Aireon has released that Peter Cabooter has joined the executive team, fulfilling a newly created position, Vice President of Customer Affairs. In this role, Cabooter will lead Aireon’s program to support existing customers around the world and developing new relationships with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) currently not subscribed to the AireonSM service. In addition
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has further strengthened its operation with the appointments of John Gumulak as Technical Director and Eric Sherlock as Legal Counsel. John Gumulak joins LCI from Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service (WHRS) in Australia, where he oversaw the continued airworthiness of Westpac’s fleet of AW139 helicopters
Helga Bollmann Leknes has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Norwegian Air Shuttle. “I am very pleased to announce that Helga Bollmann Leknes has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. She will remain in her current role as Managing Director of Norwegian Air Resources (NAR), which she has led since
Jeff Yeager has been promoted to Program Manager, Landing Gear/Accessory Program at West Star’s GJT facility. Yeager was hired in 2011 and has been instrumental in helping to develop West Star’s Grand Junction Landing Gear Program which includes service for Challenger, Hawker/Textron and Phenom, while also expanding our Learjet and King Air capabilities. In addition
Cadence Aerospace, a provider of highly complex aerospace components and assemblies to commercial and defense customers, has appointed Vivian Martinez-Wells as Director, Business Development & Contracts, Cadence Aerospace–Aerosystems. Martinez-Wells joins the Company’s expanding Business Development team and reports to Robert Saia, Senior Vice President, Business Development for Cadence Aerospace. In her new role, she will
Spirit AeroSystems has reported that Sanjay Kapoor, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire in the first quarter of 2019. Kapoor has been in this role since he joined the company in August 2013. Kapoor will continue in his role as chief financial officer and assist in the transition once a successor
Joint shareholders Airbus SE and Safran have proposed to the Board of Directors of ArianeGroup André-Hubert Roussel, currently Head of Operations at Airbus Defence and Space, to succeed Alain Charmeau as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ArianeGroup, effective January 1, 2019. Alain Charmeau, an accomplished executive in the aerospace industry, will retire in 2019 after
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the retirement of Baojian ZHANG, IATA’s Regional Vice President (RVP) for North Asia effective December 14, 2018. Zhang joined IATA from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in 1994 and founded IATA’s operations in China. Under Zhang’s strong leadership, IATA membership in North Asia has grown
Airbus has appointed Michael Schöllhorn as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Airbus Commercial Aircraft, effective February 1, 2019 and Dominik Asam, to succeed Harald Wilhelm, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in April 2019. Schöllhorn, currently COO for BSH Home Appliances GmbH in Munich, will succeed Tom Williams, who retires December 31, 2018 after 50 successful
On January 1, 2019, Harald Gloy will be appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG with responsibility for Operations. The 46-year-old industrial engineer thereby succeeds Sören Stark, who has led Operations since April 2016 and will become the new COO of Lufthansa Technik on 1 January 2019. Gloy is currently responsible for global
