Trenchard Aviation Group has appointed Gary Smith as its new Chief Operating Officer. With over 25 years senior management experience in Airline Engineering and MRO, Smith will be responsible for all operations across manufacturing, parts and repairs, and on-wing services. Gary has extensive knowledge of Trenchard Aviation customers’ requirements, having been Head of Engineering and
Ailing government-owned Malaysian Airlines Berhad (Malaysian Airlines) has a newly appointed non-executive chairman, YBhg Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin (Wan Zulkiflee), effective July 1, taking over from Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof who resigned in March. Malaysian Airlines has been struggling in the wake of the disappearance of Flight MH370 and the downing of
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. (CDB Leasing), has announced the latest addition to its Dublin-based leadership team, Paul Boyle, who has been appointed as Head of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Commercial, leading the lessor’s commercial activity within the region. Boyle will drive commercial
JetHQ is expanding its team of aircraft professionals with the addition of an experienced aircraft transactions specialist. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company has announced that Josh Tremain has joined as its Manager of Contracts and Business Development. Tremain comes to the company with more than 12 years of aviation experience as an escrow agent
Fraport AG’s Supervisory Board, in an extraordinary meeting has elected Hessian finance minister Michael Boddenberg as new chairman. Boddenberg succeeds Karlheinz Weimar, who stepped down at the close of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 27, after leading the Supervisory Board for more than 16 years. Michael Boddenberg: “Frankfurt Airport is a leading international
Universal Avionics (UA) has announced the restructuring of its executive team with Gil Rivnai appointed as Vice President of Engineering and Marc Bouliane’s previous role as Vice President of Business Development expanded to include Marketing and Services. “We are focused on uniting, extracting synergies, and leveraging our competencies throughout the entire organization,” said Dror Yahav,
The Board of Directors of Leonardo met for the first time on May 20, under the chairmanship of Luciano Carta. At the meeting, the Board confirmed Alessandro Profumo as Chief Executive Officer by conferring, in line with the previous structure, all the related powers for the unitary management of the company and the group.
Vx Capital Partners (Vx) has promoted Bashir Agah to General Counsel. Agah will oversee and hold responsibility for all Vx Capital’s legal affairs. Before joining Vx, Agah served as Corporate Attorney for ORIX Aviation Systems, Corporate Attorney at Mesa Air Group, and Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright.
SAS has appointed Magnus Örnberg as new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Magnus Örnberg’s most recent position is that of CFO for the SAAB AB defense and security group, a position he has held since 2012. Örnberg is a well-established and valued CFO with comprehensive financial experience from large, listed international industry
C&L Aerospace has appointed Javier Hernandez Regional Sales Manager for Central and South America including Mexico. Hernandez is an experienced aircraft parts sales leader with a proven track record of creating innovative solutions for customers. Hernandez will further develop C&L’s relationships with Latin American regional airlines, specializing in ATR, ERJ, Beech 1900, and Saab 340
