Aircell announced the transition of Ron LeMay from Chairman of the Board to President and CEO of the company. Jack Blumenstein, current President and CEO, will assume the position of Chairman of the Board. Aircell has experienced dramatic growth over the past few years since winning its exclusive FCC frequency license in 2006. Mr. Blumenstein
UAL Corporation the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that John Tague has been named president of United Airlines. Tague continues in his role as executive vice president of UAL Corporation and also serves on the Executive Council of the corporation. Kathryn Mikells has been named executive vice president of UAL Corporation,
Conrad Clifford, the former chief executive of Virgin Nigeria, is to be the new Vice President of Emirates Airline for the UK and Ireland. He will be replacing Vic Sheppard, who is retiring this year after 13 years with Emirates during which time the airline
Jean-Paul Herteman, Chairman of the Safran group, was elected Chairman at the annual general meeting of the French aerospace industries association Gifas, held on 9 July 2009. Jean-Paul Herteman succeeds Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, who was elected in 2005 and whose mandate came to its statutory end this year.
Continental Airlines reported that Jeff Smisek, Continental’s president and chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors, will become chairman and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2010. Smisek will succeed Larry Kellner who has decided to return to private equity at year-end after 14 years with Continental, the last five of
Hartmut Mehdorn has been appointed as a new Non-Executive Director to the board of Air Berlin PLC. He will be taking over the position vacated by Claus W
Stefan Lauer, CEO Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, has been appointed with effect from 1 July 2009 as Chairman of the Board of Directors of British Midland PLC (bmi). He will take over the position from Sir Michael Bishop who is leaving the Board. Also J
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide released that former DHL Express executive Thomas Murphy has been named Chief Operating Officer for Polar, succeeding Randy Clark. DHL is a 49% stakeholder (with a 25% voting stake) in Polar with Polar
Jet Aviation announces the appointment of Ian Ludlow as new managing director of the company’s Moscow Vnukovo maintenance operation effective August 1, 2009. He will succeed Carsten Fimm, who served as station manager of Jet Aviation Vnukovo on an interim assignment since August 2008.
