Alaska Airlines’ board of directors has elected aviation veteran Donald Wright Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, effective August 23, 2021. Wright will assume the role formerly held by Constance von Muehlen who was appointed Chief Operating Officer on April 3. In his new role, Wright will lead 1,346 employees, including the technical operations team,
SAS has appointed Louise Bergström as new Vice President of Investor Relations. She has both domestic and international experience from the financial markets and joins SAS from Bluestep Bank, where she has been Head of Investor Relations. SAS is committed to maintaining an open, and professional dialogue with the equity and debt markets, as well as
Titan Aviation Holdings, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, has appointed Eamonn Forbes as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Titan Asset Management Ireland, effective August 23, 2021. Forbes will lead all sales and marketing activities for Titan and he will report directly to Michael Steen, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist, and part of Avia Solutions Group, has announced that Nigel Parkinson, a travel expert with 25 years’ experience in the travel industry, will join the company as its new Chief Commercial Officer – Passenger Charter Solutions. Parkinson joins the business following 13 years at ALTOUR, one of the
Kellstrom Aerospace Group, a leader in aviation life-cycle cost management solutions, has appointed John McKirdy as Senior Vice President. McKirdy has been involved in broad aviation aftermarket services for over 30 years with a focus on experience in executive management, operational excellence, and strategic sales. His most recent role was Chief Commercial Officer at Wencor Group.
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
