2003: Air Partner delivers at least 4,000 tonnes of military supplies during the first Gulf War. In an interview, chairman Tony Mack explained: "The Gulf War was a windfall for us. We’d hate to say ‘yippee, we’re going to war’, but I guess the net effect would be positive."[3]
2006: The JetCard membership scheme is unveiled. JetCard offers benefits for regular flyers.[4]
UK headquarter moves to a larger premises alongside London Gatwick Airport, opposite The Beehive - Gatwick’s original terminal building with its grass runways, which opened in 1936.[5] The company first began trading here in 1961 and has remained within 1km ever since.
2020: Air Partner provides vital support throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, including transporting medical supplies and PPE[11] as well as evacuating over 300 British and EU nationals from Wuhan.[12]
2021 Acquisition of Kenyon International Emergency Services Inc.[13]
Between August 2021 and February 2022, the Austrian government awarded Air Partner six Frontex-funded deportation contracts, worth an estimated average of €33,796.[14]
2022 Air Partner Plc acquired by Wheels Up and delisted from the London Stock Exchange.[2]
In August 2022, Air Partner was awarded a €15 million framework contract to arrange charter deportations for the European Coast Guard and Border Agency, Frontex.[14]
↑"AirPartner predicts rise in demand if Gulf war begins". Flight International. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2025. The company's best chance now may be an anticipated rise in demand for private charters resulting from the outbreak of war in Iraq. "The Gulf War was a windfall for us. We'd hate to say 'yippee, we're going to war', but I guess the net effect would be positive," Mack says. The company carried 4,000t of military cargo in the run-up to Operation Desert Storm in 1990-91.
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