Wheels Up acquires private jet operator Mountain Aviation

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Wheels Up has acquired Mountain Aviation, the 10th largest U.S. Part 135 private jet operator, adding 59 private aircraft to its fleet

The deal makes Wheels Up the world’s largest Citation X operator and sets it up to be a major player in transcontinental private jet flights

Add Mountain Aviation to the list. After acquiring Delta Private Jets, Gama Aviation Signature, and TMC Jets over the past 19 months, Wheels Up has acquired the 10th largest private jet charter operator in the country.

VistaJet offers 14-days of Iceland by private jet

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The luxury private jet fleet operator last year launched a series of collaborations with top travel advisors and designers

With Iceland reopening to tourism next week, VistaJet has unveiled a once-in-a-lifetime multi-stop adventure through the mid-Atlantic nation’s most spectacular wild scenery, arctic wildlife, and midnight sun.

Kobe Bryant helicopter firm, Private Jet charter operator fined in April for illegal flights, gain CARES Act funding

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Island Express Helicopters and Jem Air Holdings received $603,838 and $158,775, respectively, from the Treasury Department

Island Express Helicopters, the operator of the charter S-76 helicopter flight that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight others, including the pilot, on Jan. 26, 2020, received $603,838 in funding as part of the CARES Act, according to a list published over the weekend by the Department of the Treasury.

JetSuite grounds fleet amid COVID-19 Coronavirus crisis

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Private jet charter operator JetSuite has grounded its fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s and 100s

Sister JSX is continuing a reduced schedule of flights between private jet terminals

Private jet charter operator JetSuite, which sells Phenom 300 jet cards, is halting operations. The move reflects a steep dive in private travel from the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Closure of many hotels and resorts has meant aside from second homes and emergencies, there are few places to travel.

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