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Virgin America appointed Dean Cookson as the Company’s new Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO). A 20-year IT industry veteran, Cookson has extensive experience in architecting and building large-scale, high-performance systems. In the CIO position, Cookson will develop and lead the growing Silicon Valley-based airline’s strategic technology initiatives, including the implementation of the Company’s

Finnair’s Vice President, Financial Communications and Investor Relations Taneli Hassinen will leave Finnair to become SRV Group’s Senior Vice President, Communications & Marketing in mid-March. He has worked for Finnair since 1987.

Universal Asset Management (UAM) appointed Mike Kenney as Director of Sales, effective immediately. Kenney joined UAM in 2007, as a former commercial pilot, and most recently served as Director of Business Development.

Jean-Pierre Talamoni has been nominated Director of International Development within the Strategy & Marketing Organisation of the EADS Group with effect from 1 January 2011. He was previously responsible for Europe, the Middle East and Africa within this same unit. Jean- Pierre Talamoni joined the EADS Group in January 2008. Before that, he was Director

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has appointed Ian Bartholomew as Sales and Marketing Director with immediate effect. Ian held several key positions within the industry before joining MAEL in 2003 as Marketing Sales Manager. These positions included a number of years with KLM where he was responsible for component overhaul and inventory management, holding formal qualifications

Henry A. Hubschman, who had a distinguished career in law, government and business, died on February 9, 2011 of cancer. In the last twenty years of his life, he was a senior lawyer and then senior business executive at GE, beginning his career with the company as General Counsel of its Aircraft Engines division in

Mxi Technologies, a leader in aviation maintenance software, has announced the appointment of Scott Helmer to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the appointment of Blair Geddes to the company

Dynamic Aviation, a leading provider of innovative aviation solutions to government and commercial organizations, has hired Roger Franklin as chief financial officer. Franklin will oversee the company

Jet Aviation has appointed Stefan Benz the new vice president MRO sales for the EMEA & Asia group. In this function, Benz leads all regional MRO sales directors and the sales support team. As part of an overall customer relationship enhancement, he will also work closely with all Jet Aviation sites to optimize internal capabilities

Adrian Munday has been appointed as Director and General Manager of a new organisation created to provide sales and customer support for the SOCATA-DAHER TBM 850 fast business turboprop within the United Kingdom and Ireland. His appointment is effective immediately and he will be based at new premises at London Oxford Airport.