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.
Succeeding former CEO of Satair Group, Mikkel Bardram, Bart Reijnen took over as CEO on November 1st and is already relishing the challenge to lead the business to its next destinations. Mikkel Bardram has chosen to pursue new adventures and opportunities outside Satair Group and also outside the aerospace industry. An aerospace engineer by training,
Skyworld Aviation has welcomed Patrice Candaten to the team as Director of Sales. Patrice comes from Embraer where he held the position of Senior Sales Director for more than 18 years. Prior to joining Embraer, Patrice spent 12 years with Saab Aircraft, initially with Customer Support responsibilities before moving to the Sales Division of Saab
AJW Group is expanding its capabilities in Asia, bringing additional technical expertise to its Singapore office. In support of the recent appointment of David Lewis, Chief Technical Officer, the first of the Technical Services Engineers, Jason Tan, has been appointed in Singapore. His role will focus on liaising with customers in Asia, providing the region
Ville Iho, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Resource Management and a member of Finnair’s Executive Board will leave the company as of December 31, 2016. Mr Iho, who also serves as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Finnair, has had a long career in different leadership positions at Finnair. He joined Finnair in 1998 and
