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DIVESTITURES	6 Months Ended
DIVESTITURES	Jun. 30, 2024
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]
DIVESTITURES	DIVESTITURE Divestiture of Aircraft Management Business On September 30, 2023 (the “Divestiture Closing Date”), Wheels Up Partners Holdings LLC, our direct subsidiary (“WUP”), pursuant to an equity purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Executive AirShare LLC, completed the sale of 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Circadian Aviation LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“Circadian”). The Divestiture Closing Date fair value of the aggregate consideration transferred was $19.1 million and the Company recognized a loss on the sale of $3.0 million. The $19.1 million was comprised of $13.2 million of cash received on the Divestiture Closing Date, contingent consideration with a fair value of $4.8 million, an escrow receivable of $0.6 million and a non-contingent consideration receivable of $0.5 million. The fair value of the contingent consideration was deemed to be the approximate contract value as of the Divestiture Closing Date. Circadian was released from all guarantor obligations with respect to the Equipment Notes (as defined below) on the Divestiture Closing Date pursuant to certain debt release letters entered into concurrently with the Purchase Agreement. Concurrently with entering into the Purchase Agreement: (i) WUP entered into a transition services agreement with Circadian, pursuant to which WUP will provide Circadian certain specified services on a temporary basis; (ii) Wheels Up Partners LLC, our indirect subsidiary (“WUP LLC”), entered into a master operating agreement with Circadian, pursuant to which Circadian will conduct certain on-demand charter operations for certain of WUP LLC’s owned aircraft after the Divestiture Closing Date while such aircraft are transitioned from a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) operating certificate held by Circadian to the Company’s subsidiaries, and WUP LLC will provide certain maintenance, pilots services, management and other related services for WUP LLC’s owned aircraft during the transition period; and (iii) certain of the Company’s subsidiaries entered into fleet management agreements with Circadian, pursuant to which Circadian will provide certain maintenance, pilots services, management and other related services for managed aircraft after the Divestiture Closing Date while they are transitioned from a FAA operating certificate held by the applicable Company subsidiary to Circadian. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we received $3.4 million upon finalization of the working capital adjustment under the Purchase Agreement, recognized within gain on sale of assets, net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.