COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | |
| 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 and/or its consolidated subsidiaries are subject to various legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which may 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 As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we have an active lawsuit against Exclusive Jets, LLC d/b/a flyExclusive, a subsidiary of flyExclusive, Inc. (“FE”), to enforce our rights and remedies for wrongful termination by FE of the Fleet Guaranteed Revenue Program Agreement, dated November 1, 2021, between WUP and FE (the “GRP Agreement”). On June 30, 2023, FE notified us in writing of its immediate termination of the GRP Agreement. We believe that FE wrongfully terminated such agreement in breach thereof. We are seeking compensatory damages, including the return of material deposits held by FE under the GRP Agreement (collectively, the “GRP Deposit”) that were recorded in Other non-current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of each of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. On July 5, 2023, we originally filed a complaint against FE to enforce our rights under the GRP Agreement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In August 2023, we re-filed the complaint against FE in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County (“NY State Court”). On December 2, 2025, the NY State Court dismissed our complaint without prejudice, citing its lack of personal jurisdiction over FE, and declined to render any decision on the merits of the case. On December 23, 2025, FE’s related counterclaim in NY State Court was discontinued without prejudice. On December 30, 2025, we re-filed the complaint to enforce our rights under the GRP Agreement against each of FE and Thomas James Segrave Jr., FE’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division in Wake County, North Carolina (the “NC Court”) (case #25CV047093-910) (the “NC Complaint”). Our NC Complaint includes factual allegations regarding FE’s wrongful termination of the GRP Agreement and asserted causes of action against FE and Mr. Segrave for breach of contract, violations of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (the “Deceptive Trade Practices Act”), fraudulent misrepresentation, conversion, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, money had and received, unjust enrichment and, with respect to Mr. Segrave, piercing the corporate veil. On March 6, 2026, FE and Mr. Segrave filed their answer and affirmative defenses to the NC Complaint, FE asserted counterclaims under breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and declaratory judgment theories for amounts it claims it is owed under the GRP Agreement, and FE filed a partial motion to dismiss certain claims on procedural grounds. We filed our motion to dismiss, affirmative defenses and answer to FE’s counterclaims on April 3, 2026, and filed our opposition to FE’s partial motion to dismiss on certain procedural grounds on June 19, 2026. On June 29, 2026, the NC Court issued an order granting in part our motion to dismiss FE’s counterclaims and granted in part FE’s and Mr. Segrave’s motion to dismiss our primary claims. In its order, the NC Court expressly noted that our claim against (i) Mr. Segrave based on a piercing the corporate veil theory was dismissed without prejudice and could be reasserted at a later time if appropriate, and (ii) FE based on unjust enrichment was dismissed without prejudice. Following these decisions, (a) our primary causes of action against FE under breach of contract, violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, conversion and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing theories survived, (b) our primary causes of action against Mr. Segrave under conversion and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing theories survived, and (c) FE’s counterclaims for declaratory judgment survived and for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing survived except to the extent arising out of our exercise of certain rights under the GRP Agreement. The parties are actively engaged in the litigation process, including discovery and fact witness depositions. We intend to vigorously pursue the action to recover the outstanding GRP Deposit 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. Our success in recovering the amounts from FE will depend on several factors, including the ability of FE to satisfy any judgment or settlement with available funds. We are in the process of evaluating the effects of the foregoing events and we 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 each of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company estimated the potential exposure to such tax liability was $5.5 million, the liability for which was included in Accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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