Oscar Munoz, president and CEO of United Continental, is on medical leave following a heart attack he suffered on Oct. 15th, 2015. At this time, it is too soon to know the course of treatment and timing of recovery. The UAL board of directors has named Brett J. Hart, currently United’s executive vice president and
FLYHT reported changes to its executive management team. Mr. Tom Schmutz has been appointed the new chief executive officer (“CEO”) of the Corporation. Mr. Bill Tempany is retiring from his role as CEO, but will remain on the board of directors and has been appointed the chairman of the board. In addition, Mr. Matt Bradley
Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, reported that Mr. Liam Kavanagh will be its new Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, effective December 1st, 2015. Mr. Kavanagh will take over from Harry Forsythe who will be retiring from Macquarie AirFinance and leaving San Francisco to return to his family home
Steven Ridolfi has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions for Chorus Aviation, effective October 1st, 2015. Mr. Ridolfi will be based in Toronto, Ontario. Steven Ridolfi previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions at Bombardier. Prior to that Mr. Ridolfi was the President of Business Aircraft and
Cathay Pacific has appointed Philippe Lacamp to Senior Vice President, Americas. In this role, he will oversee all facets of Cathay Pacific’s operations and commercial activities in the Americas, and will be based in the company’s U.S. headquarters in San Francisco.
AAR, a leading global aftermarket solutions company that serves commercial aviation and government customers worldwide, announced that Michael J. Sharp has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective October 5th, 2015. Mr. Sharp will replace John C. Fortson who is resigning and relocating to take a CFO position with a non-aviation
LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has hired Malcom MacGregor to the new role of Vice President Sales and Marketing, Americas. Mr MacGregor recently joined LCI with over 20 years’ experience in the aviation sector. He was previously Milestone Aviation Group’s Vice President of Sales – Europe, Middle East, India & Africa.
French aircraft maintenance software specialist ADSoftware has announced the appointment of Paul Zavattero to the position of International Sales Engineer. ADSoftware has decided to recruit one of the aviation industry’s top minds to enhance its services offering. This comes following the implementation of a strategic business development plan aimed at strengthening ADSoftware’s global market position
As of October 1st, 2015, Robert Gaag will be appointed as Senior Vice President Corporate Sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa (EuMEA), following Wolfgang Weynell, who has held the position since July 1st, 2014. Weynell will remain Senior Vice President Corporate Sales & Marketing until December 31st, 2015, when he retires from Lufthansa Technik after
WestJet Airlines announced the appointment of Harry Taylor to the position of Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 26th, 2015. Harry brings over 20 years of senior financial, operational and strategic experience in the retail and consumer products industries. He joins WestJet from Canadian Tire Corporation where he has worked since
