Mexicana de Aviación Mexicana de Aviación Compañía Mexicana de Aviación, S.A. de C.V. (commonly known as Mexicana) was Mexico's oldest airline and one of the oldest continuously single-branded airlines (after KLM, Avianca and QANTAS), and Mexico's biggest and flagship airline before ceasing operations on August 28, 2010. The group's closure was announced by the company's recently installed management team a short time after the group filed for Concurso Mercantil (Mexican law equivalent to US Chapter 11) and US Chapter 15. On April 4, 2014, a judge declared Mexicana bankrupt and ordered to start selling off the company's assets to repay the airline's obligations.
S. Jon Kreedman S. Jon Kreedman S. Jon Kreedman (1921-1999) was an American real estate developer, banker and philanthropist. S. Jon Kreedman was born circa 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a carpenter-turned-real estate developer. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1941, and he served in the United States Army during World War II. Kreedman began his career by working for his father at the age of 15, first as a carpenter and later as a builder. He later worked for a construction firm. In 1948, he founded his own real estate development company, S. Jon Kreedman & Co., a real