Private aviation charter company Wheels Up Experience Inc. is to modernise and streamline its fleet to include just two aircraft types: Embraer’s Phenom 300 and Phenom 300E aircraft and Bombardier’s Challenger 300 and Challenger 350 aircraft.
Once complete, the fleet update is expected to lower the average aircraft age of its fleet by approximately 10 years. The company expects this to allow an improvement in operational performance as well as operational efficiency and, in turn, an enhanced customer experience.
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“Fleet modernisation is the next critical step in the journey of Wheels Up. We believe our flexible, accessible offerings across programmatic membership and global charter, enhanced through our one-of-a-kind strategic partnership with Delta Air Lines, already deliver the most customer-centric global aviation solutions available in the market today” said George Mattson, CEO of Wheels Up. “We believe our fleet modernisation strategy and the enabling transactions we are announcing today will allow us to deliver those solutions with a best-in-class aircraft fleet, with an elevated customer experience to match.”