Jet Aviation
Jet Aviation is an aviation services company founded in 1967 in Basel, Switzerland, offering aircraft management, sales, charter, completions, FBO, maintenance, government programs and staffing.
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Overview
Jet Aviation has been crafting flight since 1967, growing from one hangar in Basel, Switzerland, to some 50 locations worldwide. It employs over 5,000 aviation experts and offers aircraft management, aircraft sales, charter, completions, government programs, FBO, maintenance and staffing. It has been owned by General Dynamics since 2008.
History
Jet Aviation was established with a maintenance facility in Basel, Switzerland, in 1967. It entered the charter and aircraft management businesses in Europe in 1972, launched its first completion at the Paris Airshow in 1977, and entered the Middle East with an FBO in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1979. In 1984 it acquired Stead Aviation and opened an FBO in Bedford, Massachusetts. It began formation of Jet Aviation Flight Services in the US in 1985, established in Singapore in 1995, launched a staffing business in 1996, and launched aircraft management and charter business in Hong Kong in 2001. It was acquired by General Dynamics in 2008 and acquired Hawker Pacific in 2018.
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Product categories. Aircraft Management · Aircraft Sales · Charter · Completions · Government Programs · FBO · Maintenance · Staffing
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