New Pacific Airlines has partnered with BeOnd to help the latter expand its operations to the United States. BeOnd is using New Pacific’s operating certificate.
When New Pacific Airlines first launched in 2022, we had very high hopes. Their vision of transpacific flights via Anchorage, Alaska was a “thinking outside of the box” idea the U.S airline industry hasn’t seen in a long time. Unfortunately, the initiative never left the ground.
Since then, New Pacific has pivoted their business model to offer charter flights. They are focusing on flying sports teams around the country. Notable examples in the last few years have included the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins.
While their website suggests they haven’t abandoned their transpacific idea, but with no developments it can be assumed that the project appears to be stuck at the gate.
Now, New Pacific has been thrown an additional lifeline. European all-business carrier BeOnd has just signed a deal to expand into the United States. Their new offering, BeOnd America will utilize New Pacific Airlines to operate their flights.
BeOnd is a luxury airline headquartered in Dubai, UAE. Their headquarter location speaks volumes about their commitment to high-end luxury service. They operate flights to the Maldives which is only accessible by air. BeOnd has a unique niche in the luxury travel market in that region of the world.
The airline offers white-glove service from the moment you arrive at the airport until you step off the plane. Their goal is to compete with private jet companies by offering an experience that’s a step above flying private.
They list features like lie-flat seating, transparent pricing, and a combination of scheduled and on-demand flights. These features are not always available with private charter airlines.
However, BeOnd has one limiting factor: their aircraft fleet. As of November 2025, they only have one Airbus A319 and one Airbus A321. This truly limits the when, where, and how flights are offered. However, the future isn’t that bleak for the startup.
BeOnd just secured a $100 million dollar investment. They have a very ambitious goal of expanding their fleet to 56 planes by 2030. They are also expanding into the United States market where New Pacific Airlines comes into the picture.
As Simple Flying pointed out, BeOnd needs a U.S operating certificate to conduct domestic flight operations in the country. Since they’re a European carrier, they can’t get this certificate on their own. They need to partner with an American air carrier that does have an operating certificate.
New Pacific Airlines has an operating certificate but is in risk of losing it. After their Ontario – Las Vegas scheduled service collapse in 2023 due to poor demand, New Pacific Airlines has relied on their parent company, Ravn Alaska to maintain their certificate through the latter’s Alaska flight service. But, Ravn Alaska just went out of business this year. New Pacific urgently needs a partner to maintain their operating authority here in the U.S.
The BeOnd and New Pacific partnership was a perfect match. BeOnd gets access to the U.S market while New Pacific Airlines get to keep their operating certificate.
Now with their American partner secured, BeOnd can begin planning their domestic service here in the United States through New Pacific. But what will this actually look like as a final product?
New Pacific is currently operating four Boeing 757-200s. While these planes are more than capable workhorses, they are older and will require complete interior retrofits for BeOnd’s luxury service offerings.
Most importantly, introducing a retrofit would sacrifice New Pacific’s existing charter business for a little bit. New Pacific’s charter service is currently keeping the airline alive. It appears that the fleet expansion will have to be on BeOnd’s side. Something that the airline confirmed as it plans to grow a U.S fleet of 10 Airbus A3219s and A321s.
The Airbus A319s are readily available here in the United States. Airlines like Spirit and United are retiring the 319 airframes from their fleets in favor of newer aircraft. It shouldn’t be much of an issue for BeOnd to grab a few from the graveyard.
For New Pacific Airlines, the BeOnd partnership represents another revenue stream without changes to their current operations. Since BeOnd will bring their own aircraft, casual observers on the outside won’t notice any changes to any of New Pacific’s operations.
However, the impact will be felt internally. If BeOnd America grows substantially, New Pacific will likely hire additional employees and pilots. If BeOnd chooses to use NP’s pilots, they all will need to be trained on Airbus aircraft, as they are currently trained on the Boeing 757.
For the average American traveler, New Pacific still won’t be an option for domestic flights or flights abroad. But if you’re a frequent consumer of private charter airlines like Vistajet or JSX, BeOnd America operated by New Pacific could be a compelling option for you.
If BeOnd succeeds in the U.S market, it could finally be the ignition switch needed for New Pacific to start their path to accomplish their original vision of transpacific flights. They could absolutely piggy back off of BeOnd’s aspirations of global expansion.
This is smelling a little bit like Global Airlines V2. BeOnd’s promises and future expansions are very ambitious. The reality is that they only have two aircraft as it stands right now. It could very well be another case of saying the right things to investors to secure funding.
Airlines in the United States are having a tough enough time trying to counter all the ebbs and flows that the U.S. economy is wreaking on air travel. BeOnd’s all luxury business model does satisfy American travelers’ demands for more quality with their airfares. But it seems to be too much of an over correction and no one except for a small niche of customers would even consider using BeOnd. Even those customers that are in-market, they might have the financial means to rent their own private jets.
New Pacific Airlines in all likelihood stubbed its toe again on this one. The only realistic option for BeOnd as it stands is to provide luxury charter services within the United States. Sport teams, government officials, celebrities will all be on their potential clientele list. This is the same market that New Pacific Airlines and its charter service is now fishing in.
Is New Pacific going to use BeOnd to upgrade their charter service or are they just introducing another competitor into an already competitive space. It appears the latter as BeOnd will be bringing its Airbuses over. No changes will be made to New Pacific’s existing Boeing 757 fleet.
While any news about New Pacific Airlines generates excitement (at least for us), this new partnership with BeOnd will not produce dramatic changes for the airline.
It’ll likely serve as a new revenue opportunity as well as a vehicle for New Pacific to maintain its operating certificate. As it stands, the deal doesn’t bring the airline any closer to launching its transpacific service in the next few years or so. In all honesty, it can present a problem down the road for New Pacific Airlines.
The silver lining is in the partnership’s long-term potential.If BeOnd somehow does well in the U.S market and follows through on their global expansion, New Pacific might be able to insert itself and finally begin to operate flights to Asia. However, there are hurdles that need to be cleared for that to happen.
For now, expect to continue seeing New Pacific fly charter flights for your favorite sports teams, their lifeblood keeping the dream of transpacific flights via Alaska alive.
