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Portside acquires Avianis licensing rights from Wheels Up

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023by Doug Gollan

Wheels Up founder Kenny Dichter had called Avianis its ‘most important acquisition…think Double Click to Google’

Tech provider Portside has reached an agreement with Wheels Up to license its Avianis Systems, LLC. It will market, service, and develop the fleet management system.

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Exclusive: Digital private jet broker Camber seeks investment, acquisition

December 28, 2021December 29, 2021by Doug Gollan

Private jet charter broker Camber wants investment or to be acquired

The frenzied private aviation mergers and acquisitions market may be weeks away from another deal. Digital private jet charter broker Camber is exploring a transaction. CEO and founder Charles Denault confirmed the possibility to Private Jet Card Comparisons.

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Wheels Up names Hegde president

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021by Doug Gollan

Former Amazon, Airbnb exec Vinayak Hegde has been elevated to president at now publicly traded private aviation provider Wheels Up

Vinayak Hegde has been named president of Wheels Up. He will continue to report directly to chairman and CEO Kenny Dichter who founded the company. Now Wheels Up Experience, which trades under UP, went public via a SPAC merger in July.

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Solairus, Jet Aviation customer data impacted by Wheels Up Avianis data breach

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021by Doug Gollan

Customer data from charter operators Solairus and Jet Aviation stored in the Microsoft Azure cloud were impacted in a data breach at Wheels Up-owned Avianis, according to a report

Aviation International News, a leading trade journal, is reporting a data breach at Wheels Up-owned Avianis exposed customer data at two leading private jet charter and management companies.

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