Marshall Aviation Services, part of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, has welcomed a bolstered aircraft sales team hard on the heels of its acquisition of Hawker Beechcraft’s European MRO facility in Broughton, North Wales and its appointment as exclusive sales distributor for Beechcraft aircraft for UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. Reporting to Sales Director, Howard
SkyWest Airlines reported that Bill Dykes will become SkyWest’s Vice President of Maintenance, effective Jan. 7, 2014. Bill Dykes succeeds H. Michael Gibson, who is retiring after 26 years with SkyWest Airlines. Bill will oversee all of SkyWest’s maintenance operations, including its major repair, overhaul and maintenance bases at Chicago O’Hare, Colorado Springs, Fresno, Milwaukee,
Anders Ehrling has been appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Braathens Aviation. Anders Ehrling replaces Knut A. Solberg who will retire by the end of May 2014.
Apollo Aviation Management, the Irish subsidiary for international full service aviation asset manager Apollo Aviation Group, released that Pat O’Brien has been elected as a new independent director to its Board. Mr. O’Brien is a former KPMG Partner who specialized in aviation finance and advising international aircraft leasing companies.
Effective October 1st, Jérôme Bendell has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of ThalesRaytheonSystems SAS, the French entity of the joint venture between Thales and Raytheon. He succeeds Philippe Duhamel, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of international joint venture ThalesRaytheonSystems in July 2013.
Erickson Air-Crane announced that Glenn Splieth has been named Vice President of Global Human Resources, effective October 14, 2013. Mr. Splieth has over 25 years of experience in human resources management and program development. He was most recently with RadiSys Corporation, a leading wireless infrastructure and solutions provider for telecom, aerospace, and defense applications.
Jamie Brooks has been appointed as Commercial Director of Avtrade responsible for marketing and global regional offices. A member of the Brooks family, owners of Avtrade, Jamie is an enthusiastic professional with 16 years knowledge and experience in aviation. With a background in Engineering and Logistics gained at Monarch Aircraft Engineering plus Sales, PBH support
Dr. Hans-Juergen Loss was appointed as the Executive Director of Operation Division of Ameco Beijing since 1st July 2013. Dr. Loss obtained doctorate in mechanical engineering. Joining Lufthansa in 1985, he held various management positions in Lufthansa and Lufthansa Technik, among other he was V.P. Technical Operation for Lufthansa German Airlines throughout 6 years and
MTU Aero Engines AG’s Supervisory Board unanimously voted to extend the contract with Chief Financial Officer Reiner Winkler. The new, five-year contract will run from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2019. On January 1, 2014, Winkler will take over the helm of MTU Aero Engines AG as its new Chief Executive Officer, a role
Jazz Aviation announced the appointment of Kal Rebin to Vice President, Maintenance and Engineering effective immediately. In his new role, based in Toronto, he will have responsibility for the overall management and direction of Jazz’s maintenance and engineering division.
