Genesis, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing company, has announced the appointment of Adrian Dharsan to the position of Senior Vice President of the commercial team. The appointment of Dharsan marks the company’s first hire in Singapore where it is establishing a regional office. Dharsan brings more than 21 years’ experience in aircraft leasing to the team
TrueAero welcomed Nicolas Silva to the company’s leadership team on August 3, as Senior Vice President of Marketing. As a 25-year veteran of aviation he has excelled both as a lawyer and as a marketing executive. Silva started his career representing the interests of the Export-Import Bank of the United States on the first Chilean
The Board of Directors of Air Europa has approved the appointment of Richard Clark, until now Deputy General Manager of the company, as the new General Manager of Air Europa, replacing María José Hidalgo. His appointment, at the proposal of María José Hidalgo, who remains as CEO of the tourism group Globalia, was ratified by
Alaska Airlines has named 34-year airline veteran Toni Freeberg Managing Director of Sales, effective immediately. Freeberg assumes the role currently held by Mark Bocchi, who will retire from Alaska Airlines in October after 40 years. In her new role, Freeberg will set the strategy and oversee corporate and specialty sales, and further champion the integration into the
BAA Training has appointed Marijus Ravoitis as new CEO of the company, responsible for supervising all its business operations, globally. Egle Vaitkeviciute will step down as CEO and progresses her career taking a more advanced role as a strategic advisor for BAA Training. The transition will come into force on August 3, 2021. Ravoitis, who
GKN Aerospace has confirmed that David Paja will join the business as Chief Executive Officer in August 2021. He joins GKN Aerospace from Aptiv plc, where he was President of the US$4bn+ Advanced Safety and User Experience business. Paja began his career with Valeo SA, then spent 14 years in senior leadership positions within global
American Airlines Cargo has announced the appointment of Sam Mendenhall to Vice President, Operations. The appointment follows the retirement of former Operations leader David Vance after an impressive 34-year career at American Airlines. Mendenhall joins the cargo team with 22 years of experience at American, where he most recently led the organization responsible for all
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Martin Apsel-von zur Gathen as its new Head of Operations Planning and Steering. In his new capacity, which he will assume on August 1, Apsel-von zur Gathen will be responsible for the planning and the day-to-day management of efficient and reliable flight operations, and will report directly to
ILS (Inventory Locator Service), a leading digital marketplace and business intelligence services provider for the aviation industry, has announced the strategic hire of its new global sales leader, Robert Suhs. Following another successful annual virtual CONNECT user conference ILS is experiencing continued global business momentum for its marketplace and intelligence solutions. “I am excited to
Magma Aviation, the innovative air cargo solutions company, has appointed Conor Brannigan, an air cargo expert with over 15 years industry experience, as Deputy CEO. Brannigan joins the business following two years at Cargolux based in Luxemburg in a senior role as Director Strategic Alliances and Market Development. Previous to that, he spent almost six
