last month, I was honored to be elected Chairman. Firstly, many thanks to Carl Albert for his leadership over the years and for his continued partnership as Chairman Emeritus. During my decade at Palantir, where I served as Global Head of Corporate Development, I've seen firsthand what the right software can do to accelerate an industry in transition. Air mobility is at that moment right now, and I believe Surf Air Mobility is perfectly positioned for the opportunity. Very few companies sit at the intersection of so many converging growth sectors: private aviation, AI-enabled software and electrification. As I said in my shareholder letter last week, our transformation plan was designed to get our house in order first, so we could then go after the big opportunity of creating a platform business that would capture value across the industry. The team has been successful in the first two phases of that plan. We've reduced debt significantly, improved profitability in our air mobility business, and secured our first multi-million dollar SurfOS software contract. Winning Wheels Up as our first enterprise software customer, worth up to $12 million over the contract term, is not a typical first deal. Early enterprise contracts are usually short-term and modest in value. Landing a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with one of the largest, most recognized names in private aviation as our first customer tells us the product is working and the market is ready. We've barely scratched the surface. With that, I'll turn it over to Liam to talk about our SurfOS business.

Liam FayedCo-Founder

Thanks, Shawn. In the second quarter, SurfOS achieved a major milestone. As Shawn mentioned, we announced Wheels Up as the launch customer for enterprise BrokerOS. It is an initial two-year term plus an option for a third, and we expect to receive up to $12 million over that period. As we saw with our own business, BrokerOS will allow Wheels Up to replace multiple legacy software systems and improve their sales team's efficiency. Wheels Up is our launch customer for our first commercial product. We still have OperatorOS and OwnerOS to commercialize this year and continue to explore more ways to apply our SurfOS technology more broadly. We have a current active enterprise pipeline of large operators, brokerages and aircraft manufacturers that we believe could be worth tens of millions of dollars annually in revenue. The second point to emphasize from the second quarter is our expanded partnership with Palantir that we announced in June. Following the success of the Wheels Up enterprise contract, we substantially increased the size of our engineering team to move even faster. In addition, Palantir added business development and commercial go-to-market resources with deep experience in aviation, transportation and logistics, who are directly involved in our enterprise sales process. Through our exclusive agreement, their team is in every enterprise conversation. And when we're in meetings with prospective customers, we bring the support, credibility and technology to close large deals. These commercial resources are what will turn our active pipeline into more signed agreements. We deployed SurfOS features at record pace. Crew reserve optimization, fuel tracking, AI charter price recommendations and AI charter supply sourcing all went live in the second quarter. The common theme across these features is that each is designed to find permanent efficiency gains inside our own organization that strengthen the product for external customers. We also had the honor of showcasing BrokerOS at Palantir's AIPCon in June, where we highlighted the intelligence features and AIP-powered tools embedded in our software. The second quarter proved that the software is needed, the market is ready and it's evolving quickly. The next phase for SurfOS is building on the early success and turning SurfOS into a high-growth, profitable business. Here is what we are focused on for the second half of this year. First, we're working to convert our enterprise pipeline of large operators, brokerages and aircraft manufacturers. Sales cycles for enterprise clients are typically longer and we are targeting at least one additional enterprise contract before year-end. Our pipeline is seeded by relationships we already have, including operators who fly for us, manufacturers we interface with on our aircraft, and brokers already transacting on our platform. This is yet another advantage of our having an operating business alongside our software. Second, we are leveraging Palantir's go-to-market resources, which bring enterprise sales and business development expertise we could not build internally on any reasonable timeline. Third, we are onboarding SMB customers whose sales cycles are considerably shorter and will add additional recurring revenue. In addition, every operator we add expands our three-sided marketplace because their aircraft supply connects into BrokerOS for our brokers to sell. Fourth, we are commercializing our flagship product suite this year. OperatorOS and OwnerOS are both planned to launch commercially in the fourth quarter, taking us from one product in market today to three. And fifth, we will continue deploying high ROI features faster, proving them in our own airline and charter business, before selling them externally. AI-assisted development and the speed of Palantir's platform have compressed our deployment cycle significantly. The result of these efforts will be high-margin, recurring revenue across a diversified software suite, built by an engineering team deploying features at an accelerated pace. With a healthy customer pipeline, our partnership with Palantir and the right team in place, we're excited to share more wins and updates as we commercialize SurfOS. I will now pass it to Louis, our President of Airline Operations.

