Innovations in Business Aviation: Insights from NBAA Cleveland 2026

Transacta participated in the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference 2026 — a record-breaking event that brought together over 3,500 attendees from 55 countries and more than 440 companies across the business aviation ecosystem.

For Transacta, it was a chance to spend time in an industry where speed, precision, and coordination are part of daily operations.

What We Observed at SDC2026

Rising demand for flexible, time‑efficient travel continues to drive growth in private aviation, with expanding charter services and a growing global base of customers. The atmosphere on the exhibition and throughout all the sessions clearly demonstrated that the industry is evolving, and with it, expectations regarding speed and efficiency are rising.

A few observations that deserve attention:

• Efficiency remains a priority. Many conversations turned to the question of how quickly to place orders, especially when customers confirm a trip just a few days or hours before departure.

• The number of payments. Several operators noted that although their operations are fast, payment processing does not always occur at the same pace as international flights or last-minute flights.

• The interest in cryptocurrencies is growing. Not everyone actively uses them, but more and more customers are asking about it, and operators are starting to pay attention to it.

Payments as Part of the Workflow

Traditional payment methods remain the industry standard. However, in certain situations — especially with tight deadlines or international transactions — partners mentioned that faster or more flexible options can be useful.

This is where crypto payments are increasingly part of the conversation. Not as a replacement, but as an additional tool that can simplify specific scenarios.

Staying Close to the Industry

Attending events like SDC2026 is how Transacta stays connected to the industries our clients work in. 

As NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen put it: 

“This conference uniquely brings together a group of professionals who fundamentally understand that we are all better — as individuals, and as an industry — when we can come together to share our passion, our knowledge and our sense of possibility about the future.”

For Transacta, that possibility includes building payment infrastructure that matches the pace of the industry it serves. If you’d like to discuss how crypto payments could fit your operations, you can reach out to our team.

Solutions for Aviation Partners

At SDC2026, Transacta CEO Dmitrijs Maceraliks presented how the company approaches payments in high-value industries. For aviation operators, this means accepting crypto without managing wallets or monitoring blockchains, settling in fiat (EUR, USD, GBP, CHF) often the same day, and keeping booking workflows simple with no internal complexity.

The focus is simple: make crypto payments work like a standard business process. This approach is already being applied in practice through projects like CryptoJets, developed in partnership with Transacta. 

More details on how Transacta supports partners in the private aviation industry are available on our private aviation page.