At its meeting on November 17, the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG appointed Dr. Johannes Bussmann as Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG for a further five years until March 31, 2023. Antonio Schulthess was also appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer for a further five years until March 31, 2023.
Air Partner, the global aviation services group, has appointed Robert Jubb as Freight Trading Manager. Mr. Jubb is based at Air Partner’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and reports directly to Mike Hill, Director of Freight. He has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously Commercial
Eirtech Aviation Services has appointed Keith McKerchar, Director of Engineering and Eamonn McAuley Head of Design. Mr. McKerchar brings more than 35 years aviation experience in maintenance, engineering and leasing roles and has been part of Eirtech’s story, as Head of Design, for the last six years. He joined Eirtech Aviation Services as an Airworthiness
Jet East Aviation is pleased to announce they have recently hired Michael Hamilton as Vice President of Operations and Fleet Accounts. Michael has 24 years of aviation maintenance experience and over 8 years in upper management roles. His career began in 1993 as an aircraft mechanic for the US Navy where he performed maintenance on
Aerospace industry veteran C. Jeffrey Knittel, formerly both Chief Executive of C2 Aviation Capital and President of CIT Transportation Finance, will join Airbus early next year, taking the reins of the company’s business in the Americas. Mr. Knittel, who brings more than 25 years of global aerospace leadership experience to the position, will join the
United Airlines (UAL) has hired Jill Kaplan to serve as President, New York/New Jersey. She joins the airline in mid-November, reporting to Scott Kirby, president of United. This newly established role, the top market leadership position for United in the region, will lead the promotion of United’s brand within the New York metropolitan area, home
Rolls-Royce has announced that Liz Airey has been appointed as Chair of Trustees of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund. Airey, the non-executive chair of Jupiter Fund Management and a former Chair of Trustees of the Unilever UK Pension Scheme, will take up the post at the end of December 2017 upon the retirement of Paul
Mente Group CEO Brian Proctor is the new Chairman of the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA). The announcement follows the fall membership meeting, which coincided with the recent annual NBAA-BACE event in Las Vegas where nominations for the 2018 Board of Directors and Products & Services Member Advisory Council were aired. In his new role,
HK Express has appointed Mr. Li Dianchun as President of HK Express, with effect from October 31. In his role as President, Mr. Li is responsible for leading the day-to-day management of HK Express. Mr. Li will also work closely with Mr. Zhong Guosong, Executive Chairman of HK Express, to develop and determine strategies and
Richard Walker has been appointed Business Development Director for Osprey Flight Solutions, a brand new company which is introducing a major step change in aviation security expertise. Effective immediately, based out of Leeds, UK, Richard’s day to day role will include building the sales pipeline, closing deals and increasing brand awareness of Osprey and its
