The elephant in the casinoopinion Alasdair Whyte 23 Oct 24 0NBAA-BACE is taking place in Las Vegas this week, but we need to talk about the elephant in the room. And the donkey. You do… Read more
Airshare buys Wheels Up’s management businessesnews Alasdair Whyte 3 Oct 23 0Airshare has completed the acquisition of Wheels Up’s aircraft management business. This means that it is adding up to 90 aircraft to its fleet. The… Read more
NetJets announces 1,500 Textron jet deal just as Wheels Up gets $500mopinion Alasdair Whyte 25 Sep 23 0It is a proven fact that 100% of people who do not understand the difference between causation and correlation will die. But is there a… Read more
The business aircraft operator M&A boom is overopinion Alasdair Whyte 12 Mar 23 0The past few years have not only been a sellers’ market for aircraft owners, they have also been a great time to sell aircraft operators.… Read more
Vista Global secures $288m of Pass Through Certs with Jefferiesnews CJI Expert 13 Sep 22 0Vista Global has secured $287.5m of fixed-income securities in the form of Pass Through Certificates with Jefferies as placement agent. Read more
Business jet manufacturers beat Gates with box-to-billsopinion Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 22 0In May Bill Gates published his fifth book: How to prevent the next pandemic. This gives him a book-to-Bill ratio of one for the second… Read more
Wheels Up plans to acquire Air Partnernews Mike Stones 27 Jan 22 0Wheels Up plans to acquire Air Partner in a deal that values the UK-based global aviation services group at about $107m. The acquisition, which is… Read more
Macquarie agrees to sell Atlantic Aviation to KKRnews Yves Le Marquand 7 Jun 21 0Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (MIC) and KKR have signed a definitive agreement for MIC to sell its Atlantic Aviation business to US private equity company, KKR.… Read more
Deal analysis: Wheels Up worth $2bn as it merges with SPACnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Feb 21 0“We are just getting started,” Kenny Dichter, founder and CEO of Wheels Up, told Corporate Jet Investor on the day the company agreed to go… Read more
Wheels Up acquires Mountain Aviationnews Yves Le Marquand 5 Jan 21 0Wheels Up has acquired Mountain Aviation, the largest Part 135-operated Citation X fleet in the US , with bases in Denver, Teterboro, and Southern California.… Read more
CJI Americas 2020: The view from Wall Streetnews CJI Expert 17 Nov 20 0Investor sentiment for commercial aviation has been extremely bullish for the past seven to eight years, says Nick Fazioli, MD, Jefferies LLC, Aerospace & Defense… Read more
Vista Global acquires JetSmarternews CJI Expert 10 Apr 19 0JetSmarter, the online jet-sharing and charter company, has been acquired by Thomas Flohr’s holding company Vista Global. JetSmarter is the third company to fall under… Read more
Jet Aviation acquires Hawker Pacific for $250 millionnews CJI Expert 11 Apr 18 0Jet Aviation, the Swiss-based business-aviation service provider, has acquired Hawker Pacific for $250 million in an all-cash transaction. Hawker Pacific is an integrated aviation solutions… Read more
David Baxt: Why a Wall Street hot shot joined Wheels Upnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Nov 13 0With over 20 years’ experience in aviation banking, David Baxt was finally lured away from the industry to join Kenny Dichter’s new company Wheels Up… Read more