Louis Saint-CyrPresident of Airline Operations

Thank you, Liam. The airline performed well this quarter, even with some macro trends working against us. Fuel prices were elevated and Hawaii weather drove unplanned cancellations. Delivering the results we did under those conditions is evidence that the improvements we've made are permanent and they make us more resilient to these sorts of changes in the future. Total scheduled service revenue was $17.4 million. That's down about 20% year-over-year. This revenue decrease was deliberate as we exited routes that don't contribute to our bottom line. Mokulele Airlines' revenue was up about 7% compared to the same quarter in 2025 and up 15% over the first quarter of 2026. We flew more in Hawaii this quarter with over 10,000 departures, an increase of 3% compared to the second quarter of 2025. Hawaii is the largest inter-island network by departures and airports served and it's growing while the mainland is rightsizing. We also introduced two additional Caravans into the fleet this quarter as part of our fleet renewal program. We are emphasizing our Hawaii operations because Hawaii will be the showcase and launchpad for electric flight. In June, BETA's ALIA aircraft began flying daily cargo demonstration routes across the islands. The infrastructure we've established and the community relationships we've fostered in Hawaii over the years are exactly what makes it the right place to bring electric aircraft into commercial service. Turning to operational performance of our entire scheduled service, we continue to run a very reliable operation. Controllable completion factor ended the quarter at 98%. Our on-time arrivals ended the quarter at 88% and on-time departures ended the quarter at 83%. That sustained performance is showing up in our customers' satisfaction. The reason our performance improved and has maintained is in part from the impact of OperatorOS. Let me put a number on that. Fuel came in approximately $0.5 million above plan this quarter. We offset this with operational savings generated directly by OperatorOS. This is not a one-quarter benefit. Those savings are structural. They are already embedded in how we run the operation, and they carry forward. The team executed exceptionally well to deliver this, and they deserve credit for it. And finally, on safety, we completed our safety management system one year ahead of the FAA's mandate. Mokulele is one of only nine Part 135 commuter operators in the country with an operational SMS. I'll turn it over to Josh, President of Surf On Demand.

Joshua LowtonPresident of Surf On Demand

Thanks, Louis. Surf On Demand private charter delivered another exceptional quarter, achieving record revenue and record flight volume. We nearly doubled our private charter revenue through the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year. In the second quarter alone, we generated $12.1 million in revenue, with departures increasing approximately 67% compared to the second quarter of 2025. Revenue per departure also increased approximately 25% compared to the second quarter of 2025, reflecting our continued expansion beyond a primarily turboprop-focused provider into a full-spectrum private charter solution, with larger aircraft becoming a greater mix of revenue. A few highlights. Our new revenue lines, cargo, wholesale, and Powered by Surf On Demand contributed approximately 14% of revenue in the first half of 2026, all of which are gross margin positive. The revenue we've added this year, particularly in the second quarter, is profitable and growing quickly. There is still some drag on our overall gross margins, and it's important to note that this comes from legacy commitments. This cohort of suboptimal margin products and memberships continues to decrease every quarter, and we're confident it does not represent a long-term margin issue. Our independent broker program, Powered by Surf On Demand, continues to gain momentum and remains a key driver of our growth. We've attracted more than 500 applications from around the world since launch and continue to onboard high-quality charter professionals each month who are committed to building long-term business on the platform. Since launch, the program has generated more than $2.5 million in revenue and is gross margin positive, showing that we can scale the platform profitably. Several of our top-performing independent brokers have each generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue this year, demonstrating how BrokerOS enables experienced charter professionals to build meaningful business with us. As Surf On Demand scales, we're strengthening our supply partnerships so that margin expands in parallel with growth. We've added another preferred wholesale partner in the second quarter, which is already at 100% utilization. We have demonstrated that we can grow rapidly. Our next phase is converting that growth into sustainable profitability. And we have five primary levers that give us the confidence in that path. First, we're improving margin by better leveraging working capital. With more capital now available, we can secure aircraft inventory in advance at negotiated wholesale rates, rather than sourcing trips on the open market. This produces a direct margin improvement on every flight. We've proven that we can maximize our preferred wholesale partner inventory, and our additional working capital will allow us to pursue this more. Second, BrokerOS is making us more efficient. Real-time pricing, sourcing and distribution tools help our brokers quote faster and serve more customers. The software helped us drive revenue growth in the first half of this year, and in the second half, it will help us improve margins. Third, we're increasing average revenue per flight through continued mix shift towards larger aircraft categories and longer flights. Customers are choosing Surf On Demand for more of their private aviation needs, which raises revenue per flight whilst we leverage the same platform and infrastructure. Revenue per departure has increased each quarter and we expect that trend to continue. Fourth, we're adding independent charter brokers to the platform. Every experienced broker we add grows more revenue with minimal incremental overhead, and the program is already gross margin positive. And fifth, we're expanding platform participation more broadly by partnering with additional operators and brokers. More operators mean more supply for our brokers to sell, and more brokers mean more demand for our operators to fill. Together, these five factors deliver revenue growth and margin expansion at the same time, a combination this business is now positioned to achieve after the recalibrations we've made as part of the transformation plan. I will now hand it over to Oliver to walk through our second quarter financials.

