Fractional jet ownership company AirSprint to be acquired by Onex, TriWest and others

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TORONTO - Fractional jet ownership company AirSprint Inc. has signed a deal to be acquired by a group including Onex Partners, TriWest Capital Partners and other co-investors.

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TORONTO – Fractional jet ownership company AirSprint Inc. has signed a deal to be acquired by a group including Onex Partners, TriWest Capital Partners and other co-investors.

Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

Calgary-based AirSprint operates a fractional fleet of private aircraft across Canada.

The Onex Corp. logo is displayed at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Thursday, May 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Onex Corp. logo is displayed at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Thursday, May 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

The companies say the deal will help support AirSprint’s next phase of growth, including fleet expansion, operational enhancements, technology investments and strategic initiatives.

Following closing of the transaction, AirSprint founder and chairman Judson Macor will become chairman emeritus, while chief executive James Elian will continue in his role and remain on AirSprint’s board.

Macor, Elian and other certain current shareholders in AirSprint are expected to remain investors once the deal is complete.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2026.

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