Kenneth Ricci is a 40-year aviation industry veteran who today is a Principal of Directional Aviation Capital which owns various aviation enterprises including Flexjet, Sentient Jet, PrivateFly, Tuvoli, Nextant Aerospace, Stonebriar Commercial Finance, Reva Air Ambulance, Corporate Wings, Simcom and Constant Aviation.
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Some eVTOL Revolutionaries May Be Moving Closer To The Business Aviation Mainstream
Some eVTOL Revolutionaries May Be Moving Closer To The Business Aviation Mainstream
Some pioneers in the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector almost seem to be taking a Maoist “year zero” approach that consciously dismisses the role of existing forms of private and business aviation as irrelevant distractions that will be swept away by the new wave of eVTOL aircraft and the digital ecosystems that underpin how they are operated.
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How to Build an Empire
How to Build an Empire
To understand the scale of Directional Aviation you just need to walk around any busy US business aviation airport.
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BizAv Speeds Up: Business Aviation Advisor "Above and Beyond" podcast
BizAv Speeds Up: Business Aviation Advisor "Above and Beyond" podcast
New York to Paris in less than 4 hours? You bet – if you’re traveling aboard an Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet, set to fly in 2023. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a whole aircraft. Fractional share operator Flexjet already has twenty AS2s on order, to satisfy even its most forward-thinking share owners and charterers.
In BizAv Speeds Up, Directional Aviation’s Kenn Ricci details the reasons behind his Aerion SST fleet order, and how it fits with Directional’s other BizAv holdings, like Flight Options, Sentient Jet, Sky Jet, and Nextant Aerospace.
When there’s more to be said than space and copy deadlines allow, you can rely on the Business Aviation Advisor “Above and Beyond” podcast series to get you the information you need, enabling you to make the most of your aviation investments.
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Flexjet Chairman Kenn Ricci Inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation; Presents Jeff Bezos with Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award
CLEVELAND OH, January 21, 2019 – Flexjet announced today that its Chairman, Kenn Ricci, has been inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation, a prestigious organization composed of men and women of extraordinary accomplishment in aviation including industry leaders, innovators, pilots and astronauts. Ricci, who was chosen by the current members of the Living Legends, was inducted at the 16th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards Gala, held Jan. 18 in Beverly Hills, California.
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MarketWatch: How this pilot turned his passion into a $2.5bn business
MarketWatch: How this pilot turned his passion into a $2.5bn business
Getting to work with Kenn Ricci, principal of Directional Aviation Capital, shares the secrets to 'provocative' leadership and why pilots make good business leaders.
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Directional Aviation Acquires PrivateFly, Creating One of the World’s Largest Providers of Digital On-Demand Private Jet Travel
Directional Aviation Acquires PrivateFly, Creating One of the World’s Largest Providers of Digital On-Demand Private Jet Travel
Cleveland, OH – September 5, 2018 – OneSky, LLC, part of Directional Aviation and home to some of the world’s most respected private aviation companies including Skyjet, Sentient Jet and Flexjet, today announced it has acquired United Kingdom-headquartered PrivateFly, a leading global digital booking service for private jet charter flights. PrivateFly is expected to combine with Skyjet, OneSky’s existing brokerage group and a pioneer in aviation technology for more than 20 years, to create one of the world’s largest online booking platforms for private jet charter, one with a robust digital platform and a physical geography and assets tailored for countries on four continents.
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