The Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik, Dr. Johannes Bussmann, will leave the Lufthansa Group at his own request later this year. After more than seven years in his current role and ten-years on the Executive Board, he will hand over leadership of the company to COO Soeren Stark. Stark has been a
Barfield, a subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) in the Americas, has appointed Luis Giacoman as Accountable Manager and Senior Vice President of Operations and Quality for its Miami, Doral, Phoenix and Louisville facilities. He will oversee day-to-day company operations, develop and implement operation processes and monitor company operational
ACC Aviation, the global aviation services group, has appointed James Stamp as a Non-Executive Director, effective February 1. Stamp is currently Group Commercial Director of National Express PLC, driving mergers and acquisitions activity, strategy development and new business. He also sits on the Board of National Express Middle East and WeDriveU, its North American employee shuttle
Lilium, the manufacturer of an all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet (eVTOL) has transferred its 5th-generation technology demonstrators to the ATLAS Flight Test Centre in Villacarrillo, Spain where it will continue its flight test campaign. The intention is to fly at higher speeds and over longer distances than those achieved in Germany. In addition, Lilium
Clean Aviation, the successor to the European aviation research programme Clean Sky, officially kicked off at the end of last year. MTU Aero Engines is not only contributing new key technologies but has also been awarded a seat on the Governing Board of the clean aviation joint undertaking, thus COO Lars Wagner will be representing
Blueberry Aviation has announced the addition of Yann Ballet to its team as Senior Advisor. Ballet has accumulated over 30 years of financing experience in aircraft and structured finance. He was previously VP Structured Finance at Airbus, which he joined in 1987 and where he held various senior positions in France, the USA, Ireland and
On January 1, 2022, Bruno Tricoire and Nicolas Bertrand joined the AFI KLM E&M Executive Committee as SVP Components and SVP Industrial Affairs and Projects, respectively. In the meantime, former SVP Components Benjamin Moreau has been named as the new SVP Strategy and Business Development – a role he takes over from Johann Panier, who
Daniel Hepworth and Andreas van de Kuil have taken over new management positions within Lufthansa Technik’s Corporate Sales organization. Hepworth, who was until the end of December 2021 GM Corporate Sales for the UK, Ireland, France and BeNeLux, has become Head of Sales Europe, effective January 1, 2022. At the same time, van de Kuil,
Nadia Kaddouri has been appointed to the group global management team as Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer of Swissport International effective January 1, 2022. In her new role, she will drive Swissport’s business strategy with a strong focus on market intelligence, trends and innovations and will take over the lead of Swissport’s lounge and executive
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Frederic Leger as the association’s Senior Vice President for Commercial Products and Services. Leger served in the role on an ad interim basis since July 2021, when IATA’s Commercial Products and Services Division was created as part of an internal restructuring. He reports to Willie Walsh, IATA’s
