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INDUSTRY UPDATE
Thomas Hirschmann, Son of Jet Aviation
Founder Carl W. Hirschmann, Dies at 64
Thomas Hirschmann, second son of Jet Aviation
founder, Carl W. Hirschmann (1920 - 1995), passed away
on April 3, in Zurich, Switzerland, of an undisclosed
illness. Hirschmann was a well-respected
leader at Jet Aviation, where he served for
29 years. The company and its employees
mourn his untimely loss. He was 64.
Hirschmann remained a signif icant
figurehead to the company. Jet Aviation
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017
and he was often warmly remembered
throughout the year for all that he achieved
for the company. As the second son of Jet
Aviation's founder, Hirschmann devoted
nearly half of his life to Jet, launching the company into
the completions business, building up its marketing and
communications department, establishing a presence in
the U.S, expanding to Asia and leading the company as
Chairman & CEO for nearly 15 years.
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Mortenson Completes $105 Million in New
Airport Ground Facilities
Mor tenson used innovative
construction technologies and
lean practices to build three
major new ground facilities
totaling 180,000 square feet for
United Airlines at Chicago's
O'Hare International Airport
in less than a year. Mortenson
fast-tracked the project because
United needed to vacate its
previous ground facilities to make way for runway
construction at O'Hare.
The runway work complements the planned $8.5 billion
investment to upgrade terminals and other amenities and
add the first new gates at the airport in nearly 25 years.
Mortenson broke ground on the $105 million United
project, which also included 1.2 million square feet of
airside paving, in December, 2017. The airline received
its occupancy certifications for the new ground equipment
maintenance and facilities maintenance and stores in
November. United uses the buildings for equipment
maintenance and storage and to house its facility
maintenance personnel, bussing operation, aircraft move
team, and aircraft provisioning/cleaning operations.
AviationPros.com/21072846

Top Aviation Finance Lawyer Deepak Reddy Joins
McGuireWoods as Partner in New York
Deepak Reddy has joined McGuireWoods as a partner
in New York. Reddy represents airlines, aircraft leasing
companies, financial institutions and investment funds in

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M&A, financing, restructuring and leasing
transactions involving commercial aircraft.
He also advises Fortune 500 companies,
financiers and high-net-worth individuals
in a wide variety of private and corporate
jet transactions. Chambers USA has twice
recognized Reddy as one of only two
up-and-coming aircraft finance lawyers
nationwide. Euromoney has selected him
for inclusion in the "Euromoney Expert
Guide: Aviation in 2019" and Corporate Jet Investor has
recognized him as a leading business aviation lawyer each
year since 2014. Reddy joins McGuireWoods from Winston
& Strawn LLP.
AviationPros.com/21074596

ACI Jet Celebrates Two Years at
John Wayne Airport
ACI Jet announced the two-year anniversary of its John
Wayne Airport/ Orange County (SNA) FBO location.
As ACI Jet had inherited an FBO facility that showed
signs of deferred maintenance, a rejuvenation of the FBO
terminal was in order. ACI Jet immediately invested some
$500,000 to renovate the FBO, making the facility more
spacious, modern and welcoming for customers. Just as
important, changes such as the addition of a central fuel
dispatch function and a new valet service were added
to improve how the FBO functioned operationally, all
with an eye to improve the service experience. As the
year-over year-growth in fuel volume has demonstrated
since ACI Jet arrived in Orange County, business and
general aviation has returned to a place of prominence
at John Wayne Airport.
AviationPros.com/21074412

Long Island MacArthur Airport Commissioner
Shelley LaRose-Arken Shares Expansion and
Upgrade Plans with LIMBA Members
Shelley LaRose-Arken, commissioner, Long Island
MacArthur Airport, spoke at the LIMBA (Long Island
Metro Business Action) meeting to discuss the changes
that are being made at the airport to attract more carriers
and passengers. She first addressed reports that profits at
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