Jet Aviation history

25, 1991, the great Soviet airline Aeroflot was broken up, and former satellite countries began to look to the West for airliners that were more economical to operate.

In 1992, the CF34-3 was introduced on the highly successful Bombardier 50-passenger CRJ100 and CRJ200 regional airliners.

The TECH56 technology program, launched in 1998, advanced propulsion for upgrades to existing engines and served as baseline technology for the next-generation CFM turbofan, ultimately called the LEAP.

She joined General Dynamics Canada in 1999 and is credited for successfully positioning the company as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for five consecutive years.

She is the former owner of the London Gatwick FBO sold to Signature in 2000 and founder of the Elite Class VIP Commercial Service currently offered in Luton, U.K., and across the United States She has experience leading geographically dispersed teams of 500+ employees.

In contrast, the Boeing 777, which uses the GE90-115 engine, first flew in 2003 and will likely remain in service for two or more decades.

Axis Jet was founded in 2004 from a desire to better serve our clients in the selection and use of their aircraft from an independent and objective point of view.

The GE Honda HF120 engine was launched in 2006 and selected to power Honda Aircraft Company's advanced light HondaJet.

In 2007, GE acquired Smiths Aerospace, a U.K.-based supplier of integrated systems for aircraft manufacturers and engine components.

In 2008, CFM International launched the LEAP engine to power new narrow-body aircraft on the horizon.

The first flight of both the 787 and 747-8 aircraft occurred in 2010.

By 2011, the LEAP engine was successfully launched on the Airbus A320 neo, the Boeing 737 MAX, and the COMAC C919.

GE’s aggressive move into digital products was sparked largely by the 2012 acquisition of the small Austin Digital in Austin, Texas, which revealed to GE new ways to use flight data analysis to optimize customer flight operations.

Then in 2013, building upon the GE90-115B success, GE launched the GE9X engine as the sole engine for the new Boeing 777X aircraft.

Building on the strength of its design capabilities for high performance combat aircraft engines, GE successfully completed testing the world’s first adaptive, three-stream engine in 2014 through the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT) program with the United States Air Force Research Lab.

Drawing on over 25 years’ aviation experience, Paddock was appointed SVP United States regional operations in January 2015, where he was responsible for Jet Aviation’s entire United States service portfolio.

Also in 2016, GE Aviation consolidated its growing digital services under a single business called GE Aviation, Digital Solutions.

Michael Dufault joined Jet Aviation’s leadership team as SVP & group general counsel in June 2017 after previously serving as the company’s deputy general counsel for the Americas region.

Jane McVeigh joined Jet Aviation as SVP global human resources in May 2019 with a focus on employee welfare and engagement, leadership development strategies, and diversity and inclusion.