Oliver ReevesChief Financial Officer

Thank you, Josh. For the second quarter of 2026, consolidated revenue was $29.5 million, at the high end of our guidance range of $27 million to $30 million, up 8% compared to the second quarter of 2025 and up 15% compared to the first quarter of 2026. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA loss was $10.5 million, within our guidance range. Recently, we announced two financing transactions designed to strengthen our balance sheet and reduce future dilution. First, we refinanced our existing senior secured convertible note. The refinancing resulted in a bifurcation of the note's principal into two new instruments: a new $17 million convertible note due 2027 and a new $30 million non-convertible senior secured term note due 2028. As a result of this action, the company successfully reduced its existing convertible note principal by 64% and lowered monthly cash amortization payments by up to 50%. In addition, the new $30 million term note is nonconvertible and does not amortize or accrue interest until January 2027. Concurrently, we also entered into a new $21.6 million asset-backed loan secured against new and existing aircraft. Use of proceeds includes funding the incremental working capital needed to both expand existing wholesale supply relationships and secure additional wholesale supply agreements to improve our private charter margins as Josh explained earlier. Please note that the asset-backed loan funds in two tranches. We expect a second funding of $14 million to occur this month, further strengthening our liquidity position. In summary, over the last year, we have reduced our total debt levels 50% while pushing out our maturity walls. Going forward, the combination of operating improvements and lower amortizations positions us to approach our go-forward capital needs from a position of strength. Finally, we are reaffirming our full-year 2026 guidance: revenue of $128 million to $138 million, which represents 20% to 30% growth over 2025 and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $30 million to $25 million, which represents a 40% improvement from our previously released guidance. For the third quarter, we expect revenue of between $35.5 million and $37.5 million, and adjusted EBITDA loss of between $7 million and $4 million. And consistent with what we have said previously, we expect adjusted EBITDA loss to narrow further in the fourth quarter. Importantly, as we exit a heavy maintenance and CapEx cycle, we expect our free cash flow conversion to improve sequentially and over time converge towards adjusted EBITDA. To highlight another point, for the second half of this year, we expect our airline to be a bright spot from a profitability perspective. This is a direct result of the investments we have made, the technology we have deployed, and it reflects the cost actions Louis previously discussed. With that, I will hand it back to Deanna.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Thank you, Oliver. This quarter, in a genuinely difficult macro environment, we finished building the foundation for the next phases of our transformation plan. We achieved our guidance through cost control and technology efficiencies. We signed our first enterprise software customer. We deepened the partnership with Palantir. We supported the launch of BETA's electric aircraft in Hawaii and we ended the quarter with a strong balance sheet. When we announced in April we could improve our adjusted EBITDA guidance by 40% while maintaining our revenue growth this year, we meant it, and this quarter was a start of proving it to you. From here, our focus is on revenue growth and profitability. Thank you to everyone for your continued interest in Surf Air Mobility. Operator, let's please open it up for questions.

