Horizon Air names new VP Flight Operations and new VP Finance and Planning

Horizon Air’s board of directors have elected Captain John Hornibrook vice president of flight operations and Brooke Vatheuer vice president of finance and planning. Hornibrook will oversee Horizon’s 700 line pilots and system operations center. A 26-year Alaska Airlines pilot with 16,000 hours of flight time, Hornibrook has held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as managing director of flight operations at Virgin America, overseeing integration efforts with Alaska.
As vice president of finance and planning, Vatheuer will be responsible for Horizon’s financial planning and analysis, forecasting, business strategy and execution, process management, process improvement and employee communications activities. Most recently, Vatheuer served as managing director at Alaska – overseeing internal audit and enterprise risk management for both Alaska and Horizon.