Above, a privately owned company headquartered in Portugal, was founded in 2020 and employs approximately 20 individuals. The company provides media managed services. It operates as a joint venture between Inflight Solutions and castLabs, offering an open, standards-based platform for the encoding, storage, and distribution of encoded video and related metadata through cloud-based services.
Above, the UK’s newest operator, launched on August 3, 2026, from Birmingham Airport’s XLR Executive Jet Centre, offering 25 published fixed-price city pair destinations across the UK and Europe, in addition to flexible on-demand private charter services. CEO Vince Essex, who acquired an Embraer Phenom 100 for the launch, stated the service targets a "different style of flyer." This development followed the company's entry into the UK private aviation market on July 15, 2026, when it commenced commercial operations from Birmingham Airport, bringing a new combination of fixed-price private flights and on-demand charter services to the market.
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