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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Cleveland Magazine - 2022 Cleveland 500
Leading Through Change
Change can be scary. But it can also be invigorating and an opportunity for growth. Let’s face it, there’s lots of change happening around us — and plenty of it is happening at the top of a well-established and well-earned power structure. We look at what it means to be a leader right now, where the change is happening and what tools we can offer the leaders of tomorrow.
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Bentley Motors: Extraordinary Journeys: Kenn Ricci
Bentley Motors: Extraordinary Journeys: Kenn Ricci
Kenneth C. Ricci (“Kenn”) is an American aviation entrepreneur, and quite literally a Living Legend of Aviation. He is the Principal of Directional Aviation Capital; the parent company of Flexjet, Sentient Jet, PrivateFly, FXAIR, and many more.
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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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