August 13, 2024
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Las Vegas, Nevada
Leadership
Curtis Edenfield
CEO
Rickey Oswald
COO
Stuart Edenfeld
VP, Flight Operations
Nate Nelson
VP, Safety
Michelle Adair
VP, Sales
Henry Hage
VP, Aircraft Maintenance and Ground Operations
Kelly Krahenbuhl
VP, People and Culture
Jet Card Hourly Rates
Capped pricing started at $3,325, plus FET for a Citation M2
Thrive Aviation was the 19th-largest U.S. private jet operator ranked by charter and fractional flight hours in 2022, according to Argus TraqPak data.
The company was founded in 2018 and offers a capped-pricing jet card program with aircraft on an as-available basis.
It operates a fleet of primarily new from OEM Textron Cessna private jets, including the super-midsize Sovereign, midsize Citation XLS+, and light CJ3+.
In 2022, it added a Gulfstream G600 to its fleet.
It also offers aircraft management as of 2023.
2018
Thrive Aviation is privately held. Vitali Lapko, Curtis Edenfield, Rickey Oswald, and Stuart Edenfield are all owners.
Curtis Edenfield
Thrive Aviation uses its fleet of owned private jets
Thrive Aviation’s jet card program begins at $50,000
Thrive Aviation offers fixed-hourly rates with repositioning costs additional
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