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Vueling has strengthened its management team with the internal promotion of Fernando Val and Julio Rodriguez. The two directors have been with the company since 2006 and have held various positions of responsibility within operations and revenue for the airline. Fernando Val was previously Director of quality and safety in-flight and has been promoted to […]

Alaska Airlines President Brad Tilden becomes chief executive officer of Alaska Air Group and its subsidiary carriers, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Tilden, a 21-year veteran at Alaska Air Group, succeeds Bill Ayer, who served as CEO since 2002. Tilden retains his role as president of Alaska Airlines while Ayer remains Air Group’s chairman of

Simone Menne has been appointed to the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG as Chief Financial Officer with effect from July 1st 2012. This decision was taken by the Supervisory Board at its meeting in Cologne on May 7th. Simone Menne succeeds Stephan Gemkow, who is stepping down as CFO in mutual agreement with effect

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Board of Directors has elected Mr. Joseph Weiss as President and CEO of IAI replacing retiring current President & CEO Mr. Itzhak Nissan. Weiss’ nomination is pending approval of Ministers of Defense and Finance. For the past 6 years, Joseph Weiss, has been the Corporate Vice President & General Manager of

Stephan Gemkow, Member of the Executive Board and CFO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 1 June 2006, has asked the Supervisory Board to terminate his tenure prematurely to allow him to pursue individual career opportunities. Stephan Gemkow’s term on the Lufthansa Executive Board was scheduled to run up to 31 May 2014. A decision on

JetBlue Airways (JBLU) announced the appointment of Mark Powers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Powers has served as CFO on an interim basis since October 2011. Prior to joining JetBlue in 2006 as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer, Mr. Powers was an independent advisor to several aviation-related companies and has held a number

Commercial aircraft MRO Jet Midwest Technik appointed Eric Haymes as President of the Kansas City based maintenance operation at the former TWA /American Airlines overhaul facility. Eric will have the responsibility of implementing a number of strategic growth and business expansion initiatives at the heavy maintenance facility. Eric Haymes is the founder of Mojave Jet,

Skyworld Aviation announced the appointment of Tatiana Buryak as Business Development Manager. Tatiana will be based in Moscow and is tasked with expanding aircraft trading activity mainly in Russia, CIS territories and Eastern Europe. Tatiana has an impressive background in commercial aviation in Russia, CIS, Middle East and Africa. Most recently she has worked with

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Hussein Dabbas as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based in Amman, Jordan with effect from 1 June 2012. Dabbas has served as President and CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines since 2009. Dabbas takes over from Dr. Majdi Sabri who will retire

Lease Corporation International (LCI) has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Esteban Tripodi as Executive Vice President, Americas. Mr Tripodi will be based in the company’s New York office. Working across the marketing and capital markets divisions for both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, his primary focus will be on the Americas