Volartec announced the opening of a new regional office in Australia to cover the Asia Pacific region. The new Volartec office is to be based in Adelaide, Australia with Steve Smith as Regional Sales Manager APAC. Steve comes to Volartec with many years of experience working in the aviation industry where he has exceptional experience
Precision Conversions, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Erickson Group, reported that Gary J. Warner will become President of Precision Conversions effective September 4th, 2012. Mr. Warner served as the company’s Vice President of Corporate Development since 2003, in which he was responsible for strategic growth opportunities, the development of new programs and products, along
Elbit Systems released that the Company’s Board of Directors accepted the request of Joseph Ackerman, the Company’s President and CEO, to retire from his position in the coming months and the Board confirmed the appointment of Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis as his successor. The retirement and new appointment will become effective on April 1, 2013, and
Boeing reported that John Wojick has been named the new vice president of Sales for Commercial Airplanes. Wojick succeeds Ray Conner, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in June. Wojick, a 32-year veteran of Commercial Airplanes who began his career as an aerospace engineer, moves to his new position from vice
Altan Büyükyılmaz has been assigned as new Executive Vice President (Commercial Affairs) to Turkish Technic, the MRO subsidiary of Turkish Airlines. This position was previously held by Dr. Fuat Oktay, who is now a member of Turkish Technic’s Board of Directors. Prior to his new position, Altan Büyükyılmaz was with Turkish Airlines as VP of
PAS Technologies reported that Donald R. Spriggs has been appointed Vice President of Quality and Technology effective July 8, 2012. In his new role, Spriggs will lead the Company’s activities associated with Quality Assurance and Process Improvement to continually enhance the quality management systems across the enterprise through proactive process discipline and data analysis using
Virgin America announced the appointment of John MacLeod as the Company’s new Senior Vice President of Planning and Sales. MacLeod will lead sales, revenue management, network planning and alliances for the airline. With an impressive depth and breadth of experience in the airline industry that includes revenue management, network planning and alliance development, MacLeod will
Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Ltd. (JorAMCo), a leading aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility based in Amman, Jordan, announced the appointment of Osama Fattaleh as Chief Executive Officer. A veteran business leader, Mr. Fattaleh brings to JoAMCo over 25 years of experience in diverse industries. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing
CIRCOR Aerospace announced the appointment of Steve Alford as the Vice President/General Manager for the CIRCOR Aerospace California businesses. Alford will have full responsibility for the implementation of CIRCOR’s growth, productivity and factory execution strategy across the California businesses.
Southwest Airlines announced executive changes at the Company. Teresa Laraba, most recently Southwest’s Senior Vice President of Customer Services, has been named the airline’s Senior Vice President of Customers. In this new role, Laraba will continue to provide senior Leadership for three departments: Customer Support & Services, Customer Relations & Rapid Rewards, and Customer Services.
