The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM has decided to appoint Benjamin Smith as Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer. Benjamin Smith is a reputed senior airline industry executive at international level. He has played a major role at Air Canada over the past two decades, where he has been a key player in the airline’s
Leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines has appointed Bartosz Czajka as the new Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Management Board, succeeding Jaroslaw Jeschke, who resigned earlier this year due to health issues. Czajka held the position of Deputy CEO at Small Planet Airlines Poland since June 11, 2018.
FLYdocs, the aviation data and records management software provider and a leader in managing the lease transfer of aircraft and assets has appointed André Fischer as CEO. Fisher joins from AAR Corp, where he has held the position of VP Business Strategy for the past 2 years. He brings a wealth of experience from the
Bombardier MRO has announced that Joe McDonald has joined the company as Regional Vice-President, Sales for the Americas region. In this key leadership role, McDonald is responsible for developing strategic plans to promote sales growth and ensure excellence in customer satisfaction for the Bombardier Aerostructures and Engineering Services’ component repair business in the region. He
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has promoted Lee Burgess to Head of Maintenance and welcomed Keith Earnden back to the company as Interim Head of Engineering. As Head of Maintenance, Lee Burgess will be in charge of managing MAEL’s heavy maintenance facilities in Luton and Birmingham, as well as its numerous Line Stations across the UK
Boeing has named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the development and production of avionics and electronics systems. Curran, who has more than 20 years of aerospace industry leadership, joins Boeing from Crane Co., where he served as president of the Aerospace & Electronics Group. In this newly-created
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) has appointed Catherine L. Razzano as Chief Compliance Officer. She will be responsible for overseeing Panasonic’s compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies and procedures, and will report directly to the General Counsel of Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA) with a dotted line reporting structure to Panasonic’s Chief Executive Officer, Hideo
GA Telesis, a leader in commercial aerospace, has announced Devin Adderley as the Vice President of Sales for its MRO Services Group. Reporting to Pastor Lopez, the group president, Adderley will lead a team of seasoned sales leaders to grow GAT’s global customer base and increase market penetration while supporting the larger GAT Ecosystem. Adderley
Jota Aviation, based at London Southend Airport, has appointed Jeff Fieldhouse as their new Safety and Compliance Manager. Fieldhouse joins the team from Aviation Safety Training & Consultancy practice Baines Simmons (part of Air Partner Plc) where over the past eight years, has engaged with a large number of clients in both business and commercial
West Star Aviation has named John Mansfield as Manager of Satellite Operations and Mobile Repair. Mansfield began his career over 30 years ago as a Technical Representative at Hawker Beechcraft. He quickly advanced into more progressive roles including Manager, General Manager, and most recently, Vice President MRO Centers Worldwide at Embraer Executive Jets. He will
