Wheels Up merger Archives

Wheels Up acquires Alante Air Charter

February 3, 2022February 21, 2022by Doug Gollan

Wheels Up is buying its fifth operator, Scottsdale-based Alante Air Charter adding a dozen Citation CJ3 and CJ4 light jets

Scottsdale-based Alante Air Charter becomes the fifth Part 135 operator Wheels Up has acquired in just under three years.

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

April 19, 2021May 2, 2023by Doug Gollan

In advance of its public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the company presented to 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

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.

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Wheels Up, Delta Air Lines close on the acquisition of Delta Private Jets

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020by Doug Gollan

Wheels Up members will be able to attain Delta Air Lines’ elite status

Delta Private Jets members get a complimentary Wheels Up membership valued at $17,500

The deal to merge Delta Private Jets (DPJ) with Wheels Up is sealed. The closing officially combines DPJ with Wheels Up.

The combination creates one of the world’s largest owned and managed fleets of private aircraft, around 190 airplanes from the King Air 350i to large-cabin jets.

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