DaraConference Operator

Your first question comes from the line of Mike Latimore from Northland Capital Markets.

Questions and answers

Mike LatimoreAnalyst, Northland Capital Markets

Congrats on the charter growth and this large enterprise deal. Sounds great. I guess on the charter business, in the past, we talked about a number of brokers you want to onboard by year-end. Has that number changed, still the same? And then how important is that broker onboarding versus other factors here to driving charter growth like the wholesale relationships?

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Thanks, Mike, for the question. Josh, our Head of On Demand, I'll let you answer that question.

Joshua LowtonPresident of Surf On Demand

We intend to continue to scale our Powered by Surf On Demand program. We've had strong interest from brokers around the world in joining the program. We want to balance quality and make sure that we're bringing on brokers that have good knowledge and understanding of the business and can help us grow it. So we do fully intend to continue to scale and bring on board brokers and continue to see growth in the program. Regarding wholesale relationships and supply relationships, these remain incredibly important because we need to make sure that our brokers have excellent supply at their fingertips so that can be passed on to our customers and we continue to grow. Expanding wholesale relationships with operators is equally important to us in the second half of this year.

Mike LatimoreAnalyst, Northland Capital Markets

Got it. And then you mentioned a goal of having another, I think enterprise win, software win, by end of the year. Would that be also kind of the BrokerOS version of that or something else?

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Thanks, Mike, for that question. I'll kick it to Liam who's in charge of the SurfOS project.

Liam FayedCo-Founder

Mike, thanks for the question. We're in several active discussions across all the different products right now. We're across OperatorOS, OEM, as well as larger-scale brokers. We have a healthy pipeline. I think the announcement of Wheels Up was a positive signal. We had a healthy pipeline before that, and we continue to develop that pipeline. We're in multiple discussions across all the different products, which is really exciting.

Mike LatimoreAnalyst, Northland Capital Markets

Yes, yes. Okay, great. And then just last on OpEx. Is the second quarter OpEx a good run rate for third quarter? Or do you expect to grow it a little bit with the Palantir expansion?

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Mike, thanks. Oliver, do you want to take that question?

Oliver ReevesChief Financial Officer

Sure. It's a pretty good run rate. We've said that we're coming out of a major push on the investment side for the development of SurfOS, for example, and that should leverage. So notwithstanding the fact that we have three products, as Liam mentioned, we don't expect the cost to go up commensurately with the number of products. So I think it's a good base; adjusted for certain things like that, you should be on the right track for operating expenses.

DaraConference Operator

Your next question comes from Brian Kinstlinger with Alliance Global Partners.

Brian KinstlingerAnalyst, Alliance Global Partners

My first one is for Liam probably related to the Wheels Up deal. When does the contract start? Does anything need to be accomplished before you get the program launched? And how long does it take for product installation? And the second part of that is, how has the pipeline changed and evolved since you announced that deal? How are you seeing incremental interest now that you have an anchor first customer?

Liam FayedCo-Founder

I can take that. We're under integration right now. With the partnership with Palantir and a lot of the infrastructure and development on the back end, it allows us to stand up instances pretty quickly. We're fully underway and integrating them. Of that contract, we expect to collect about $2 million, half the revenue for this year. Then starting January 1, that will be $4 million for next year. We're at advanced stages of setting them up and implementing all their workflows onto BrokerOS, which is really exciting. Post-Wheels Up, we've been getting additional interest across the broker side, operations as well as OEM manufacturers, which has been really exciting for us.

Brian KinstlingerAnalyst, Alliance Global Partners

Great. My second question, maybe you could break down the second half of the year revenue guidance where the ramp is coming from in your three segments, scheduled, on-demand and Surf. And then as you exit the year with that mix, what does the gross margin look like as you exit the year?

