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Virgin America announced the appointment of John MacLeod as the Company’s new Senior Vice President of Planning and Sales. MacLeod will lead sales, revenue management, network planning and alliances for the airline. With an impressive depth and breadth of experience in the airline industry that includes revenue management, network planning and alliance development, MacLeod will […]

Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Ltd. (JorAMCo), a leading aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility based in Amman, Jordan, announced the appointment of Osama Fattaleh as Chief Executive Officer. A veteran business leader, Mr. Fattaleh brings to JoAMCo over 25 years of experience in diverse industries. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing

CIRCOR Aerospace announced the appointment of Steve Alford as the Vice President/General Manager for the CIRCOR Aerospace California businesses. Alford will have full responsibility for the implementation of CIRCOR’s growth, productivity and factory execution strategy across the California businesses.

Southwest Airlines announced executive changes at the Company. Teresa Laraba, most recently Southwest’s Senior Vice President of Customer Services, has been named the airline’s Senior Vice President of Customers. In this new role, Laraba will continue to provide senior Leadership for three departments: Customer Support & Services, Customer Relations & Rapid Rewards, and Customer Services.

Dr. Christoph Franz, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, has been elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG. In addition, on July 24, 2012, the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG appointed Dr. Johannes Bussmann to the Executive Board with responsibility for Human Resources, Engine & VIP Services. Bussmann will take over this

On July 18th 2012, Mr. Liao Linghong was appointed as Executive Director of Operation, of Ameco Beijing. Prior to this new position, Mr. Liao was the Deputy General Manager of Chengdu Maintenance Base, Air China Technics. Futhermore, Ameco Beijing named Mr. Liu Chunxi as Executive Director of the Safety & Management Division. Mr. Liu was

Boeing announced that Bernie Dunn will succeed Boeing Turkey president Greg Pepin, who will retire from the company in October. Dunn will be responsible for coordinating all Boeing business activities in Turkey and report to Shep Hill, president, Boeing International and senior vice president, Business Development and Strategy. Dunn joins Boeing from ITT Defense International,

Triumph Group (TGI) released that Jeffry D. Frisby has been named Chief Executive Officer of Triumph by the company’s Board of Directors, succeeding Richard C. Ill. Mr. Ill will remain as Chairman. Mr. Frisby joined the company in 1998 as President of Frisby Aerospace, upon its acquisition by Triumph. In 2000, he became Group President

Air Canada announced the appointment of Derek Vanstone as Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Industry and Government Affairs effective September 10, 2012. Mr. Vanstone, currently Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, was Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2010. He previously practiced law in Toronto with Gowling Lafleur

At the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft general meeting on July 12th in Moscow, the Board of Directors re-elected Igor Y. Ozar as the Chairman of the Baord of Directors of JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft” (SCAC). The board of directors also appointed Vladimir S. Prisyazhnyuk as SCAC President.