Delta Private Jets

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Delta Private Jets
Delta Private Jets Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
DPJJET CARD
Founded1984 (as Comair Jet Express)
Ceased operationsJanuary 31, 2020 (merged with Wheels Up)
Hubs Cincinnati
Frequent-flyer program SkyMiles
Alliance SkyTeam (affiliate)
Fleet size70
Parent company Delta Air Lines
Headquarters Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Boone County, Kentucky, U.S.
Key peopleRex Bevis, President & CFO; Lee Gossett, COO
Website www.deltaprivatejets.com
See Archived 1 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine.

Delta Private Jets, Inc. [1] was an airline of the United States. Its corporate headquarters was on the property of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boone County, Kentucky. [2] It operated business jet aircraft as a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. Its main base was Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. [3]

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History

The airline was founded as Comair Jet Express in 1984. It was renamed in October 2001 by the parent company Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines wholly own it. [1] [3]

Delta Private Jets is a private aviation service aimed at businesses needs to destinations on a private aircraft or that the airport does not supply regularly. Delta Private Jets is also available to SkyMiles Elite members for an upgrade purchase price of $300–800 on select routes from Delta's Cincinnati, Atlanta, and New York hubs.[ citation needed ] This service also allows travellers to avoid flying hassles such as security. [4]

Delta Private Jets headquarters is located at 82 Comair Boulevard building, which used to be the Comair headquarters and was called the Comair General Office Building. [5] [6]

In June 2017, David Sneed, who had overseen several changes, including accepting SkyMiles as payments for jet cards, left Delta Private Jets, where he was the senior executive. In July 2017, former Virgin Australia COO Gary Hammes was named its new president, replacing Sneed.[ citation needed ] In October 2018, Hammes was succeeded by Jeff Mihalic, who was appointed CEO of the company. [7] Mihalic is the former President of Delta Material Services. At the same time, long-time Delta employee Lee Gossett was named Senior Vice President of Operations and COO. Before his appointment, Gossett was the Vice President of line maintenance at Delta Air Lines.

In January 2017, Delta Private Jets announced Sky Access, a new membership program. Members can book as many empty-leg flights as they wish for free for an initiation fee of $8,500 and a $6,000 renewal. Members get the entire aircraft. DPJ said they flew over 6,300 empty legs in 2017.[ citation needed ]

In November 2018, DPJ announced the expansion of its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capabilities by opening a new location at Sheltair Aviation on the grounds of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Florida. [8]

On December 9, 2019, Delta Air Lines announced it took a stake in Wheels Up, a US air charter operator founded in 2013 and operating 120 aircraft (King Air 350i twin turboprops, Citation Excels/XLSs, Citation Xs and Hawker 400XP business jets) for its 7,700 members, to become its largest investor and merge it in the first quarter of 2020 with its Delta Private Jets subsidiary, to operate a fleet of 190 business aircraft. [9]

Benefits

Delta Private Jet card holders receive SkyMiles Diamond Medallion tier status. They also receive regular commercial flight ticket discounts. [10]

Accidents and incidents

Fleet

The Delta Private Jets fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2020): [3]

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