SPAC Aspirational sets July 12 to approve Wheels Up merger

Kenny Dichter

Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp. sets July 12 to approve its proposed business combination with Wheels Up Partners Holdings LLC

SPAC Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp. (NYSE: ASPL) has set July 12, 2021, as the meeting date for the extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders to approve its merger with Wheels Up Partners Holdings LLC. It expects that the business combination will close on July 13, 2021, subject to the approval of Aspirational’s shareholders and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, according to a press release.

Inside Wheels Up’s plan to be the Amazon of private jets

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In advance of its public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the company presented analysts its lofty ambitions to revolutionize private jet access

Wheels Up founder Kenny Dichter believes the addressable market for private aviation can grow from its current $31 billion to $80 billion by 2025. It plans to be a key driver. Here’s how…

A detailed overview of each presentation during Wheels Up’s Analyst Day

“So if you’re tired of the same old story…turn some pages.” – REO Speedwagon

Ready or not, Kenny Dichter and Wheels Up plan to change the face of private jet access. It’s a big leap from marketing ploys like selling memberships through Costco. Beyond stump speeches at industry conferences, there will be the harsh spotlight from being a publicly traded company. If he’s successful, the lifelong entrepreneur will find his name alongside aviation innovators such as Pan Am founder Juan Trippe, former American Airlines chairman Robert Crandall, who ignited revenue management and frequent flyer programs, and inventor of fractional private jet ownership, Richard Santulli. The latter created NetJets, the world’s largest private jet operator, and gave Dichter his entree into the industry. In fact, Dichter might fly higher than all of them. Success would make Dichter the Jeff Bezos of private jets.

In a two-hour presentation to financial analysts Friday morning, the founder and CEO of Wheels Up, along with his leadership team, discussed various milestones, projected growth, and insights on where it’s coming from. More than that, they unveiled a dramatic vision for a private aviation marketplace they say could more than double the addressable market by 2025, democratizing the segment down to low single-digit millionaires. It will certainly be key in their plan to grow revenues from $695 million last year to over $2.1 billion by 2025.

Middle East top of Wheels Up’s expansion plans

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“The Middle East…will be one of the first ones we will be starting working on,” incoming Wheels Up board member Ravi Thakran told Arabian Business

As Wheels Up plots its global expansion plans, it looks like the Middle East is at the top of the list.

Wheels Up’s SPAC reveals revenue, profitability, membership, fleet size and more

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Wheels Up ended 2020 with 10,995 active members and $690 million in revenues. It’s forecast to reach $912 million this year

Will Wheels Up be the first private jet company with its own co-branded credit card?

The private aviation company sees a future for the Wheels Up brand in luxury lodging, yachts, and experiences to credit cards and financial services

Wheels Up is going public via a SPAC. It’s provides a rare look into the world of private jet companies, which are either privately held or subsidiaries of large publicly traded companies, with limited public data.

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