The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has appointed new CEOs for Eurowings and Brussels Airlines. Jens Bischof, currently CEO of SunExpress, will take over as chairman of Eurowings on March 1, 2020. As of January 1, 2020, Dieter Vranckx will become CEO of Brussels Airlines, succeeding Christina Foerster. The Belgian native has been Chief
Air France-KLM Cargo has appointed Adriaan den Heijer as Executive Vice President, effective January 1, 2020. He will join the Air France-KLM Group Executive Committee. Most recently, den Heijer has been Senior Vice President Pricing & Revenue Management for Air France-KLM, responsible for the development and implementation of the pricing and revenue management strategies for
Having taken over the role of CEO at United Airlines (United) in September 2015, Oscar Munoz is to become Chairman of the Board of Directors and current President, J. Scott Kirby will take over Munoz’ role, both new positions to take effect after the shareholder’s meeting on May 20, 2020. As CEO, Munoz has been
In order to support its newly-created Communications & Corporate Affairs function, which will go live on January 1, 2020, Airbus has appointed a new Communications leadership team which will work together to bring the next chapter of the company to life, while ensuring business proximity, reinforcing audience centricity and growing digital, editorial and visual content
Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Supervisory Board has decided to realign the Executive Board of Lufthansa Group in terms of structure and staffing effective January 1, 2020. The Executive Board will be expanded to include the board-level position “Customer & Corporate Responsibility”. Christina Foerster, CEO Brussels Airlines, has been appointed to the board for this task; her
Aviation software company, FLYdocs, has announced another step forward in its investment towards a digital technology-enabled future with the appointment of Carl Davis as the company’s new Chief Technology Innovation Officer (CTIO). Davis brings more than 10 years of experience as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and was recently nominated for the Digital Innovation Award
Lockheed Martin has appointed Steve Froelich as the vice president of Rotary and Mission Systems operations for Australia and New Zealand, and Programme Executive for AIR6500. He will be responsible for business performance and organizational transformation and will join the local leadership team to build a foundation for future growth in the region. A critical
Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Julien Nargeot as regional vice president of Sales for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and Brian McCarthy as regional sales manager in the region. Nargeot joins Gulfstream with 12 years’ experience with a business-jet original equipment manufacturer, where he held a pilot type rating and was involved with pilot training
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has released that Subhas Menon will take up the position of AAPA Director General with effect from March 1, 2020, following the decision by the current Director General Andrew Herdman to step down after having successfully led the Association since 2004. Menon has over 35 years of experience
JetBlue has appointed Vivek Sharma to its board of directors. The independent director appointment is effective immediately, following unanimous approval by the company’s board of directors. Sharma has extensive experience in building and growing businesses profitably through the application of digital technology. He is the CEO and founder of InStride, a strategic enterprise education company
