COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
6 Months Ended |
---|---|
Jun. 30, 2025 | |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company has contractual obligations and commitments, primarily in the form of obligations to provide future services for which we have already received deferred revenue (see Note 2), lease arrangements (see Note 8), repayment of long-term debt (see Note 6), legal proceedings, and sales and use tax liability. Legal Proceedings From time to time, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, as of the date of this Quarterly Report the Company does not believe that the outcome of any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. GRP Litigation On July 5, 2023, the Company filed a lawsuit against Exclusive Jets, LLC d/b/a flyExclusive, a subsidiary of flyExclusive, Inc. (“FE”), in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“NY Federal Court”), which was re-filed against FE in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County (“NY State Court”) on August 23, 2023. The Company instituted the action to enforce its rights and remedies for wrongful termination by FE of that certain Fleet Guaranteed Revenue Program Agreement, dated November 1, 2021, between WUP and FE (the “GRP Agreement”). On June 30, 2023, FE notified the Company in writing of its immediate termination of the GRP Agreement. The Company believes that FE wrongfully terminated such agreement in breach thereof. The Company is seeking compensatory damages, including the return of material deposits held by FE under the GRP Agreement that were recorded in Other non-current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. Following remand to the NY State Court after removal to the NY Federal Court by FE, on April 9, 2025, FE filed in the NY State Court an answer and its defenses to the Company’s claims, as well as counterclaims for unpaid amounts it claims it is owed under the GRP Agreement. On April 22, 2025, the Company answered FE’s counterclaims and also filed a motion to amend and proposed amended complaint against FE in NY State Court (the “Amended Complaint”), which included, among other things, additional breach of contract claims and added Thomas James Segrave Jr., FE’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, as a defendant for a claim based on piercing the corporate veil. On May 6, 2025, FE filed an opposition to the Company’s motion to amend; however, on July 18, 2025, the NY State Court granted the Company’s motion to amend and the Company filed the Amended Complaint against FE and Mr. Segrave on July 23, 2025. The parties are currently engaged in the discovery process. The Company intends to vigorously pursue the action to recover the outstanding deposits and other damages from FE and defend against any related counterclaims, but there can be no assurance as to the outcome of the dispute with FE. The Company’s success in recovering the amounts from FE will depend on several factors, including the availability of funds by FE for the recoverable amounts. The Company is in the process of evaluating the effects of the foregoing events and it cannot make a reasonable estimate of any outcome, recovery or loss at this time. Sales and Use Tax Liability The Company regularly provides services to members in various states within the continental U.S., which may create sales and use tax nexus via temporary presence, potentially requiring the payment of these taxes. The Company determined that there is uncertainty as to what constitutes nexus in respective states for a state to levy taxes, fees and surcharges relating to its activity. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company estimated the potential exposure to such tax liability was $5.5 million, respectively, the expense for which was included in Accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
|