The Monarch Group has appointed Ian Bartholomew as Interim Managing Director of Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), its aircraft maintenance division. He succeeds Mick Adams, who is leaving the business to take up a post at Etihad Airways as Vice President of MRO based in Abu Dhabi.
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MAEL appoints Ian Bartholomew as Managing Director
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