Elevate Aviation an New Pacific Airlines have announced a partnership to purchase three all business class Boeing 757s, having initially began a partnership in March 2024 to provide wide-body aircraft to large scale charter operations.
This has been seen as a resounding success specifically with both professional and collegiate sports teams around the USA, and both companies plan to expand further with planned purchases of more aircraft taking place in the near future.
In a statement provided to Travel Radar, Lezlea List, President of Private Jet Services (PJS) – an Elevate Aviation subsidiary – said:
“Our top priority is delivering safe, best-in-market aircraft to our mission-oriented clients. We view this partnership as a game changer for our product offering.”
Possible New Era for New Pacific
This will hopefully lead to an up turn in New Pacific Airline’s (NPA) fortunes, having gone through series of legal and financial issues since its inception in May 2021 – Originally called Northern Pacific Airlines, this lead to a lawsuit bought by BNSF Railway for Trademark Infringement due the naming similarity between Northern Pacific Airlines and Northern Pacific Railroad, culminating in NPA’s current name.
In April 2024, having initially flown out of four airports across the United States, it terminated all flights, switching to an all-charter service operating out of Ontario International Airport, CA. This came after the abrupt departure of company CEO, Rob Mckinney in March, stating that he “does not share the forward vision of the ownership and chairman”. This in turn casts doubt NPA’s plan to expand their services into a transpacific carrier, and the news of the partnership with Elevate Aviation makes such a move even more unlikely.
That said, going into partnership with Elevate Aviation could be the break NPA really needed.
As well as the already mentioned PJS, Elevate also have subsidiaries in Keystone Aviation, and Elevate Jet – offering aircraft management, on-demand chartering, and consultancy, as well as brokerage services. All of which New Pacific will hope will be of benefit in the future, allowing for company to grow and move away from its current rocky situation.
