Our Story
Atavis was built from experience.
Founded after years inside aviation, Atavis reflects a long-held belief: the aircraft matters, but the service, standards, and discretion around it shape the journey.
An Evolved Point of View
The perspective was earned over time.
Atavis was founded by Eric H. Schwartz after five years in private aviation. Since then, the firm’s point of view has become more defined: arranging the right aircraft is only one part of the work; guiding the details, protecting the experience, and making each journey feel considered from the beginning matter just as much.
Where Atavis Began
Hospitality became the point of view.
Atavis was shaped by a simple belief: arranging the aircraft is only one part of the work. The larger opportunity is to bring a more thoughtful sense of hospitality, discretion, and human attention back to private flight.
Before Atavis
Before founding Atavis, Eric spent five years in private aviation, learning how aircraft access, operator relationships, timing, safety, and client expectations come together.
A Different Instinct
Atavis was founded in 2011 with the belief that arranging a flight should not feel purely transactional. It should feel like a service relationship built on trust, discretion, and knowing what matters around the journey.
Shaped Over Time
Over time, the firm’s perspective has become more defined: Atavis is not meant to feel like a conventional charter brokerage. It is designed to bring calm guidance, careful standards, and a more human sensibility to private flight.
The Name
A standard worth bringing forward.
Atavis takes inspiration from atavism: the reappearance of an ancestral trait after it has been absent for generations. For the brand, that idea speaks to something the travel industry has not outgrown, but too often overlooks — hospitality with memory, discretion, patience, and human understanding.
Carried Forward
The name reflects a belief that certain standards should not be treated as old-fashioned. They should be brought forward with intention and made relevant to how people travel today.
Hospitality with Memory
Hospitality is more than service. It is the ability to remember what matters, read the moment, protect the atmosphere, and make people feel understood without making them feel managed.
Travel with More Humanity
As travel has become faster, more complex, and more automated, Atavis is built around the person, the purpose, and the context of the journey — not only the aircraft, itinerary, or transaction.
Atavis Today
A more considered aviation firm.
Atavis arranges private flight with the standards of an advisory relationship and the sensibility of thoughtful hospitality. The work is technical, but the experience should feel calm, discreet, and deeply considered.
Aircraft Selected with Care
Atavis helps clients consider aircraft options with attention to suitability, safety, timing, and the purpose of the journey.
Standards Around Every Flight
The Atavis Standard guides how the firm thinks about safety, sustainability, privacy, discretion, and the details surrounding every flight.
Hospitality Beyond the Aircraft
The journey is shaped by more than the aircraft. Timing, tone, preferences, ground movement, hotel coordination, and special context all matter.
Relationships Built Over Time
Atavis is designed for clients, advisors, assistants, families, and partners who value discretion, continuity, and service that becomes more intuitive.