Patrick Dial, Founder, President and CEO
Patrick D. Dial is the founder, president and CEO of AspenJet, an all-new, luxury, semi-private air service that services direct flights to and from Aspen, Colorado.
Dial has more than 25 years of experience driving strategic growth and profitability for leading brands in media, sports, entertainment, energy, technology and the transportation sectors.
Before embarking on AspenJet, Dial was president and CEO of Strataflex Industrial Service Group, an energy-related industrial services business he founded, specializing in energy trading, fuels management, transportation logistics and railcar servicing.
Previous to Strataflex, Dial formed LIVE X Auto Exchange in association with Walmart to recreate the car buying and selling experience. There he uniquely utilized the interactive tools, processes and entertainment-retailing practices he had developed during his long career in the live entertainment industry.
Prior to his work in energy logistics and the automotive sectors, Dial was an early pioneer in creating interactive experiences for musicians, audiences and brands alike, where he focused on combining live entertainment with the emerging online world.
In 1989 he formed Estrellia Entertainment Group, specializing for nearly 30 years in large-scale concert tour planning and event management for entertainer Garth Brooks among other bands and brands in music. Dial also created the Phoenix 500 Air Races, a major aviation-oriented motorsports event that partnered with the legendary Reno Air Races. It was ultimately combined with Clear Channel Motor Sports, which is now LIVE Nation. Later, Dial formed Rock Island LIVE Interactive Networks, which combined his live entertainment properties, interactive experiences and product development, promotion and sales capabilities all into one practice.
Dial has a Bachelor of Arts in radio, television and film and a minor in business administration from Texas Christian University. He’s an experienced pilot, a firefighter in the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department, an avid skier, hiker and cyclist. Dial lives in Aspen, Colorado and has three grown children.
“I believe we’ve identified the perfect solution at just the right time. The current trend of consumers crowd-sourcing semi-private air travel is not just about COVID-distancing or saving money. Rather, it’s more about enjoying an elevated travel experience that begins the minute you hand the valet your keys, bypass TSA lines and quickly get on-board a private jet, not after the tiring beat-down you experience in getting to your destination.”
“Think Experiential Flight. Elevated Travel.”
-Patrick Dial , founder, president and CEO, AspenJet