Boeing’s Board of Directors has elected retired Adm. John M. Richardson as its newest member. Richardson has served as the 31st chief of Naval Operations from September 2015 until August 2019, when he retired from the U.S. Navy after 37 years of service. Richardson will join the Aerospace Safety Committee, which was formed in August
Boeing has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, effective immediately. Vishwa Uddanwadiker is appointed to Colbert’s former role as interim chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data
Acropolis Aviation, the UK VVIP executive charter operator based at Farnborough Airport, has formally welcomed Mark Bird as Ground Operations Manager. Bird is to oversee the introduction of a next-generation flight planning solution, which comes on line in November. The system is being introduced ahead of the ACJ320neo’s arrival. Following a comprehensive evaluation across various
Comlux Completion is reinforcing its management team to further develop innovation and leading-edge technologies within the company. Newcomers include Fernando Mas, Chief Technology Officer and Adam White, Head of Engineering. Fernando Mas, Ph.D., is appointed to his new position after a strong 30-year experience with Airbus where he held several engineering management positions as Senior
As of January 1, 2020, Marcel de Nooijer will start as Transavia’s new CEO. He succeeds Mattijs ten Brink, who left Transavia on September 30, 2019. Marcel de Nooijer is currently Executive Vice President Air France-KLM Cargo and Managing Director of Martinair. In addition, commercial director Erik-Jan Gelink has indicated that he will leave Transavia
West Star has promoted Eric Valdes to Gulfstream Program Director with associated programs for Egyptian contracts, Accessories, NDT and Window Repair at its East Alton, IL (ALN) facility. Valdes brings over 26 years of aviation experience with him, formally serving as Gulfstream Program Manager at West Star for the past 12 years and previously at
In a move that was originally recommended by shareholder advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services Inc and Glass Lewis six months ago, Boeing’s board of directors has stripped Dennis Muilenburg of his chairmanship title shortly after the plane maker was severely criticized over the development of the 737 MAX. The board has confirmed that it still
Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Peter Vasconcelos, an industry veteran, to Regional Senior Vice President of Sales for the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. He is based at Gulfstream’s Manhattan Sales and Design Center and reports to Scott Neal, Gulfstream’s Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Vasconcelos comes to Gulfstream with more than 20 years of aircraft
Everette Mash has joined C&L Aerospace as Senior Vice President of Aircraft Sales, focusing on expanding business in the regional aircraft sales and brokering division. Before joining C&L, Mash headed Twin Otter Holdings, LLC. for 13 years where he purchased, refurbished, sold, and leased Twin Otter aircraft worldwide. He also previously worked at Jet Aviation
HAECO Cabin Solutions, a division of HAECO Americas headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, has expanded its Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) team. The team welcomes Meredith Frazier, who is qualified to work as a cabin safety ODA unit member. This designation allows her to review and approve drawings of parts and/or part alterations to witness
