Mr. Onno P.M. van den Brink has decided to retire from his current position as President & C.E.O. of transavia.com as per 1 March 2009. Mr. van den Brink took his decision on the eve of the proposed collaboration between Martinair, transavia.com and KLM, which is the subject of a study that was recently initiated
Dr. Christoph Klingenberg has been appointed head of Information Management and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, with effect from 1 April 2009. His responsibilities encompass planning, development and operational steering of all IT systems at Lufthansa Passenger Airlines.
GA Telesis announced the promotion of Kay Lai Tay to Senior Director of Sales for its Asia aerospace spare parts redistribution and MRO services. Mr. Tay joined GA Telesis in 2008 through its acquisition of Curtiss Wright Accessory Services where he was tasked with the growth and development of GAT
Boeing has named Aldo Basile its new Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of Sales for Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Basile succeeds Marlin Dailey, who recently became Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president Sales. Based at the Commercial Airplanes European headquarters in London, Basile is responsible for the company’s commercial airplane sales activity across the region.
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. appointed Leonardo Pereira as GOL’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Pereira will assume the senior executive position occupied by Richard Lark until June 2008, when he transitioned his executive responsibilities, and will be responsible for the Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting and Taxes, Financial Planning and Corporate Budget departments. The
Goodrich Corporation has appointed Daphne Falletti as President of its Engine Components business unit. Falletti, formerly vice president of Airbus programs for Goodrich’s Aerostructures business, will report to Jack Carmola, Segment President, Actuation and Landing Systems. Falletti replaces Bob Yancey who now leads Goodrich’s Engine Control and Electrical Power Systems business unit.
US Airways announced the promotion of Derek J. Kerr to executive vice president and chief financial officer and named Brad Jensen as senior vice president and chief information officer. Both officer appointments were approved last week by the company
Volvo Aero Sevices reported that Hank Gibson has been appointed Senior Vice President, Airframe Division; Kevin Hartney has been named Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs; Tommy Hughes has been named Senior Vice President, Engine Division and Jeff Plas was named Vice President, Repair Management.
Bombardier announced the appointment of Mr. Thierry Desmarest to its Board of Directors.
