Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Romain Vetter as its new Head of Western Switzerland. Together with his team, Vetter will be in overall commercial charge of SWISS’ business activities throughout Western Switzerland, reporting directly to Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. He succeeds Lorenzo Stoll, who will assume his new duties as Head
FBO and ground support services company, Weston Aviation has appointed Nicole O’Connor as the company’s Commercial Director. O’Connor has 20 years’ experience in the travel and tourism industry, joining the long standing and wellregarded Weston Aviation team in 2019. With two decades of experience in sales and business development, she has been instrumental in the
Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business dedicated to the support of aircraft operators and lessors, has strengthened its MRO team with the appointment of Armando Filho as Director of Material Management. Filho will be responsible for Vallair’s component support division complementing the activities of the teardown team ensuring that customers extract maximum value from their assets.
Adrian Dunne will join Norwegian as the company’s new EVP Operations. Dunne has more than thirty years of experience as a leader within the aviation industry. Dunne spent the first 16 years of his aviation career with the Irish airline Aer Lingus where he held various positions, including managing all the airline’s operations at Heathrow
Avionica, a global aircraft connectivity leader, has announced the promotion of aviation industry veteran, Scott Ridge, as its new Vice President of Product and Services. In this newly created position, Ridge will be putting more focus on building the right products and services for customers and bringing new business models to the industry. Demand from turbulent times
Alaska Air Group has appointed Constance von Muehlen as Chief Operating Officer of Alaska Airlines, effective April 3, 2021. Upon assuming this role, von Muehlen will join Alaska’s Executive Committee and report to Ben Minicucci, who becomes Chief Executive Officer on March 31, 2021. She succeeds current COO, Gary Beck, who has announced his retirement
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced the addition of three board members to serve on its Executive Committee leadership team. The Executive Committee is comprised of members of GAMA’s Board of Directors, who provide strategic leadership for the association and lead its policy committees. David Coleal, CEO of Incora, will serve as chair
ATR has appointed Alessandro Luzi as Managing Director of the company’s Eastern Support (AES) subsidiary, based in Singapore, effective as of March 1, 2021. Luzi joined ATR in 2008 as Cockpit and Cabin Design Engineer and has since developed with leadership roles as Head of Aircraft Interiors and Systems Installation and subsequently leading the development
GA Telesis has named Fred Sontag as Vice President Sales, Americas for the Flight Solutions Group (FSG). In the role, he will oversee all sales responsibilities, including USM material, Tooling/GSE, OEM parts distribution, and logistics services in the Americas region. Sontag joined GAT in December 2020 with a wealth of experience in various sales, support,
Harald Gloy has been appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG for a further five years. The company’s Supervisory Board unanimously extended his contract until December 31, 2026. In addition to responsibility for Operations, Gloy has also assumed the role of Chief Human Resources Officer as of March 1, 2021 and thus, as
