Engine Lease Finance Corporation (elfc), has announced the retirement of its President and CEO Tom Barret. Barret joined elfc shortly after its inception in 1990 and since then has been centrally involved in every transaction that the company has conducted, with more recent highlights being the 2011 acquisition of the Macquarie engine portfolio, the 2014
West Star Aviation has appointed Eric Valdes as the Program Director role responsible for Embraer, Accessories, and NDT at the company’s East Alton, IL (ALN) facility. Eric has over 30 years of aviation experience, with the past 16 years at WSA. He served in the U.S. Air Force as an AWACS crew chief at Tinker
Joramco, the MRO facility and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has named Petra Lindemann as the new Vice President of Supply Chain. With nearly two decades of experience, Lindemann is an aviation professional who brings a wealth of expertise to the table. Throughout her career, Lindemann has held leadership roles. At Swiss International
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has appointed Ginger Hughes as Chief Transformation Officer. Hughes brings a long of experience from her advisory role at Seabury, where she has guided SAS through the Chapter 11 process for over a year. “With a remarkable three-decade-long career advising airlines worldwide, Hughes has been instrumental in shaping strategic transformations, restructuring endeavours,
Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed Krzysztof Krystowski, country executive, Poland, responsible for executing the company’s market strategy, business development plan and government relations in country. Northrop Grumman is a key partner for Poland’s military and is committed to helping Poland modernise its air and missile defence capabilities. The Polish government has selected Northrop Grumman’s Integrated
Luc Tytgat has been appointed Acting Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) with effect from September 1, 2023. Tytgat replaces Patrick Ky, who is leaving the Agency at the expiry of his second five-year mandate. Tytgat joined EASA as Director of Strategy and Safety Management in January 2015 after having been responsible
Heart Aerospace has appointed Simon Newitt as President of the company with the responsibility of shaping and managing the growing organisation. “We are designing and building the ES-30 electric airplane and at the same time we are building the machine that builds the machine, our company. In his new role, Simon will ensure a dynamic
PLAY airlines, the Icelandic low-cost airline headquartered in Reykjavík, has hired Emilio Chacon Monsant as Head of Ancillary Revenue. Monsant has extensive experience in the airline industry. He joins PLAY after having served as Head of Revenue Management: Pricing & Commercial Planning. Before that he was Head of Ancillary Revenue at Ryanair. He has also
Uniserve has announced the appointment of Andrew Rushton as Head of Aerospace. With over four decades of extensive experience in the aerospace industry, Rushton brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to further strengthen Uniserve’s commitment to serving the unique needs of the aerospace sector. Throughout his distinguished career, Rushton has held pivotal roles with
Finnair’s CEO, Topi Manner, has given notice of his resignation from the company to join Elisa Corporation as its new CEO, starting at the latest on March 1, 2024. Until then, Manner continues as normal in his CEO role at Finnair. “Topi Manner has done a stellar job with his team in leading Finnair through
