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Avcorp Industries announced the appointment of Brent Collver to the position of President of Comtek Advanced Structures Ltd., the Company’s composite manufacturing subsidiary located in Burlington, ON. As President of Comtek, Mr. Collver succeeds Patrick Whyte and will be responsible for the development and execution of the long-term strategy and growth plans for the business, […]

John Bullis has been appointed as Regional Sales Manager of Northern Europe for Universal Avionics. Mr. Bullis is based out of London, U.K. and responsible for the overall growth and development of Universal Avionics’ product sales in the Northern European region.

Cathay Pacific Airways has appointed Tom Owen to senior vice president, Americas. Owen will be responsible for the overall management of Cathay Pacific’s American operations, and will be based in the company’s US headquarters in San Francisco. Owen is a 17-year veteran of Cathay Pacific Airways, where he has held several management positions around the

In order to better serve growing market opportunities in Asia, UK-based aircraft management company Falko has opened a Representative Office in Singapore. The new office is headed up by Chief Representative Officer, Will van Zeventer. Mr van Zeventer will carry out market research and feasibility studies to identify opportunities for Falko’s existing aircraft portfolio, as

Bernhard Gerwert has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cassidian and Member of the EADS Executive Committee with immediate effect. He will succeed Stefan Zoller who has decided to leave EADS in order to pursue new professional challenges. Stefan Zoller has led the Group’s defence and security Division since 2005.

Air Lease Corporation appointed Carol Forsyte as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, effective September 17, 2012. Previously, Carol Forsyte served as Board Secretary, Chief Governance and SEC Counsel of Motorola Mobility Inc. Prior to the spin-off of Motorola Mobility from Motorola Inc., Ms. Forsyte spent 15 years at Motorola

Southwest Airlines announced that its Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Laura Wright, has advised the Company of her decision to retire. Tammy Romo has been named to succeed Wright as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Romo has been serving Southwest as Senior Vice President of Planning. She

GA Telesis named Rebecca Longo, Vice President of its Aircraft Systems Group. Effective immediately Rebecca will oversee all airframe component sales from the Company’s Ft. Lauderdale headquarters and report into the Paul Lochab, Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Prior to GA Telesis, Rebecca served as the Vice President of Strategic Development for PartsBase, in

Avioserv San Diego announced the opening of its Dallas Texas office. The office will support Avioserv’s customers in the Dallas area and throughout the world.  Avioserv’s new office will be staffed by Kevin Kelly, Avioserv’s Vice President – Engine Sourcing and Shane Stringfellow as Manager – Technical Operations for technical analysis and support.

Jet Aviation restructured its EMEA & Asia organization by forming two separate regional divisions, one for Asia and one for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The company appointed Kim Chan as vice president and head of Jet Aviation Asia and Stefan Benz as vice president MRO and FBO services of its EMEA operations.