Southern Airways Express CEO Bets on Electric Seagliders

Stan Little appointed chairman of The Twenty Five, a new platform that offers members luxury coastal travel.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 01:00 PM ET

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Private club The Twenty Five (XXV) plans to offer members coastal trips on Regent Craft’s all-electric Viceroy seaglider. [Credit: The Twenty Five]

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Southern Airways Express founder Stan Little has been appointed chairman of The Twenty Five, a luxury membership platform aiming to revolutionize coastal travel using all-electric Regent Viceroy seagliders.
The Twenty Five plans to introduce routes like Miami to the Bahamas and Boston to Nantucket, significantly cutting travel times by utilizing seagliders that float, hydrofoil, and fly in ground effect.
The platform has a purchase order for up to 60 Viceroy seagliders, with deliveries anticipated by 2027, as it moves from platform development to active deployment of these zero-emission maritime vessels.

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The founder and CEO of Southern Airways Express, the Part 135 Essential Air Service (EAS) carrier acquired by Surf Air Mobility in 2023, is betting on all-electric seagliders to reshape coastal travel in the U.S.

Recently established luxury membership platform The Twenty Five—which plans to offer members trips on Regent Craft’s Viceroy, designed to float, hydrofoil, and fly in ground effect a few feet above the water’s surface—on Wednesday made a splash with the appointment of Stan Little as its chairman.