Universal Avionics (UA), an Elbit Systems Company, has named Dror Yahav to the position of Chief Executive Officer for the company, effective April 10, 2019. Yahav transitions to CEO as his predecessor, Paul DeHerrera, retires after 25 years of service with UA. The Company’s Board of Directors accepted the request of DeHerrera to retire from
Reach Airports, a U.S.-based airport management joint venture between Munich Airport International and The Carlyle Group’s CAG Holdings, has named Ginger Evans as its Chief Executive Officer. Over the past three decades, Ms. Evans has successfully served in key leadership positions of government agencies and private firms within the aviation and transportation industry. Her unique
C&L Aviation Group has reported that Gus L. Taylor Jr. CSP, has joined the company as the company’s Recruiting Manager. In the new position, Gus will lead recruiting and marketing efforts to meet C&L’s current and future workforce needs as the company continues to expand in both size and scope. Gus has over a decade
Specialist aircraft component support providers, Bii have appointed two new Regional Directors to capitalise on a business growth trajectory that saw significant expansion in 2018. Cesar Pahl and Marco Pozzato have joined the Bii sales team to provide dedicated customer support for the regional commercial aircraft sector. Cesar Pahl will utilise his extensive experience of
Various management changes have been made in the international network of Lufthansa Technik. On January 25, Torsten Raabe became the new CEO of Lufthansa Technik Sofia (LTSF). Futhermore, from March 1 Benjamin Scheidel took over the CEO position from Detlev Jeske at Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS). At LTSF, Torsten Raabe succeeded Daniel Hoffmann, who was
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Ma Tao as its Regional Vice President (RVP) for North Asia effective from 1 March 2019. Ma joins IATA from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) where he is currently the Head of the Airworthiness Certification Center of CAAC. Over his more than 30 years in
AJW Group has appointed Greg Hoggett as Technical Director. In his new role, Hoggett will be responsible for technical standards and best practices across all divisions of the global business, focusing on driving continuous improvement of its supply chains and delivering innovative solutions to airline MRO challenges. Hoggett brings more than three decades of aviation
As of April 15th, Edi Wolfensberger will join the Management Board of Brussels Airlines in the role of Managing Director Operations. He will take over from Thibault Demoulin, who will remain within the company as full-time captain Airbus A330. Edi Wolfensberger will together with CEO Christina Foerster and CFO Dieter Vranckx directly report to the
Effective February 1st, 2019, Bruno Vazzoler is appointed as Executive Vice President, Avionics Division and member of the Executive Committee of Safran Electronics & Defense Bruno Vazzoler started his career within the Thales Group where he was, in particular, Director of the « Ground Surveillance Radars » business line, Director of the Cockpit activities at
Air BP has appointed Daniel Tyzack as managing director, Asia Pacific, effective immediately. Tyzack will be responsible for operations in the Asia Pacific region as well as strategy development and execution. He will be based at Air BP’s Melbourne, Australia office reporting to CEO, Jon Platt. Tyzack brings 25 years of highly valuable and relevant
