Woodward Governor Company announced that Dennis Benning, Group Vice President, Engine Systems, will lead its new Airframe Systems business segment as President of Woodward MPC. Although Mr. Benning’s assignment will not officially begin until October 2008, when the acquisition of MPC Products Corporation will be completed, he will start working immediately with the transition team
UAL Corporation released that Donald Dillman has been named vice president of Operations Control. In this position, Dillman will oversee United’s Operations Control Center and have responsibility for decisions affecting more than 1,600 daily mainline flights. He will have operational management responsibilities for flight dispatch, system controllers, aircraft routers, maintenance workload planners, air traffic control
Czech Airlines won the tender for the provision of handling services to Luxair in Prague over the next two years. Luxair has offered its flights from Prague to Luxembourg since 1 August, six times weekly. Czech Airlines provides Luxair with all standard handling services, such as passenger handling and aircraft ramp handling. Czech Airlines provides
ABX Air has reached an agreement with DHL on severance and retention plans for impending job reductions. Following a period of voluntary reductions, ABX Air will serve Workers
The Board of Directors of Aer Lingus Group plc appointed Colm Barrington as Chairman of the Board. Mr Barrington will succeed John Sharman as Chairman. He will be appointed to the board in September and will then assume the role of Chairman. Colm Barrington is Chief Executive Officer and a director of Babcock and Brown
Qantas reported that Peter Gregg would step down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as a member of the airline’s Board on 30 September 2008. Mr Geoff Dixon, the Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, said Mr Gregg would be succeeded as CFO of Qantas by Mr Colin Storrie, currently the Deputy CFO. Mr Storrie will
JetBlue Airways announced the election of Stephan Gemkow to the Board of Directors. Mr. Gemkow, the Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, is the second director nominated to the JetBlue Board of Directors by Lufthansa in connection with Lufthansa’s investment in JetBlue, and joins the 10 other members of the Board of Directors.
Detlef Altmann will be starting his new job as Air Berlin
Boeing and Seal Dynamics, an integrated provider of engineering and logistics solutions serving the industrial and airline industries, have signed an agreement that will help airlines significantly reduce their maintenance costs. This partnership is part of Boeing’s Integrated Materials Management (IMM) initiative, in which Boeing and suppliers such as Seal Dynamics maintain an airline’s inventory
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced actions totaling $7.1 million in civil penalties against American Airlines for improperly deferring maintenance on safety-related equipment and deficiencies with its drug and alcohol testing programs and exit lighting inspections. The FAA asserts that in December 2007, American used the wrong provisions of its Minimum Equipment List (MEL) to
