SITA has appointed Matthys Serfontein as President, Americas. Serfontein returns to SITA after a two-year hiatus to drive SITA’s growth in the Americas, where travel has rebounded sharply in the wake of the pandemic. Serfontein will be key to bringing SITA’s vision of greater agility, efficiency and sustainability to the air transport industry through digitalisation.
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has appointed Tim Isik as Vice President – Commercial. Based at Etihad Cargo’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi, Isik will oversee the carrier’s global commercial operations. Isik joins Etihad Cargo from American Airlines, where he gained over a decade of experience working within the aviation
JetBlue, New York’s Hometown Airline®, has appointed Al Spencer as the carrier’s new Vice President, Controller. Spencer joined JetBlue on May 11, and will oversee the company’s corporate accounting, tax, payroll, accounts payable and fraud, and revenue accounting teams. He will report to Ursula Hurley, JetBlue’s Chief Financial Officer. Spencer comes to JetBlue from Paris-based
Jet Support Services (JSSI), a leading independent provider of maintenance support and financial services to the business aviation industry, has appointed Tim Elberfeld as Chief Financial Officer and named Ken Goodman as Chief Underwriting Officer. Both Elberfeld and Goodman will report directly to CEO, Neil Book. Elberfeld brings more than 20 years of experience across global
The Board of Hans Airways, the UK’s new long-haul airline planning regular scheduled flights from Birmingham to India, has promoted Nathan Burkitt to Chief Operating Officer. Burkitt has worked with the start up since December 2019, supporting CEO Satnam Saini, selecting and overseeing pilot and cabin crew recruitment and training in his original role as Director
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced the following two promotions with an effective date in the third quarter of 2022: Sinan Kahya has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and Melissa Closa has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to
After its Supervisory Board meeting on Wednesday, May 4, MTU Aero Engines AG (MTU) has announced that its CEO, Reiner Winkler, will be stepping down and leaving the company, for personal reasons, at the end of the year. “After more than twenty years in the management board of MTU, I now see the time has
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Vaida Kojaliene as Group Chief Financial Officer. Kojaliene joins Chapman Freeborn with a wealth of experience in various financial positions at country, regional and group level. Her previous roles were within the financial and healthcare sectors and Chapman Freeborn is
Kellstrom Aerospace Group, a leader in Aviation Life-Cycle Cost Management Solutions, has appointed Oscar Torres to President and Chief Executive Officer succeeding Jeff Lund who recently retired. Torres joined the company in 1999 and has held several senior positions, most recently as Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer. “Oscar’s extensive experience and knowledge
Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) has welcomed Brian Goddard as the new commercial/regional component repairs sales manager. Goddard has been in the aviation industry for his entire career starting as an A&P, working previously in various roles with an array of MROs as well as GE, AirReady and Nordam. “Brian has established strong industry relationships and
