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
Kirsten de Bruijn has joined Qatar Airways Cargo in the capacity of Senior Vice President, Cargo Sales and Network Planning. An air cargo veteran with 13-years of experience in management in the air cargo industry, she shares Qatar Airways’ belief that the pace of change brought about by recent global events demands value-centered leadership around
ALA has appointed Marco Ferreira as new General Manager for ALA France. Based in Mont-de-Marsan, ALA France is a supply chain management company providing fasteners and aerospace parts within the aerospace and defense markets, and with service provider contracts with key OEMs based in France. Ferreira has a successful long-standing work experience in aerospace distribution
Marcelo Santiago has been appointed to lead the Contracts and Asset Management team of Embraer’s commercial aviation business unit per October 1. In this critical role, he will report directly to Arjan Meijer, President and CEO Embraer Commercial Aviation. Having joined Embraer on the E-Jet program in 2001, Santiago has, for the last seven years,
Jetcraft, a leader in business jet sales and acquisitions, is bolstering its European team with the appointment of Fabrice Roger and Massimo Burotti as Sales Directors for the region. Roger, a French national who has been with Jetcraft since 2013, is relocating from Miami, U.S.A. to Nice, France, and will cover France, Benelux, Southern Europe
Boeing has named B. Marc Allen as Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, reporting to President and CEO David Calhoun. The company also announced Christopher Raymond as the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a newly created position reporting to Executive Vice President, Enterprise Operations and Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith. The
