Anne Brachet has been appointed Executive Vice President AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance. She takes over from Franck Terner, appointed as Air France Chief Executive Officer on November 2nd. Anne Brachet will pursue the AFI KLM E&M strategy and drive its growth at the service of the AIR FRANCE KLM Group airlines and third-party
Airline Services Interiors, part of the Airline Services Group, has appointed Richard Dobson to the role of Managing Director. An internal promotion, Richard was formerly Commercial Director, joining the business originally in January 2013 as Supply Chain and Financial Reporting Manager. Richard comes from a strong airline background, having enjoyed a 16-year career with BMI
CommutAir names Lon Ziegler as its Vice President of Maintenance, as the airline mobilizes to triple the size of its fleet and expand its flying footprint as it inducts 40 Embraer 145 aircraft under the previously announced United Express agreement. Mr. Lon Ziegler has been CommutAir’s Director of Maintenance for the past several months. He
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg has named Kevin G. McAllister president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, succeeding company Vice Chairman Ray Conner in that role. Muilenburg also appointed Stanley A. Deal president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, a new business unit to be formed from the customer services groups within the
Amadeus has appointed Laurens Leurink as Senior Vice President, Distribution, effective January 1, 2017 and he will become a member of the company’s Executive Committee. Leurink, who joined Amadeus earlier in 2016 following successful stints at Expedia and Booking.com, succeeds Holger Taubmann who has led the Distribution business unit since 2011 and is stepping down
Magnetic MRO, Estonia-headquartered Total Technical Care company, announced today of the upcoming changes in its leadership team. From December 1st, 2016 Risto Mäeots will be promoted from his current Chief Operating Officer position to the Chief Executive Officer position and will resume responsibility for overall company direction. Incumbent company CEO Jonas Butautis will move to
SITA, the global air transport IT specialist, has named Klaas Fokkema Vice President Sales Northern Europe, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Fokkema brings more than 15 years of experience in the IT and air transport industry to the new role. Before taking up his new position Fokkema was Vice President Business Management for Airport Services in
HEICO Corporation reported that Samuel L. Higginbottom, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, passed away at age 95, on November 13, 2016 after fighting some illnesses this year. Sam Higginbottom served on HEICO’s Board since December 1989, where he chaired significant committees, such as Compensation and Stock Option and served on the Board’s
AerCap Holdings N.V. has released that John Wikoff will be stepping down as Head of Investor Relations and transfer this position to Brian Canniffe, who will become Head of Investor Relations, based at AerCap’s office in Dublin. Brian has 20 years of experience in banking, lending and the capital markets. Brian’s most recent position was
AJW Group has appointed Ian Smith as Vice President Commercial of AJW Aviation. He will act as the focal point for commercial projects with responsibility for AJW Aviation’s contracted business activities.
