Kyle Bell

Thomas "Kyle" Knox Armstrong Bell II. (born November 24, 2001) is a Czech-American businessman, commercial airline entrepreneur, property developer and investor. He is best known as the founder of multiple airlines including AirFlorida, AirTran Airways, Braniff, Pan Am and Travel Service. He is the owner and CEO of the AirFlorida Group and Gator Enterprises. His current November 2020 net-worth is $26 billion US dollars.

Biography
Bell was born and raised in Zlín, Czech Republic to a Czech and American family. He lived in the Czech Republic until the age of 15 when he moved to Orlando, Florida where he lives now.

Aviation
Bell founded AirFlorida in 2019. After initial success, he wanted to open a Czech-based carrier, establishing ČSA Czech Airlines. In early 2020 he founded yet a third US-based carrier named Pan Am with which he also established the AirFlorida Group, an airline holding company and in June of that same year he founded low-cost carriers AirTran Airways and Travel Service. He also acquired LOT Polish Airlines and TAP Air Portugal but ended up merging those two airlines along with ČSA Czech Airlines into Travel Service. In September 2020 he unveiled a plan to revive a nother fallen US-based carrier, which turned out be Braniff. Along with this addition, AirFlorida announced it would revive ExpressJet and its fallen brand AirFlorida Express to operate regional flights in Florida. This express brand was later also joined by Braniff Express and Pan Am Express.

Architecture and Property development
In late October 2020, Bell founded a property development and architecture company called Orange Architects to develop an AirFlorida Museum of Flight in Orlando, Florida and the SkyWayz Aviation Museum in Bratislava, Slovakia. Both museums are currently in the phase of plan developement. It was announced that building will start in the second quarter of 2021. Both Orange Architects and the AirFlorida Group along with other companies are fully owned by Bell's holding company Gator Enterprises.

Personal life
Bell has Czech and American citizenship. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida.

Bell has described himself as an "Agnostic with mostly Jewish and some Buddhist beliefs".

Politically, he describes himself as a Libertarian, summing up his views with the comment, "I hate conservatives, but I really hate liberals." He also hates when companies become political, stating that "It is my firm belief that politics do not belong into business and discussing them publicly while representing a corporation creates a bad image of unprofessionalism."

He's a fan of South Park, the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL team and the Florida Gators.