Aircraft Finance Germany (AFG) has announced that Tohru Saito is joining the AFG team as VP Sales in Japan. Saito has more than 30 years’ experience working for Japan Airlines in various executive roles and across different departments: maintenance, aircraft and engine selection, design and engineering and group fleet planning. He also worked for GE Aircraft
The ATR board members have appointed Antonio Di Gennaro as Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer as of July 1, 2022. He brings with him over fifteen years’ experience as a Finance and Operations business leader and joins ATR from PZL Świdnik, a Leonardo Helicopters company, where he was Chief Financial Officer and
Hawaiian Holdings, the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian), has announced the appointment of Wendy Beck and Craig Vosburg to its board of directors. Beck has extensive finance leadership experience in the consumer and travel industries, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. Vosburg, Chief Product
Blueberry Aviation has announced the addition of Gregoris Dassios to its team as Commercial Director. Dassios has nearly 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry. Most of his career was spent at Airbus in Toulouse, France, where he held several positions, firstly in Engineering and then as Customer Support Director, where he managed part of
Peter Bellew, Chief Executive Officer at easyJet has resigned with immediate effect as the low-cost carrier’s struggle to operate scheduled flights continues. To date easyJet has cancelled thousands of flights, including on the day of departure, as demand for air travel continues to outstrip the ability of many carriers to rehire staff which had been
MRO service provider SR Technics has released that Leonard Lump has joined its Business Development team as Vice President for Americas. Lump has over 23 years of experience as an executive in the aerospace and aviation industry having worked in the areas of aerospace design, manufacturing and the aftermarket on both engine and airframes. Most recently he served on the
Harald Gloy completes the three-member Executive Board at Lufthansa Technik as new COO and Labor Director, Sören Stark has taken over as Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik from Dr Johannes Bussmann who leaves the Lufthansa Group at his own request after 23 years. At the same time, Gloy has succeeded Stark as
AJW Group, a producer of aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has appointed Rachael Caston as CEO of AJW Aviation. Caston, who has an honours degree in Aeronautical Engineering, an MA in Strategic and International Defence, and qualifications in strategic leadership and management from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), will guide the
Air cargo charter business, CharterSync, is announcing several strategic appointments to accelerate its global expansion plans. Charter market veteran, Chris Metters, is joining the team in a consultant advisory role to the board as interim Financial Director, following 28 years with leading global air charter broker, Chapman Freeborn where he was Group Financial Director and
Sebastian Ebel, currently the Chief Financial Officer, is to become CEO of TUI. After around ten years at the helm, Fritz Joussen will hand over his position as CEO of the tourism group at the end of September. He is exercising a right of resignation granted in connection with the conditions of the Corona stabilisation
