JetHQ Expands to Support Latin American Growth

JetHQ continues its global aircraft expansion, adding an experienced aviation professional to meet the needs of clients in Mexico and Latin America. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company announced that Gabriela Perez de Leon has joined the team as Sales Director, based in and overseeing Mexico. Gabriela will work with Vice President of Sales Chris Morales, who currently covers Latin America.

Gabriela Perez de Leon

Perez de Leon has worked in aviation for 20 years, the last 15 of which as the principal of Mondo Aereo, an executive aviation services company located in Toluca, Mexico.

“Gabriela has delivered a level of service to her clients that builds long-lasting relationships,” says JetHQ Founder and Managing Director Garett Jerde. “The global scale and acumen of her contract work gives customers a great deal of confidence and allows JetHQ to better serve Latin America and Mexico, with their growing business aircraft needs.”

Perez de Leon’s Mondo Aereo company provided aircraft charter, sales and ground operation support in Mexico, the country with the third-highest registration of corporate aircraft worldwide. She began her career in sales support at Aerolineas Ejecutivas and worked as the Ground Handling Sales Manager at Universal Aviation, in charge of Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Earlier this year JetHQ expanded operations within India, the Middle East and its United States base.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.