Following the announcement on Friday September 28th regarding the merger of the airlines First Air and Canadian North, the Board of Directors is announcing a change of leadership. The Board and Makivik Corporation have named Brock Friesen as President and Chief Executive Officer. The Board has appointed Chris Avery as the new First Air President
Alton Aviation Consultancy, a boutique aviation consulting firm, has further extended its global reach with the opening of a new office in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo. With its existing offices in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Dublin, Alton now has a local presence in the world’s leading aviation and aerospace centres. The Tokyo
Flightdocs, a leading provider of cloud-based aircraft maintenance tracking, compliance, and inventory management services, has named Greg Heine as President of the company. Heine, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer, will oversee the company’s technology, operations, marketing, sales, and finance and accounting functions.
GA Telesis has appointed Mauro Francazi as Director of Business Development – Europe. Mauro brings nearly 30 years of aviation experience in leasing, finance, procurement and fleet management. Mr. Francazi joins GA Telesis from Alitalia, where he served since 1989 in many roles including Director of Irish entities of the Alitalia Group. His most recent
The Boeing Company has released that Phil Musser, senior vice president of Communications, will depart the company in early November due to personal and family considerations. Anne Toulouse, current Boeing vice president of Global Brand Management, will replace Musser on an interim basis until a permanent successor is named. Musser joined the company in September
Jet Aviation has formed a new region for AsiaPacific (APAC) and appointed Joe Reckling SVP Regional Operations APAC, effective immediately. The company also appointed David Best, current VP Business Development, as its new SVP Strategic Global Growth (SGG), effective December 1. Best succeeds Johannes Turzer, who is retiring from this role at the end of
ATR, with the unanimous support of its shareholders Airbus and Leonardo, has appointed Stefano Bortoli, currently President of the ATR Board and Senior Vice President Strategy, Marketing Development and Sales of Leonardo Aircraft Division, as new CEO of ATR with immediate effect. This follows the announcement last week by Airbus appointing Christian Scherer as its
Embraer Commercial Aviation has named Ron Baur Senior Vice President, Global Leasing and Strategy. Effective September 15th, Baur will combine his new lessor-focused responsibilities with his current strategy role. He will report directly to Arjan Meijer, Chief Commercial Officer, Embraer Commercial Aviation. Baur is an experienced aviation professional who recently joined Embraer from United Airlines.
The Airport Coordination (ACL) Board has appointed Edmond Rose as the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. Rose, a former Board member of ACL, brings 20 years’ aviation industry experience to the role, including expertise in airline regulatory affairs for Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. A former British diplomat for 11 years with postings in India
Anne-Marie Couderc, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air France-KLM, has announced to the group’s staff that Benjamin Smith will take up his official duties today, Monday September 17, 2018 as Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM. The Board had previously approved his appointment on August 16, 2018.
