According to Inc. Magazine, ONEflight International, a celebrity-promoted private jet brokerage out of Centennial, Colorado, reported $232 million in revenue for 2025 before it halted every flight, wiped its website, and landed in federal court on fraud and Ponzi scheme allegations.
A private jet brokerage doesn't actually sell flights. It sells trust, and ONEflight figured out the cheapest way to buy trust is a face people already trust. The 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic had Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, David Arquette and Vanna White headlining the company's golf event, and Kevin O'Leary had been a backer since 2022. 9NEWS reports the company stopped all operations on Sep 17, deleted its online presence, and mailed an unsigned letter saying it was pausing flights for 30 days.
The pitch in 2024 was freedom to fly. The pitch in 2026 was prepay now and fly later, because later is a concept that does not survive contact with a federal complaint. A first lawsuit filed in Denver on Sep 22 asks for $580,000 and calls the prepayment model the very hallmark of a Ponzi scheme, and a second one followed three days later.
The numbers do the talking. $232 million in reported 2025 revenue, roughly $300 million in prepayments for future private flights, and then an empty runway. The McLaren partnership evaporated the same week. An A-list endorsement is a liability with a headshot, and the face does not get a refund.
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