Alex Cruz, British Airways Chairman and Chief Executive, is to step down as Chief Executive and remain the airline’s non-executive Chairman. Sean Doyle, Aer Lingus Chairman and Chief Executive, will become the new Chief Executive of British Airways and take over as Chairman after a transition period. Fernando Candela, LEVEL Chief Executive, is joining the
BBAM, a leading provider of asset origination and management services in the aircraft leasing industry, has reported the retirement of Chief Operating Officer Greg Azzara, and the appointment of Vincent Cannon to the role of General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer. Azzara will remain with BBAM as an advisor to the company’s Executive Committee through
Vallair, the mature aircraft asset specialist and launch customer of the A321P2F freighter conversion, has appointed Steve Pike as Aerostructures & MRO Services Sales Manager. He will be based in Vallair’s EASA and FAA approved repair facility in Châteauroux, France. Pike’s role will be to act as the main interface with operators, lessors, aviation parts
Global aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions Group, has appointed long-serving Russi Batliwala as its new chairman and welcomed back Eric Erbacher to replace him as CEO. Batliwala, one of the most well-known faces in the aircraft charter industry, began his journey with the company as a trainee aviation broker 33
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has announced that Tim Robertson will succeed Bill Meahl as CEO for DHL Global Forwarding Americas. Meahl is retiring after a successful career that has spanned almost four decades at DHL. Robertson will be reporting directly to Tim Scharwath, CEO DHL
Vytautas Ledakas is the newly appointed CEO of BAA Training China – a modern aviation training center planned to be equipped with six full flight simulators (FFS) and part of a Joint Venture (JV) established in 2019 by Avia Solutions Group (ASG) and Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA). His appointment will entail
BOC Aviation has announced that Steven Townend has commenced the role of Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer with effect from October 1, 2020. In his new role, he oversees the Finance, Treasury, Tax, Risk and Settlement Departments. Townend was formerly Chief Commercial Officer (Europe, Americas and Africa), based in London, a role he
Thomas Klühr is to leave Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) at the end of 2020 after some five years at the company and more than 30 years within the Lufthansa Group. He will simultaneously step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Edelweiss Air. Klühr will in future serve on the new and
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., (CDB Leasing), has announced the addition of Cronan Enright to its Dublin-based executive team in the newly created position of Head of Strategy, reporting to Chief Investment Officer Craig Segor. Enright has more than two decades of experience in leadership roles
JSSI Parts & Leasing, a division of Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), announced the appointment of Ben Hockenberg as President and Jim Sellers as Chief Commercial Officer. JSSI Parts & Leasing supports more than 10,000 aircraft maintenance events annually for JSSI customers and leverages JSSI data to offer rapid solutions for aircraft parts and leasing requirements globally. As president, Hockenberg will provide strategic guidance and overall
