AMS Aircraft, the aircraft marketing, CAMO, technical management and consulting company headquartered in the UK, announced the appointment of Lisa Tovey as Quality Manager. Lisa has been involved in all aspects of Quality Assurance including EASA Part M, Part 145 and Part 21 over the course of a career spanning in excess of 25 years.
Mr. Robert Suhs is joining Magellan as a Director of Business Development for North America. Robert will promote programs to the commercial aviation market in North America emphasizing Magellan’s extension into narrow-body product types for airframe and engine products among top tier airlines and MROs.
AJ Walter Aviation strengthens its growing Engine Division with the appointment of Clive Richardson as Regional Sales Director. Clive brings a wealth of experience from his previous roles with GE, Goodrich and, more recently, ADAT in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for Global Engine Management and Technical Sales for the past five years.
The Alaska Air Group board of directors has elected Mark Eliasen as vice president – finance and treasurer. Eliasen will be responsible for Air Group financing, fuel hedging, fleet management and treasury activities. Currently vice president of finance at Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air, Eliasen brings more than 25 years of corporate and consulting experience to
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.
