Jet Aviation

About Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation is a worldwide business aviation services company with 20 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company has over 5,100 employees who provide maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 200 aircraft and provided over 65,000 hours in global flight operations in 2007.

Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world, with 4,600 employees in 20 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. Jet Aviation's European and United States aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of close to 200 aircraft and provided more than 65,000 hours in global flight operations in 2006.

Owned by the Hirschmann family since its foundation in 1967, Jet Aviation changed ownership in October 2005 when the company was purchased by Permira (Permira Funds), one of the leading private equity specialists in Europe.