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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

7.        Related Party Transactions

 

The tables below summarize the Company’s transactions and balances with its related parties as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2025

                
Entity Name  Nature of Transactions  Transaction
Amount, Net During the Year Ended
December 31, 2025
   Outstanding
Balance as of December 31, 2025
   Affiliation, Terms and Conditions
Due from Related Parties                
Demeter Harvest  Charter Sales  $16,230   $500   Refer to (a)
Demeter N207JB  Charter Sales   13,089    (24,600)  Refer to (a)
Demeter N265AV  Charter Sales       20,750   Refer to (a)
Demeter N555DH  Charter Sales       3,493   Refer to (a)
Demeter N713FL  Charter Sales       2,000   Refer to (a)
Demeter N813MS  Charter Sales       39,067   Refer to (a)
Dalrada Financial Corp.  Charter Sales   7,845       Refer to (a)
Genefic  Charter Sales   8,500       Refer to (a)
Tipp Investments  Charter Sales   182,335    19,269   Refer to (a)
           $60,479    
Due to Related Parties                
Afinida - Note  Promissory note payable      $485,720   Refer to (b)
Afinida - Marketing  Marketing  $58,773   $1,803   Refer to (c)
Innoworks  Payroll Advances Accounts Payable   5,224,847    2,659,201   Refer to (b)
CSL Staffing  SG&A Professional Fees   29,298       Refer to (c)
Tipp Investments  Marketing   200,000    40,000   Refer to (c)
           $3,186,724    
Others                
Dalrada Financial Corp.  Investment  $39,234   $46,240   Refer to Note 3

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2024

 

Schedule of related parties transactions

                         
Entity Name   Nature of Transactions   Transaction
Amount, Net During the Year Ended
December 31, 2024
    Outstanding
Balance as of December 31, 2024
    Affiliation, Terms and Conditions
Due from Related Parties                        
Demeter   Pass-through costs   $ 501,592     $     Refer to (a)
    Maintenance revenue     691,907           Refer to (a)
    Management fees     46,750           Refer to (a)
Demeter Harvest   Charter Sales     9,702       5,144     Refer to (a)
Demeter N207JB   Charter Sales     35,434       35,434     Refer to (a)
Demeter N614AF   Charter Sales     39,067       39,067     Refer to (a)
Demeter N265AV   Charter Sales     20,750       20,750     Refer to (a)
Demeter N555DH   Charter Sales     49,058       10,213     Refer to (a)
Demeter N713FL   Charter Sales     31,377       2,000     Refer to (a)
Tipp Investments   Charter Sales           53,280     Refer to (a)
Dalrada Health   Charter Sales     17,000       17,000     Refer to (a)
Dalrada Energy Services   Charter Sales     8,158       (3,790 )   Refer to (a)
                $ 179,098      
Due to Related Parties                        
Afinida - Note   Promissory note payable   $ (421,673 )   $ 501,483     Refer to (b)
Prime Capital - Note   Promissory note payable     (200,028 )     386,821     Refer to (b)
Innoworks - Advances   Accounts payable - Payroll     3,770,465           Refer to (b)
Innoworks - Note - February 2024   Promissory note payable     (122,121 )         Refer to (b)
Innoworks - Note August 2024   Promissory note payable     14,599           Refer to (b)
Innoworks - Note - December 2024   Promissory note payable           6,419,269     Refer to (b)
Demeter   Accounts payable - Aircraft rental     289,409           Refer to (d)
Afinida - Marketing   Marketing     24,357       11,144     Refer to (c)
Tipp Investments   Marketing     240,000       20,000     Refer to (c)
                $ 7,338,717      
Others                        
Dalrada Financial Corp.   Investment   $ (195,471 )   $ 85,474     Refer to Note 3
                         

 

(a) Revenues and pass-through costs

 

Pass-through costs

Per the terms of management agreements between the Company and aircraft owners, certain aircraft expenses are the responsibility of the owners. However, the Company will pay for these costs on behalf of the owners and then invoice for the recovery of these amounts, which the Company refers to as “pass-through” costs. The Company has an aircraft management agreement for aircraft usage from Demeter Harvest Corp. (“Demeter”), an affiliated company owned by Sandra DiCicco Bonar, the majority owner of Tipp.

 

Maintenance revenue

The Company began performing in-house maintenance on aircrafts in 2022. In prior years, aircrafts were sent to third party mechanics for service.

 

Management fees 

Per the terms of the management agreements between the Company and aircraft owners, a management fee is invoiced to owners on a monthly basis for the management of the aircraft, which primarily consists of handling administrative tasks in order to manage the rental of the planes. For the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has a management agreement with one affiliated company, Demeter.

 

Charter sales

These entities are either 100% or majority owned by Sandra DiCicco Bonar or controlled by a direct family member of Sandra DiCicco Bonar. The Company does not have stated payment terms as it applies to related party sales.

 

(b) Debt and advances

 

Afinida, Inc.

Afinida Inc. (“Afinida”) is a payroll processing company that is a subsidiary of Trucept, Inc.; Sandra DiCicco Bonar’s family member is the Chairman of the Board at Trucept, Inc. From the period July 1, 2019 through January 30, 2022, Afinida paid certain payroll costs (salaries and wages) for the Company. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Afinida for these amounts in the future, but formal terms were not documented until June 2022, when a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note converted outstanding payroll services invoices due to Afinida as of December 31, 2021 in the amount of $1,674,032 into a note, payable over 36 months with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on July 1, 2022. On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and rested note with Afinida for $501,483 which represented the amounts due to Afinida at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $15,715 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 36 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.

