Stephan Gemkow, Member of the Executive Board and CFO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 1 June 2006, has asked the Supervisory Board to terminate his tenure prematurely to allow him to pursue individual career opportunities. Stephan Gemkow’s term on the Lufthansa Executive Board was scheduled to run up to 31 May 2014. A decision on
JetBlue Airways (JBLU) announced the appointment of Mark Powers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Powers has served as CFO on an interim basis since October 2011. Prior to joining JetBlue in 2006 as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer, Mr. Powers was an independent advisor to several aviation-related companies and has held a number
Commercial aircraft MRO Jet Midwest Technik appointed Eric Haymes as President of the Kansas City based maintenance operation at the former TWA /American Airlines overhaul facility. Eric will have the responsibility of implementing a number of strategic growth and business expansion initiatives at the heavy maintenance facility. Eric Haymes is the founder of Mojave Jet,
Skyworld Aviation announced the appointment of Tatiana Buryak as Business Development Manager. Tatiana will be based in Moscow and is tasked with expanding aircraft trading activity mainly in Russia, CIS territories and Eastern Europe. Tatiana has an impressive background in commercial aviation in Russia, CIS, Middle East and Africa. Most recently she has worked with
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Hussein Dabbas as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based in Amman, Jordan with effect from 1 June 2012. Dabbas has served as President and CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines since 2009. Dabbas takes over from Dr. Majdi Sabri who will retire
Lease Corporation International (LCI) has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Esteban Tripodi as Executive Vice President, Americas. Mr Tripodi will be based in the company’s New York office. Working across the marketing and capital markets divisions for both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, his primary focus will be on the Americas
Don Stinnett has been promoted to Group Director, Global Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing. He will have full responsibility for implementing a robust supply chain structure, process and strategy. Don will now be a key member of the senior leadership team. He will drive the strategic supply chain, achieve profitable growth and market share, develop
Pinnacle Airlines Corp announced a leadership transition under which John Spanjers, currently chief operating officer of the company, will succeed Sean Menke as chief executive officer, effective June 1, 2012. Spanjers has been COO at Pinnacle since September 2011, and was president of Mesaba Aviation prior to joining Pinnacle.
Aviation Partners Inc. (API) announced the promotion of Gary Dunn to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Dunn joined API in the mid-1990s to support the Gulfstream II Blended Winglet program, and moved to the sales team in 2001. Dunn has over 20 years of aviation experience in maintenance, engineering, product support, sales and marketing
Canada–based Flying Colours Corp. has appointed Gary Wood as a Corporate Sales & Marketing Representative with immediate effect. Wood will be based at the Peterborough, ON facilities and will be focused on continuing to develop corporate sales and marketing worldwide. The new role has been created to support the sustained and continuous international growth that
