Avtrade announced further expansion of the Dubai office with the appointment of Martti Fischle in the new role of Regional Marketing Manager – MENA. Multilingual with a degree in marketing and background in sales and marketing with a leading European Airline, Martti brings a wealth of knowledge plus three years experience working in the Gulf
The Board of Directors of Alenia Aermacchi has taken note of the resignation of Chairman Amedeo Caporaletti and appointed Giancarlo Grasso as the new Chairman. Chairman Giancarlo Grasso will be vested with the power to manage the company’s business strategies, a responsibility he will exercise in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer, withstanding all responsibilities
PAS Technologies released that Keith Bennett has rejoined the leadership team as Director of Business Development reporting to David W. Theis, Senior Vice President of Sales. Keith is responsible for driving the business development strategies in commercial aerospace and oil & gas segments as well as customer relations with targeted OEM accounts. Keith will be
Swiss-based Vertis Aviation, part of the independently owned aviation company 28 East Group, announced today the appointment of Neil Turnbull to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Effective February 17th, Neil will lead the day to day operations of the luxury air charter company freeing up the partners to focus on strategic
Alaska Air Group’s board of directors has approved several leadership changes in the company’s Legal Division. Herman Wacker, Air Group’s deputy general counsel and managing director of legal, has been elected vice president of legal. Shannon Alberts, managing director of corporate affairs and assistant corporate secretary, has been elected corporate secretary. Kyle Levine retains his
Triumph Group released that Jeffrey L. McRae had been elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in accordance with a previously announced transition. He succeeds M. David Kornblatt, who has assumed new duties with the company as Director of Corporate Development.
Boeing named Maureen Dougherty as the president of Boeing Australia and South Pacific. She previously led one of the company’s major defense projects, the U.S. Air Force KC-46A Tanker program. Dougherty succeeds Ian Thomas, who held the job from 2009. Thomas was named president of Boeing China, based in Beijing, last month. Both appointments will
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has appointed Carsten Spohr as the future Chairman of the Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer during its last meeting. Carsten Spohr, who currently oversees the business segment Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in his capacity as board member, will assume his new role effective 1 May 2014.
Delta Air Lines’ (DAL) Board of Directors approved the appointment of Wayne Gilbert “Gil” West to executive vice president and chief operating officer effective March 1, 2014. West will succeed Stephen E. Gorman who will retire after leading Delta’s operations divisions since 2007.
Delta Air Lines has named Luciano Macagno as Director for Brazil, responsible for leading Delta’s commercial operations in the fourth-largest global aviation market in the world. Luciano joins Delta from LATAM Airlines where, until recently, he served as Head of International Sales and Marketing for Brazil.