 

Innoworks Employment Services

Innoworks Employment Services (“Innoworks”) is a professional employer organization (“PEO”) in which a family member of Sandra DiCicco Bonar exercises significant influence over the operations. From the period February 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, Innoworks paid certain payroll costs (salaries and wages) for the Company. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Innoworks for these amounts in the future. As of December 31, 2023, no written agreement existed. However, in February 2024, a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note converted all outstanding payroll services invoice due to Innoworks as of December 31, 2023 in the amount of $2,756,327 into a note, payable over 96 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on March 1, 2024.

 

The Company entered into a note payable with Innoworks for $1,629,954 on August 1, 2024 for unpaid accounts from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. The note is payable in monthly installments of $23,042 over a period of eight years and incurs interest at 8% per annum. First payment was to be made on December 1, 2024. No payments were made on this loan.

 

On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and rested note with Innoworks for $6,419,269 which represented the amounts due to Innoworks at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $55,680 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 120 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.

 

On August 5, 2025, related party notes payable and amounts due to Innoworks of $6,419,269 was converted into 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (“Series A”). The note is convertible in to shares of common stock at $0.04 per share which represented the fair market value of the common stock on that date. On October 21, 2025, the conversion price of the Series A was modified to $0.25 per share. There was no impact on the financial statements due to the modification

 

On August 13, 2025, the Company entered into a note payable with Innoworks for $2,565,646, which represented amounts due to Innoworks through June 30, 2025. Under the terms of the note, monthly principal and interest payments of $39,989 will commence on December 1, 2025 for period of 84 months. The note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.

 

On November 11, 2025, related party notes payable and amounts due to Innoworks of $2,565,646 was converted into 39,970 shares of Series A. The note is convertible into shares of common stock at $0.25 per share which was determined to be in excess of the Company’s common stock on that date.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, additional advances from Innoworks for payroll related items were $5,224,847 and $3,770,465, respectively, and had an outstanding balance of $2,659,201 as of December 31, 2025. See above for 2025 and 2024 amounts converted into a promissory note.

 

Prime Capital

Prime Capital (“Prime”), which has a family member of the Company employed at Prime, has an agreement with Tipp to collect funds for and disperse such funds on behalf of Tipp; as such, it is a related party. From the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, Prime provided $153,514 to Premier to help finance operations. As of December 31, 2021, Prime had advanced a total of $817,209 to Premier. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Prime for these amounts in the future, but formal terms were not documented until July 2022, when a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note in the amount of $817,209 represents the amount due to Prime as of December 31, 2021, payable over 42 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on August 1, 2022. On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and rested note with Prime for $386,821 which represented the amounts due to Prime at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $17,495 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 24 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.

 

On November 11, 2025, related party notes payable and amounts due to Prime of $366,549 was converted into 5,710 shares of Series A. The note is convertible into shares of common stock at $0.25 per share which was determined to be in excess of the Company’s common stock on that date.

 

Tipp Investments, LLC

The Company acquired a $3,000,000 line of credit with Tipp Investments, LLC on August 1, 2024, with annual interest of 12% and a maturity date of December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, there have been no draws on the line of credit.

 

Payout Schedule 

As of December 31, 2025, future annual minimum debt obligations are as follows:

    
Years Ending December 31:     
2026  $154,127 
2027   166,807 
2028   164,786 
Total   485,720 
Less current portion   (154,127)
Long-term portion  $331,593 

 

(c) Marketing and other

 

The Company paid Trucept, Inc. to perform marketing research, launch social media campaigns and improve website performance. Sandra DiCicco Bonar’s family member is the Chairman of the Board at Trucept, Inc.

 

From time to time the Company utilizes related entities to provide catering, repair work and placement agent services.

 

(d) Note from receivable from Demeter and asset transfer

 

On January 9, 2023, the Company signed a Promissory Note agreement with Demeter. The Promissory Note converted outstanding net amounts due from Demeter as of December 31, 2021 in the amount of $2,164,913 into a note receivable, payable over 46 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment of $49,417 to be received on February 1, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining balance of the note receivable is $2,027,453. See below for exchange of this note receivable for aircraft and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

On October 23, 2023, the Company signed a Promissory Note agreement with Demeter. The Promissory Note converted outstanding net amounts due from Demeter as of December 31, 2022 in the amount of $2,724,415 into a note receivable, payable over 72 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment to be received on October 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining balance of the note receivable is $2,590,932. See below for exchange of this note receivable for aircraft and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

The Company leased aircraft owned by Demeter on an hourly basis; per the terms of the management agreement, the Company paid the aircraft owner a rate per hour that the plane is used in charter sales. Amounts due to Demeter for these lease payments was included in the exchange below.

 

In May 2024, Demeter signed an Aircraft Asset Rights Transfer Agreement to include Right of Usage of aircraft tail numbers: N614AF, N207JB, N236CA, and N555DH. This agreement transferred the Right to Use (includes all Demeter revenue share) and the Net Book Value of the assets and liabilities to the Company. The net assets include various right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, improvements made to the right-of-use assets, deposits on engine reserves, and other deposits. The Company received assets totaling $21,639,368, assumed liabilities of $16,129,236 and relieved $6,403,529 in amounts due from Demeter resulting in a difference of $893,397 which was recorded as a reduction of capital. On the date of transfer, the Company recorded assets consisting of $2,320,690 in property and equipment, $2,325,946 in maintenance reserves, $16,992,731 in right of use assets and total liabilities of $16,129,236 related to right of use liabilities and assumed notes payable, The Company accounted for the assets and liabilities assumed at their carrying value due to both entities being under common control.