Former AMR Corporation Chairman and CEO Gerard J. Arpey is joining the Emerald Creek Group as a Partner, effective December 1 , 2011. In his new role, Mr. Arpey will lead the firm along with Emerald Creek Group founder, Larry Kellner .
Delta Air Lines board of directors named David G. DeWalt as its newest member, effective immediately. DeWalt served as president, chief executive officer and director of McAfee, a security technology company, from April 2007 until February 2011 when McAfee was acquired by Intel Corporation. In May 2011 he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the
Luis Gallego, chief operating officer at Vueling, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Iberia’s new subsidiary airline, Iberia Express, which will start operations at the end of March 2012. Gallego became Chief Operating Officer of Vueling in 2009, when the airline merged with clickair. At Vueling, Gallego was responsible for flight operations, training, quality and
East Midlands based composites manufacturer Atlas Composites has boosted its project engineering team with the appointment of a new Project Engineer. Alan Cokayne, who joins Atlas Composites from Heanor based Advanced Composites, brings with him a wealth of experience with over 26 years in the composites industry in a variety of senior engineering and management
Christoph Meyerrose, who has been the Managing Director of Lufthansa Technical Training in Hamburg for over ten years, is set to become the new Managing Director of Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) in Schönefeld, Berlin. The present Managing Director of LBAS, Andreas Kaden, who has held this position for thirteen years, will be taking over
MTU Aero Engines opened a new sales office in Seoul in South Korea on November 18th. The MTU Aero Engines Seoul Representative Office is managed by Kyoo Joo Chae.
AMR Corporation named Charles Schubert to Vice President – Network Planning and Andrew Backover to Vice President – Corporate Communications for American Airlines. The company also selected Pedro Fabregas as Senior Vice President – Customer Service for American Eagle, the regional airline affiliate of American Airlines. Schubert succeeds Walter Aue who will retire on Dec.
Cambridge Airport has appointed David Surley as Senior Business Development Manager. He joined the airport’s management team on November 14th in this newly created role which will see David take responsibility for developing Cambridge Airport as the airport of choice for niche premier and business short haul airline operations accessing the East of England.
Boeing has named Stephanie Pope vice president, Investor Relations, effective Feb. 1st, 2012. Pope will take over from Scott Fitterer, who will assume the role of vice president, Financial Planning & Analysis. Both will report to Greg Smith, who was recently announced as Boeing’s next chief financial officer, effective Feb. 1st.
FlyNiki founder Niki Lauda has resigned as CEO of the Austrian airline and has been appointed to the Board of Air Berlin PLC as Non-Executive Director.
