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Tammy Young has joined Alaska Air Group as vice president of human resources. Young will oversee employee benefits, compensation, training and development, recruitment, workers compensation and the employee travel services department at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

Frontier Airlines announced the appointment of Amit Agarwal as chief information officer of the Denver-based carrier. Frontier also announced the departure of Cliff Van Leuven, the airline’s vice president of customer service since 2004. Jan Fogelberg, currently Frontier’s vice president of commercial technology, will assume the role of vice president of customer service. An experienced

International Aircraft Associates (IAA), an aftermarket Material and Technical Support Services company, announced the appointment of Al Vorhauer as Vice President, Operations effective immediately. In this new position, Vorhauer will be an integral part of IAA’s strategic growth plan. His expertise coupled with a vast aviation background will fortify IAA’s business operations and growth.

Air Canada announced the appointment of Klaus Goersch as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.  In this role he will have responsibility for the safe, reliable and cost-effective operation of the airline. Mr. Goersch will have oversight for all key operating areas including flight operations, maintenance and engineering, airports, in-flight service, and systems operations

Rockwell Collins announced the appointment of Robert K. (Kelly) Ortberg as the company’s president. He joins Clayton M. (Clay) Jones, who continues as chairman and chief executive officer, in the newly formed Office of the Chief Executive. The appointment is effective immediately. As president, Ortberg is primarily responsible for the operational management of the company,

Altan Büyükyılmaz has been assigned as the new Executive Vice President (Commercial Affairs) to Turkish Technic, the MRO subsidiary of Turkish Airlines. This position was previously held by Dr. Fuat Oktay, who is now a member of Turkish Technic’s Board of Directors. Altan Büyükyılmaz studied Electronics and Communication Engineering and has been active in technology

bmi regional, now privately owned by Sector Aviation Holdings, (SAH) and with a strong new management team headed by Executive Chairman Ian Woodley, will start flying under a new ‘BM’ IATA designator to an expanded route network on Sunday, 28th October, the airline confirmed in Dublin. Speaking at the European Regions annual General Assembly as

Denis P. Kalscheur has been named Chief Executive Officer of Aviation Capital Group (ACG), effective January 1, 2013. ACG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company and is engaged in the acquisition and leasing of new commercial jet aircraft to the world’s airlines. Mr. Kalscheur will succeed R. Stephen Hannahs, who will

The appointment of Anthony Pope as an Executive Vice President of Nexcelle was announced on September 17th, by this joint venture of GE’s Middle River Aircraft Systems and the Safran group’s Aircelle, which is developing new-generation jet engine nacelle solutions for integrated propulsion systems. Pope is a GE employee, and takes on responsibilities in his

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) announced a further strengthening of its top management team. Kim Graven-Nielsen has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, having served as adviser and Vice Chairman of the company since 2009. Kim previously served as CEO in, among others, Thomson-Thomson Inc. and Esko-Graphics and lived abroad for several years. He has also held