Oliver ReevesChief Financial Officer

I'd like to address that in a number of parts. During the call, a lot of detail was given as to the various businesses and how they're going to inflect towards profitability. But let's break it down by category. On the scheduled side, we expect the degree of revenue loss from routes we are exiting to slow, and you should see that in the third and fourth quarter. On Demand, Josh has explained how he will continue to grow that business at current rates, and we also expect to see some of the first revenue for SurfOS recognized in the third and fourth quarter. All in all, we're very comfortable with our revenue guidance for the third quarter, the implied guidance for the fourth quarter and our full-year guidance. Regarding adjusted EBITDA, on the scheduled side, I expect that to be one of the bright spots of profitability in the third and fourth quarter. SurfOS has provided real improvements in our cost structure, and you'll start seeing that flow into the numbers. On the charter side, working capital is particularly important. Our ability to prebuy supply and then sell that at higher margins will catalyze growth and also improve profitability. On the SurfOS side, once revenue begins, it will be at significantly higher margins, and that starts flowing through in the fourth quarter. On the corporate side, we should also see reductions in operating costs through the cost controls we continue to implement.

DaraConference Operator

Your next question comes from David Storms with StoneGate Capital Partners.

David StormsAnalyst, StoneGate Capital Partners

You mentioned in the release the drag from fuel prices and some other macro headwinds like the weather, but also that the scheduled part of your business should be a bright spot. Can we interpret that to mean you see the fuel situation easing, or is that mostly SurfOS driving efficiencies in your business?

Louis Saint-CyrPresident of Airline Operations

We are seeing SurfOS and the efficiencies that we're putting into place. Those are long-term, permanent changes that we are making to the airline, and so with that, we're able to better manage fuel volatility. I'm proud of the team for what they did in Q2. We're going to keep pushing our digitization efforts. We're not done with the airline. We'll continue to expand what we've started with SurfOS and continue to make the airline more efficient, which positions us better for volatility.

David StormsAnalyst, StoneGate Capital Partners

Got it. That's really helpful. In the earnings release, you specifically called out cargo, wholesale, some other potential revenue streams. How are you thinking about the potential scale there? Is it too soon to tell or could those become meaningful standalone revenue lines over time?

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

I'll let Josh take that question.

Joshua LowtonPresident of Surf On Demand

Wholesale will increase as we deliver more supply partnerships, so we expect wholesale to continue to grow. Cargo is relatively new; we have the division for less than a year and are already seeing strong results, so I expect that to grow as well. Powered by Surf On Demand is also a new business category and we expect it to scale. I'm confident we'll see continued growth in these three newer lines for Surf On Demand.

DaraConference Operator

I will now turn the call over to Deanna White to answer any questions pertaining to retail. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

The first question: how close are we to major partnerships? I assume that refers to SurfOS. Liam, I'll turn that over to you to answer.

Liam FayedCo-Founder

As we mentioned, we announced Wheels Up as our first contract this quarter. We have an active enterprise pipeline across brokers, Part 135 operators, fleet management companies, large-scale legacy OEMs as well as next-gen electric OEMs. We believe the public pipeline could be worth tens of millions annually in revenue. Those are the partnerships in enterprise and small businesses that we're excited about. We can't name specific contracts until they're signed, but we're in several active discussions. Wheels Up demonstrates the product for outside customers and that the market is ready. We're targeting at least one additional enterprise contract before year-end. The pipeline comes from relationships we already have, and Palantir's go-to-market and commercial team is helping in active conversations, which improves the chances of closing deals. We're also actively working on converting our LOIs into paying contracts, and we're excited to announce more as those come to fruition.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Next question is: could you provide more detail on our strategy to regain compliance with New York Stock Exchange continued listing standards and how the recent debt financing affects future shareholder dilution?

