Avtrade appointed Sean Swain as the new Technical Director. Sean is responsible for all technical areas of Avtrade including the analysis, management and control of component MRO costs. On a global level, Sean will assist the global sales teams at a senior level in customers meetings and the Regional Sales Directors on technical support proposals.
airberlin appointed Stefan Pichler as Chief Executive Officer, as it moves forward with its previously announced restructuring programme to deliver long term sustainable profitability. In his role as CEO of Air Berlin PLC, Stefan Pichler will be responsible for all group businesses and airline brands. He will take over on February 1st, 2015 from Wolfgang
BOC Aviation reported the appointment of David Walton as the new Chief Operating Officer to be based in the Singapore headquarters. Mr. Walton has 28 years of aviation finance and leasing experience. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Stanford University, and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, a leading general aviation services company, released that Thomas Auten has been named General Manager for its Atlanta FBO at Cobb County Airport (KRYY). The Atlanta facility is part of the growing network of Hawthorne FBOs located throughout the United States.
United Technical Operations reported that Joe Ferreira is retiring after 29 years as a leader in aircraft maintenance and technical operations. EWR Hub VP Don Wright will return to Tech Ops to assume Joe’s responsibilities as Vice President of Maintenance. A 26‐year veteran of the company, Don previously was Managing Director of technical operations, responsible
VAS Aero Services appointed Jeremy Galanti as Director of Sales and Marketing. An experienced aviation industry salesperson, Galanti is responsible for sales and marketing execution for all of the company’s aftermarket parts and service programs, supporting the global business effort from VAS Aero Services’ Delta Airlines satellite facility in Atlanta, GA. Prior to joining VAS,
Executive Vice President and COO Flemming Jensen will leave SAS in May 2015 to assume the position of CEO for DSB A/S. Flemming Jensen has been with SAS since 1989 when he joined as pilot. Since 2008, he has held a number of leading positions within SAS, of which the last three years as Executive
Pieter Elbers has been appointed by the KLM Supervisory Board as President and Chief Executive Officer of KLM, replacing Camiel Eurlings. In view of the expiry of his current term in April 2015, Camiel Eurlings has decided in joint consultation with the KLM Supervisory Board to withdraw with immediate effect as President and CEO in
Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) released that Vince Doherty has joined the company as Northeast Regional Manager. Doherty joins DAS with extensive aviation maintenance, regulatory, and compliance software experience. He is also very active in local and national aviation maintenance industry associations, including NBAA, LIBAA, and PAMA.
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has appointed Laurent Janitza as Vice President Marketing, based in the company’s Singapore office. Mr Janitza, joins LCI with 20 years’ experience in the aerospace sector, much of it in Asia, and was previously with Bombardier Aerospace in Singapore as its Sales Director,
