The Alaska Air Group board of directors and Bill Ayer, chairman and chief executive officer, announced that Ayer will retire as CEO of Air Group and its subsidiary carriers, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, effective at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on May 15th. Brad Tilden, a 21-year veteran at Air Group, will succeed Ayer
The Board of Directors of Hawker Beechcraft appointed Robert S. Miller as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective Feb. 7th. Bill Boisture, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Hawker Beechcraft, will remain as Chairman of its operating subsidiary Hawker Beechcraft Corporation.
Hawker Pacific announced the appointment of Kevin Smith to the key position of Vice President, Singapore Operations at the Company’s recently completed facility at Seletar Aerospace Park. Mr Smith has worked with Pratt and Whitney Canada as Regional Sales Manager, Asia Pacific for the past 10 years, and previously has held management positions with Hawker
CEPA, the three-year old Central European Private Aviation organisation, announced the appointment of Brendan Lodge as its new Chairman. Brendan, based in the UK where he is Business Development Director of JetBrokers Europe, brings to the Association a new skillset in the field of international aircraft financing and trading. He will serve CEPA for a 12-month
After four years heading up KLM E&M’s B737 Maintenance unit, Romain Helmer has taken up his new position as Managing Director at EPCOR, the AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specializing in the repair and maintenance of pneumatic systems and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). He takes over from Paul Chün, now Managing Director of another entity of
Gama Group, the global business aviation and services company reported the appointment of Neil Gibson as a key member of its senior management team, with the task of implementing its growth strategy in the Middle East and Asia regions.
PAS Technologies has selected Amy K. Hoage to join the Company as Vice President, Business Development. She is responsible for driving the business strategy for market and business development covering the North American commercial aerospace businesses and customer relations with targeted accounts. Amy will be based in West Des Moines, Iowa.
AerData B.V., the Amsterdam/Netherlands-based provider of software and services for aircraft and engine operators, lessors and MROs have announced the opening of its first US office which will become operational in Washington DC from 20th February 2012. Jaap van Dijk, who is appointed as Managing Director, AerData Americas will head up the new office which
Westchester Aircraft Maintenance Association (WAMA) announced the election of Ron Velivis to its Board of Directors. Velivis’ background includes numerous leadership positions within aviation, among them Director of Field Service for Dassault Falcon Jet.
Antonius Dortmans has been appointed Executive Vice President of KLM Engineering & Maintenance. He will take up his new duties on February 1st, succeeding Peter de Swert.
