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Fitch upgrades ratings for Flexjet, Sentient Jet parent OneSky Flight

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021by Doug Gollan

What a difference a year and a couple of months make. Fitch Ratings has upgraded OneSky Flight’s Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B’ from ‘B-. Fitch also upgraded the company’s senior secured term loan to ‘BB-‘/’RR2’ from ‘B’/’RR3’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. OneSky is a unit of Directional Aviation. Its private aviation brands include Flexjet, Sentient Jet, FXAIR, PrivateFly, and Halo. In April 2020, Fitch had downgraded OneFlight citing, “the effects of a global drop in demand related to the coronavirus pandemic.”

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AccorJets’ website no longer working after Accor, Directional say there is no affiliation

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021by Doug Gollan

After a Private Jet Card Comparisons’ report that AccorJets was not connected to either Accor Hotels or Flexjet owner Directional Aviation despite claims in a press release, its website and marketing material, the AccorJets.com website appears to be offline

It’s unsure of the objective for the owner of the AccorJets website. It was promoting a financial scheme to buy shares in private jets that would produce immediate returns. Ostensibly, it was offering charter flights on its claimed fleet of private jets. It said it was owned by the Accor group of hotels and part of Directional Aviation, owner of Flexjet and Sentient Jet. It liberally used images of Flexjet aircraft in its marketing materials.

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Accor Hotels, Directional Aviation not connected to AccorJets’ website

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021by Doug Gollan2 Comments

Despite claiming to be owned by Accor Hotels and Directional Aviation, AccorJets is not associated with either company

AccorJets promises investors quarterly dividends from charter revenues

The website for AccorJets claims to have a fleet of Bombardier Global 7500s, Gulfstream G650s and G500s, and Citation Latitudes. Three more aircraft will be delivered this year, it says. It claims to be “part of the Directional Aviation portfolio.” It lists as board members executives of the Accor Hotels Group, including chairman and CEO, Sébastien Bazin. Accor includes brands like Raffles and Fairmont and is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies.

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Flexjet, Sentient Jet acquire another helicopter operator

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021by Doug Gollan5 Comments

Directional Aviation’s OneSky Flight, parent of Flexjet and Sentient, says it is targeting managed helicopter fleets, this time adding a U.K.-based operator

Flexjet, the second-largest fractional fleet operator, and sister Sentient Jet, a leader in jet cards, now have a second helicopter operator in the OneSky Flight portfolio. Halo Aviation Ltd., an operator in the United Kingdom, follows the acquisition earlier this year of Associated Aircraft Group (AAG). The latter operates Sikorsky helicopters in the Northeastern U.S.

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