OneJet

The airline was established in 2009 as PrimAir and rebranded OneJet in 2014.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Its first route, weekday roundtrip flights from Indianapolis International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee was announced on March 15, 2015, to begin April 6, 2015. Flights were operated by Pentastar Aviation using Hawker Beechjet 400A business jets fitted with seven-passenger seats. The airline stated that additional destinations from Indianapolis would be announced in April 2015.Held, Tom. [http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2015/03/18/onejet-debuts-with-nonstop-service-between.html OneJet debuts with nonstop service between Milwaukee and Indianapolis], Milwaukee Business Journal, March 18, 2015, Retrieved March 18, 2015 On April 24, 2015, the airline announced service from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh International Airport to begin May 11.[http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=70449 OneJet Adds Service to Pittsburgh], Inside Indiana Business, April 24, 2015, Retrieved April 24, 2015 Service between Milwaukee and Pittsburgh was also announced that same date, due to start May 4.[https://www.jsonline.com/business/onejet-plans-nonstop-service-between-milwaukee-and-pittsburgh-b99487550z1-301233911.html OneJet Plans Nonstop Service between Milwaukee and Pittsburgh], JSOnline, April 24, 2015, Retrieved April 24, 2015

On April 6, 2016, OneJet announced that it would move its base of operations from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh and that Corporate Flight Management (CFM) would take over flight operations from Pentastar. In preparation for the move, all flights from Indianapolis to Milwaukee, Memphis, and Nashville were curtailed with only the flights from Pittsburgh running. The airline indicated that it would increase the frequency of its flights from Pittsburgh; and add destinations from the Pittsburgh focus city.{{cite news |last=Colombo |first=Hayleigh |date=April 6, 2016 |title=OneJet cuts most Indy service as it shifts hub to Pittsburgh |url=http://www.ibj.com/articles/57987-onejet-cuts-most-indy-service-as-it-shifts-hub-to-pittsburgh |newspaper=Indianapolis Business Journal |access-date=July 26, 2016 }} After a short hiatus, CFM began OneJet operations on June 8, 2016, between Pittsburgh and Hartford, with flights to Indianapolis and Milwaukee commencing six days later.{{cite web |url=http://www.onejet.com/press-archive/onejet-releases-newly-upgraded-schedules-from-pittsburgh |title=OneJet Releases Newly Upgraded Schedules from Pittsburgh |author= |date=April 8, 2016 |website=OneJet.com |access-date=July 29, 2016 }} Since the transition to CFM as the operating carrier, flights between Pittsburgh and Indianapolis were briefly operated by IAI Westwind and Learjet 35 aircraft rather than the Beechjet 400A.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

Milwaukee was announced as a second base of operations on October 3, 2017, with flights to Columbus and Omaha starting on November 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/03/onejet-plans-operating-base-mitchell-international-airport/712884001/ |title=OneJet plans operating base at Mitchell International Airport |last=Taschler |first=Joe |date=3 October 2017 |website=USA Today |access-date=3 October 2017}} Later that month, OneJet signed a deal with Textron Aviation for two eight-seat Cessna Citation CJ4 aircraft to be delivered in Q1 2018, with further deliveries planned. OneJet also had plans to use a larger 30-seat Embraer ERJ135 aircraft for their future Albany-Buffalo route.{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2018/12/06/Another-Allegheny-County-Airport-Authority-board-member-had-invested-in-OneJet-lawsuit-alleges/stories/201812060085|title=Another airport authority board member had invested in OneJet, lawsuit alleges|last=BELKO|first=MARK|date=December 6, 2018|website=Post Gazette|access-date=January 3, 2019}} On May 1, 2018, OneJet announced it was acquiring Ultimate Jetcharters and Ultimate Air Shuttle which focus on semiprivate scheduled flights and corporate shuttles. However, on August 21, it was reported that the purchase of Ultimate had fallen through.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/08/sale_of_ultimate_air_shuttle_t_2.html|title=Sale of Ultimate Air Shuttle to OneJet is off; expansion at Burke Lakefront on hold|last=Glaser|first=Susan|date=August 21, 2018}}

On August 29, 2018, OneJet suspended all service, reportedly temporarily.{{cite tweet|number=1034871995719081984|user=crankyflier|title=Well, looks like OneJet is done for. Flights and bookings are suspended for now. I called reservations and someone… |date=August 29, 2018}} Ultimate Jetcharters, which was operating all OneJet flights at the time, announced that it was terminating the flights due to the collapse of the acquisition deal; OneJet, in turn, announced that it was pursuing its own air operator's certificate so it could operate its own flights. OneJet claimed that it would resume booking on October 1, 2018, but as of November 30th, it had not done so; it was unknown which routes would be carried over, and whether or not any previously terminated or suspended routes will be resumed.{{Citation needed|reason=Cited references do not make these particular claims|date=May 2019}} As of September 8, 2018, OneJet has been removed from Pittsburgh International Airport's route map, implying that they will not be returning.{{Cite web|url=http://www.flypittsburgh.com/flights/airlines|title=Pittsburgh International Airport - Airlines and Destinations|date=September 8, 2018}} As of August 28, 2018, the airline has also been removed from Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport's list of airlines page. Officials from GMIA have not been informed of any schedule terminations, but confirm that no OneJet flights have been flown into or out of Milwaukee since June.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mitchellairport.com/flights-airlines/airlines|title=Airlines :: Mitchell Airport|date=September 25, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2018/08/21/wheres-onejet-carrier-no-longer-has-milwaukee-reservation-system/1051785002/|title=What happened to OneJet? The startup carrier is no longer offering Milwaukee service|last=Taschler|first=Joe|date=August 21, 2018}} All of the OneJet aircraft have either been sold or transferred to the Contour Airlines public charter services. In November 2018, airport authorities in Albany, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh filed for an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding against OneJet.Fink, James. [https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2018/11/06/onejet-owes-nfta-nearly-50-000-as-albany-buffalo.html OneJet owes NFTA nearly $50,000 as Albany-Buffalo service ends], Buffalo Business First, November 6, 2018, Retrieved 2018-11-12

OneJet did not hold its own air operator's certificate when flight operations ended in August 2018. At various times, OneJet flights were operated by the following air charter companies:

• Corporate Flight Management
• Pentastar Aviation
• Ultimate Jetcharters{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/30/troubled-start-up-airline-onejet-suspends-flights.html|title=Troubled start-up airline OneJet suspends flights|last=Josephs |first=Leslie |date=30 April 2018 |website=cnbc.com |publisher=CNBC|accessdate=26 April 2019}}

As of August 29, 2018 all OneJet routes have been suspended:

• Air transportation in the United States
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• Contour Airlines
• Corporate Flight Management
• Ultimate Air Shuttle

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• {{Official website|http://www.onejet.com/}}

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