Oliver ReevesChief Financial Officer

I'll take this in two parts. Regarding NYSE continued listing standards, on July 30, 2026, the company informed the NYSE of its intent to cure its noncompliance due to a minimum share price deficiency. Regaining compliance requires that the company's 30-day trading average share price exceed $1 within six months of the receipt of the NYSE deficiency notification, which we received on July 24, 2026. As we stated in our press release, we intend to cure this organically by executing against the next phase of our transformation plan and demonstrating wins. As a risk mitigant, we requested and received shareholder approval to effect a reverse stock split at our annual shareholder meeting on July 25th. This approval is only an authorization; the Board is not required to implement a reverse split. We will closely monitor our stock price to ensure we regain listing compliance within the appropriate timeframes. On the second part of your question, the recent financing transactions reduced shareholder dilution in several ways. We bifurcated our existing convertible note into two new notes: a $17 million convertible note due 2027 and a $30 million term note due 2028. This reduces convertible principal by 64% and reduces cash amortizations by up to 50%. The term loan does not amortize or accrue interest until January 2027. Separately, our new asset-backed loan provides incremental working capital and does not start amortizing until June 2027. All these actions were structured to reduce shareholder dilution while providing necessary capital.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Thank you, Oliver. Next, will Palantir and the Surf Air team use SurfOS for air traffic management as well?

Liam FayedCo-Founder

The technology we've built is showing additional end use cases as we deploy tools across our own airline and charter operation. SurfOS brings together data across the Part 135 aviation ecosystem, and when properly connected and federated, that data has broad applications across many segments. We're finding more use cases and markets and are pursuing opportunities in this area. Nothing to announce today, but we are actively looking at other ways to leverage the SurfOS technology and will share more when we have news.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

A lot of interest in SurfOS. Management says the pipeline is growing while OwnerOS and OEMOS remain unlaunched. Beyond Wheels Up and OperatorOS, will OwnerOS or OEMOS secure a signed paying external customer by December 31, 2026? If yes, can you confirm the product and quarter?

Liam FayedCo-Founder

By winning our first enterprise client, our pipeline and product development has accelerated and we remain confident in commercializing all those products this year. We are in active conversations with large-scale aircraft management companies, fleet operators, lessors and OEMs. BrokerOS was commercially launched and scaled with Wheels Up this quarter. OperatorOS and OwnerOS are scheduled to launch commercially by Q4, and OEMOS is in development. We are doing BETA demonstration flights in Hawaii, which is helping to build the foundations for OEMOS. We're getting data off the aircraft and starting to build workflows and agents for the OEM side. Our target is to convert at least one additional enterprise client contract by the end of the year; we're feeling positive about the pipeline. We cannot comment on specifics until contracts are closed, but we have a healthier business development pipeline since announcing Wheels Up and look forward to sharing more updates.

Deanna WhiteChief Executive Officer

Thanks, Liam. So last question is, what are the top three milestones investors should expect over the next 12 months? First is the commercialization of SurfOS. We announced our first enterprise client, Wheels Up, and plan to add at least one more from our enterprise pipeline. For OperatorOS, we previously had 17 LOIs and aimed to add 10 more; some discussions may skip the LOI stage and go straight to contract. We have a milestone to onboard five operators from our pipeline of LOIs by the end of this year, and one is currently in progress. For OwnerOS, as Liam mentioned, we plan to launch in Q4. Second, Surf On Demand growth and improving margins is a priority. Revenue growth in Surf On Demand is the largest driver of growth this year, and we aim to improve gross margin as we secure working capital, supplier agreements and deploy BrokerOS more efficiently. We are shifting the mix toward larger aircraft and the Powered by Surf On Demand program is performing well. We targeted 100 independent brokers by year-end and have onboarded 50, so we're halfway there at the end of the second quarter. Third is profitability. We increased our adjusted EBITDA loss guidance in April, and you should see the adjusted EBITDA loss narrow each quarter of 2026, with airline operations expected to be the most profitable part of the business in the second half. We reaffirmed our full-year guidance for both revenue and adjusted EBITDA loss. That ends our Q2 2026 earnings call. Appreciate everybody for participating and your interest in Surf Air Mobility.

DaraConference Operator

Thank you for attending. This concludes today's call. You may now disconnect.

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