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Jaan Albrecht, who has been the CEO of Austrian Airlines since November 2011, has accepted a position at SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, and will serve as its CEO starting June 1, 2015. This was decided today at the Supervisory Board meeting of SunExpress. Albrecht will remain CEO of Austrian Airlines

Avtrade’s commitment to developing and strengthening customer relationships and service continues across the Asia region; with increased CAAC approved Singapore based inventory and the utilisation of local component repair services. Avtrade announced the appointment of Toby Smith as the new Regional Account Manager based in Singapore. Toby joined the Sales department in the UK in

Emirates, which flies daily direct from Lusaka to Dubai and Harare, has announced the appointment of a new Country Manager for Zambia. Khalid Al Zarouni, who took up his new position from the beginning of March, and replaces Husain Al Safi, who will become Country Manager in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where Mr Al Zarouni was the

SR Technics announced that effective from April 1st, 2015, Constanze Timpe will become its Chief Human Resources Officer. She will report directly to CEO André Wall and become part of SR Technics’ Leadership Team. Daniel Heiter, who has been managing the HR department on a temporary basis, will continue his successful work in his original

Abu Dhabi Airports reported that its Chief Executive Officer Tony Douglas is stepping down to take up a new role with the UK Government as Chief Executive of Defence Equipment & Support at the UK’s Ministry of Defence. Tony Douglas has served with great distinction as Abu Dhabi Airports’ Chief Executive since 2013 and under

Silver Airways has appointed 15-year finance veteran Jason Bewley as Chief Financial Officer to direct and oversee all aspects of the airline’s financial activities. Bewley brings a wealth of domestic and international experience in finance to Silver Airways, having specialized in aviation and transportation finance, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, business

Aergen Management Services made several senior appointments including Heinz Westen as Chief Financial Officer, Michael Barry as Chief Marketing Officer and Tom Kaluza as Senior Vice President. Chief Executive Officer, Robert J. Genise, who previously served as CEO of both DAE Capital (“DAE”) and Boullioun Aviation Services stated “I am delighted to have assembled a

John R. Gawsyszawski has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for the Victorville, CA based Pacific Aerospace Resources & Technologies (PART). John joined PART in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer and succeeds David Green who is now Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining PART, John served as VP of Business Development at Air Services based

Boeing named Jeff Johnson, vice president, Business Development, Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA). He succeeds Tim Norgart, who recently retired from Boeing. Johnson will be based in St. Louis, Missouri, and report to BMA President Shelley Lavender. Johnson has been president of Boeing Middle East since March 2011, based in the company’s Dubai office. Before that,