Jet Aviation keeps growing
Jet Aviation, founded almost 40 years ago in 1967 by the late Carl Hirschmann as a modest one-hangar FBO in Basel, Switzerland, has enjoyed constant gro

Jet Aviation, founded almost 40 years ago in 1967 by the late Carl Hirschmann as a modest one-hangar FBO in Basel, Switzerland, has enjoyed constant growth ever since the company was acquired by European private equity company Permira Funds in mid-2005. At the time of the takeover, Jet Aviation employed a staff of 3,500 in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Its activities included business aircraft management and support (with a fleet of 160 managed aircraft), fixed-base operations, maintenance, repair and completions, aircraft sales and brokerage, and executive charter.