Avant Aerospace has promoted John Hardy to Director, based at their East Alton, IL (ALN) facility while overseeing all Avant locations. Hardy has been with West Star Aviation for 13 years, formerly serving as Director of Avionics, Accessories, NDT, and Aircraft Services. He graduated from SIU-Carbondale and has over 30 years of aviation experience with
Mike Ward has joined DAS/Flite as the Vice President of Sales, Parts and Component Repair. Eli DaSilva will assume a Director of Business Development role and report to Mike, along with the sales team. Ward brings over 25 years of aviation experience to the team. He most recently worked for Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas,
OneWeb, the global communications company has appointed Ben Griffin to the role of Vice President for Commercial Aviation, leading its newly formed Commercial Aviation team. In his new role, based at OneWeb’s White City, London HQ, Griffin is responsible for delivering in-flight connectivity solutions, harnessing the power of Low Earth Orbit satellites with unprecedented speed
Munich Airport US Holding, the US-based 100% subsidiary of Munich Airport International (MAI) for business in the United States and Canada, has appointed Jean-Pierre Tabet as the company’s Managing Director as of August 1st, 2019. In his new role he will coordinate and manage all shared service support to the US Holding’s subsidiaries. Besides, Tabet
The Supervisory Board of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), the Munich Airport operating company, has selected Jost Lammers as the airport’s next president and CEO. Lammers has been appointed for a five-year term effective as of January 1, 2020. He will succeed Dr. Michael Kerkloh, who is to retire on December 31, 2019 after leading the
Millennium International Avionics has named Todd Slater as the new Business Development Director. In this position Slater will be responsible for developing sales and service channels for the Commercial Air Transport and Corporate Aviation divisions, along with third-party support. Slater started his career with Absolute Aviation (now Wencor) as a bench technician and has held
David Brigante has been nominated SVP Programs and Customer Services of ATR, starting August 1st 2019. He will be reporting to CEO, Stefano Bortoli. Brigante will be succeeding Tom Anderson, who will leave ATR at the end of July 2019. After several years within the ATR team, in different and significant roles, Tom Anderson has
Aero Norway, the independent engine MRO provider and trusted partner for customers operating CFM56-3, CFM56-5B and 7B engines, has appointed Klaus-Peter Leinauer as a new Director of Sales & Marketing. He will support Aero Norway’s growth strategy and focus on best-in-class service for its expanding global customer base. Leinauer joins Aero Norway with more than
TAG Aviation has named Joanne Goodall as Director of Customer Services for the UK with immediate effect. In this newly created role Goodall will provide direction and training to the CRM (Client Relationship Management) and CSR (Customer Service Representative) teams throughout Europe and oversee strategic enhancements and opportunities for ongoing expansion in alignment with TAG’s
JetBlue has appointed Teri P. McClure to its board of directors. The independent director appointment is effective immediately, following unanimous approval by the company’s board of directors. An aviation industry veteran, McClure most recently served as chief human resources officer and senior vice president of labor at United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), whose 481,000-strong workforce
