Jet Aviation Secures Safe and Historic Flight of 715-Year-Old Swiss Federal Charter From New York to Philadelphia

		Jet Aviation secures historic flight of 715-year-old Swiss Federal Charter from New York to Philadelphia. Theo Staub, president and COO of Jet Aviation North America, greets Ambassador Raymond Loretan, Consul General of Switzerland in New York and co-chairman of Swiss Roots; and Kasper Michel, Swiss archivist, pictured here with the Bundesbrief. The party departed JFK on a highly-secured Jet Aviation flight aboard a Hawker 800. (PRNewsFoto/Jet Aviation) TETERBORO, NJ UNITED STATES

		Swiss Roots. Jet Aviation provided a safe lift for the Swiss Federal Charter, known as the 'Schweizer Bundesbrief.' The document, which has never been shown outside of Switzerland, will be exhibited for three weeks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (PRNewsFoto/Jet Aviation) TETERBORO, NJ UNITED STATES

TETERBORO, N.J., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Jet Aviation was part of a historic event when the company provided a safe lift for the Swiss Federal Charter, known as the "Schweizer Bundesbrief," from John F. Kennedy Airport to Philadelphia International Airport. The 715-year-old document from 1291, which never has been shown outside of Switzerland, will be embedded in an exhibit, "Sister Republics," for three weeks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060609/NYF013-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060609/NYF013-b ) Passengers aboard the highly-secured Jet Aviation flight on a Hawker 800, operated by New World Jet, were Ambassador Raymond Loretan, Consul General of Switzerland in New York and co-chairman of Swiss Roots; Kasper Michel, Bundesbrief archivist; Theo Staub, president and COO of Jet Aviation North America; and two security officers. The Swiss Federal Charter, which was brought to the National Constitution Center by Swiss Roots, a Switzerland promotion initiative run by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York (http://www.swissroots.org), will be displayed in an exhibit highlighting the close constitutional ties between the U.S. and Switzerland. The exhibit opens June 10 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, and former Swiss president Arnold Koller will attend. "We are especially honored to participate in this truly historic and memorable event because of our Swiss roots," said Theo Staub. "Air safety and security are Jet Aviation's top priorities, and we took every precaution, as we do on all flights, to ensure the safe arrival of Switzerland's most treasured founding constitutional contract." This is one of many high-profile trips for Jet Aviation, which also made the inaugural flight to Reagan National Airport, Washington, D.C. when general aviation resumed there last October. Jet Aviation has an outstanding safety record and an award-winning reputation for VIP service. Robb Report, the international authority on the luxury lifestyle, recently named Jet Aviation the "Best of the Best National Charter Company" for the second year in a row. Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is the leading business aviation services company today. More than 4,500 personnel are employed in over 60 facilities and stations worldwide. The company provides maintenance, completions and engineering services, and fixed base operations, along with aircraft sales, charter services, and management on a global basis. Jet Aviation's U.S. business associate, New World Jet Corporation, and Jet Aviation Europe's aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 170 aircraft, and provided close to 60,000 hours in global flight operations in 2005.