Zurich / Switzerland, August 2, 2010 – Carl Hirschmann, the eldest son of the founder of Jet Aviation, Carl W. Hirschmann (1920 – 1995), passed away on July 30 at the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland of an undisclosed illness. He was 61.
Carl Hirschmann was the eldest son of Jet Aviation’s founder Carl W. Hirschmann. Carl Hirschmann joined Jet Aviation in 1975 and served as the company’s CEO in the early 1980s, until 1984.
In 2005, when Jet Aviation was acquired by private equity firm Permira, he continued to be a minority shareholder in the company. From May 2006 until November 2008, he was member of the board as vicechairman at Jet Aviation Holding AG, the holding company of the Jet Aviation Group of Companies, before the firm was sold to General Dynamics in November 2008. In addition, in March 2007, Carl Hirschmann stepped in during a critical time for the company taking on the role as interim CEO before he was succeeded by Peter G. Edwards in May 2007, who currently serves as President of the Jet Aviation Group.
“I am greatly saddened to learn about the death of Carl Hirschmann. I had the privilege of working with him when I joined Jet Aviation in 2007. He always represented the strong principles and values of Jet Aviation.  Carl also maintained a strong customer focus and was able to build relationships with Jet Aviation’s key clients around the world,” said Peter G. Edwards, president of the Jet Aviation Group. “My condolences, and the condolences of the entire Jet Aviation family, are extended to the Hirschmann family,” he adds.
Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 5,000 employees cater to client needs from 24 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, along with 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. For more information, please visit www.jetaviation.com

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