SkyWorks announced that Thomas W. Mahr will become CEO of newly-formed SkyWorks Holdings, LLC, parent company of SkyWorks Capital, LLC and SkyWorks Leasing, LLC, and Steven T. Gaal will become President and COO of Holdings. Jeff Craine will assume the position of President & COO of SkyWorks Capital where he previously served as Managing Director.
Northwest Airlines will reduce its frontline and management employees by 2,500 as a result of capacity reductions taken to address the unprecedented run-up in oil prices. In addition, NWA will match its competitors and charge fees for the first checked bag and for frequent flier award tickets, and increase the fees for ticket changes. In
Mario Heinen has been appointed Executive Vice President, Head of the trans-national Centre of Excellence (COE) Fuselage and Cabin with immediate effect. This follows the departure of R
Air Berlin and Thomas Cook Group informed the German Federal Cartel Office on July 11th about the withdrawal of the application to acquire Condor Flugdienst GmbH by Air Berlin. The September 2007 contract for acquiring Condor in the course of a share swap was cancelled by mutual agreement. Both companies have agreed to continue negotiations
Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey has a new chief executive officer. Mark Johnson has taken over the management of the Lufthansa Technik subsidiary with effect from 1 July. Based in Alzey near Frankfurt, the company employs a workforce of over 400 and specializes in the maintenance of regional aircraft engines. Mark Johnson succeeds Peter Kamenz, who
Effective July 1, 2008, Holger Sindemann has taken the position of President and CEO of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture of MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airlines. In this role, he succeeds Walter Strakosch, who will take over as Senior Vice President Business Development MRO at MTU. Sindemann has been serving as MTU
WestJet announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a distribution and codeshare agreement with U.S. based Southwest Airlines. This memorandum of understanding is the first step that will see both airlines, by late 2009, have the ability to commence codeshare flights across both networks. In the near future, southwest.com will become a
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Holding (DAE), the global aerospace, manufacturing and services corporation, announced the retirement of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Bob Johnson. Johnson, who became DAE
Airbus officially opened a new A380 Delivery Centre on July 7th, at the manufacturer
Bombardier Aerospace announced the appointment of Tim Lakata as director, Learjet sales, Northeast United States, Bombardier Business Aircraft. Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Mr. Lakata will oversee all Learjet sales for Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia.
