As from February 1st, 2016, Nathalie Stubler will be appointed CEO of Transavia France. She replaces Antoine Pussiau, who will be joining the Air France-KLM Group’s commercial division as SVP Asia Pacific. Patrick Roux, the current SVP Air France-KLM Asia Pacific, becomes SVP Alliances at Air France-KLM. Nathalie Stubler has solid experience in the airline
Skyworld Aviation appointed Harry Forsythe as Marketing Representative, based in Sydney, Australia. Harry will assist Skyworld Aviation in further developing its presence in the expanding Australasian market. Harry brings a wealth of aircraft lessor and senior management experience gained primarily from Macquarie Airfinance and AWAS, where he held high profile roles in business development and
Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the commercial aircraft leasing subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company, has named Khanh T. Tran as ACG’s next Chief Executive Officer effective January 1st, 2016. Mr. Tran will assume the CEO role from Denis Kalscheur, who will become Vice Chairman of ACG until the end of 2016 when he is scheduled
Constant Aviation announced the addition of Jason Kanyuh to the organization as the Embraer 450/500 Program Manager. Jason joins the team with over 15 years of experience in the aviation industry. Prior to joining Constant Aviation, Jason worked as the Manager of Maintenance Operations and as the Hawker Program Manager at Flight Options.
Avtrade has appointed Joanne Burkby as Sales Manager – New Product Services. An Aviation professional with over 25 years of representing OEM’s worldwide for a vast range of expendable products, Joanne will be responsible for leading sales for Avtrade New Product Services (NPS). Customer focused, Joanne’s experience of providing high quality customer support to Corporate,
Aviation Technical Services (ATS) appointed Doug Dalbey as Vice President of Quality, Safety and Technical Training effective January 4th, 2016. In this newly-created position, Dalbey will have oversight of ATS’ primary values – safety and quality. He will manage the safety, quality and training divisions at ATS’ facilities in Everett and Moses Lake, WA; Kansas
Alaska Airlines has named 20-year airline maintenance and operations veteran Greg Mays vice president of labor relations. In his new role Mays will be responsible for all labor matters at Alaska Airlines and lead the collective bargaining process for the airline. He will officially transition to the position on Jan. 15, 2016.
Southwest Airlines reported that Tom Nealon will join Southwest Airlines in January 2016 as Executive Vice President Strategy & Innovation. Until recently, Nealon served Southwest as a member of its Board of Directors.
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has appointed a new leadership team. Perry Cantarutti has been named as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Wisbrun takes over as the Chairman of the Governing Board. The appointments were confirmed on November 19th at a meeting of the alliance’s Governing Board, which is composed of CEOs and Chairmen of
Jettainer, international service partner for outsourced ULD management in the air freight sector, has appointed Thorsten Riekert as its new sales director. With his help, the company is aiming to progressively expand its customer base and therefore continue its global expansion course. Thorsten Riekert has held various senior positions in sales operations within the Lufthansa
