Ricci a 2019 Inductee to the Living Legends of Aviation In 2018, the Living Legends renamed its Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award after Ricci Bezos Presented… Read More »Flexjet Chairman Kenn Ricci Inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation; Presents Jeff Bezos with Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award
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.
Flexjet Chairman Kenn Ricci on how instability in the Middle East and the rising cost of jet fuel is impacting his company
Pilots working for Flexjet, a private aviation company, gear up to vote on losing organized labor.
Flexjet Chairman Kenneth Ricci joins Julia Chatterley and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg’s “What’d You Miss?”
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Living Legends of Aviation Renames Its Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award after Kenn Ricci Emphasis on Building the Next Generation of Aviation Innovators
Read More »Prestigious Aviation Award Named After Directional Aviation Principal Kenn Ricci
Directional Aviation Capital principal Kenn Ricci, veteran aviator and business aviation executive Clay Lacy, helicopter approach pioneer Steve Hickock and longtime pilot Peter Paul Luce are among the honorees of the 14th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. They will be recognized at an event on January 20 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Read More »Ricci, Lacy To Be Honored as Aviation Living Legends
“When the time comes to review your life’s work by standards other than what car you drove or how many stock options the board of directors awarded you, you will experience the all-too-rare satisfaction of knowing you aligned your principles with your actions, in business as in the rest of your life. You didn’t cut corners or compromise on the things that really mattered. You were more than just a successful manager and leader—you were admired and respected as honest and full of integrity. You were someone’s hero. And you were somebody people could trust.” – Kenn Ricci, Management by Trust
Read More »Kenn Ricci Receives the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Distinguished Alumni Award
Stonebriar Commercial Finance (“Stonebriar”) is pleased to announce it has acquired the Guggenheim Business Aircraft Investments team, led by Nicholas M. Sandler, along with 16 aircraft under long term leases with an asset value in excess of $220 million. Sandler, from Guggenheim Partners, served as portfolio manager for the Guggenheim Aircraft Opportunity Fund (“GAOF”), the first ever co-mingled investment vehicle dedicated to business aviation.
Read More »Kenn Ricci of Directional Aviation Joins Stonebriar Commercial Finance Board
June 25, 2015 – Kenneth Ricci, chairman of Flexjet, talks about competition in the private aircraft flight-share industry, business model and growth strategy. Ricci speaks… Read More »Flexjet Goes Head-To-Head With Warren Buffet
October 21, 2014 – CNBC’s Phil LeBeau, and Kenn Ricci, Flexjet chairman, discuss what’s driving the corporate jet market higher as demand for faster private… Read More »Biz Jet Market Soars Again
Dallas, October 14, 2014 – Flexjet LLC today announced a relationship with Gulfstream for up to 50 aircraft including the new Gulfstream G500TM, for which… Read More »Flexjet Becomes the First and Only Fractional Provider Offering Access to the Newly Unveiled Gulfstream G500 Aircraft