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Wheels Up and Delta Private Jets Agree to Combine in 2020

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Key Takeaways:

  • Wheels Up and Delta Private Jets, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, are combining to create a unified private aviation entity.
  • This transaction will form a larger private aviation company with over 190 aircraft and more than 8,000 members, aiming to democratize and make private jet travel more accessible.
  • The partnership will integrate Wheels Up's membership programs and digital platform with Delta Private Jets' infrastructure, with Wheels Up CEO Kenny Dichter leading and Delta holding an equity stake.
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Wheels Up and Delta Air Lines have reached a definitive agreement for Delta Private Jets, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta, to combine with Wheels Up. The transaction will pair Wheels Up’s membership programs, digital platform and lifestyle experiences with Delta Private Jets existing infrastructure to create a partnership with a fleet of more than 190 private aircraft and over 8,000 members and customers.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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