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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) will open a regional office in Amsterdam later this year. The new office will be managed by Colin Bole, who has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of ILFC Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Boeing has named three Business Development leaders to new positions within its Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business unit: Tom Bell, vice president of Strategic Development for BDS, Bill Bonadio, vice president of Business Development for Network and Space Systems (N&SS), Jeff Kohler, vice president of Business Development for Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA). Previously,

GA Telesis has announced the appointment of Alvin Khoo as Sr. Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Reporting to the CEO, Alvin will oversee financial planning and analysis for all global operations as well as corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, acquisition integration, managing and developing additional banking, and capital markets relationships and other strategic projects.

Avtrade released that after 21 years service with Avtrade, Tim Large has retired from his role as Director, Sales & Technical. Avtrade will continue to benefit from Tim

Dublin based aircraft lessor, AWAS, has appointed Simon Glass to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Glass will be joining AWAS on the 1st February 2011 and will be based in its Dublin headquarters.

Nextant Aerospace, a pioneer in the field of aircraft remanufacturing, has appointed Jerry Bemis Vice President of manufacturing. Mr. Bemis brings with him over 25 years of aviation experience and has led worldwide maintenance efforts for commercial carriers United and Delta Air Lines in addition to the fractional aircraft provider Flight Options.

Boeing has named Robert E. Verbeck chief financial officer of its $34 billion (2009 revenues) Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business. He succeeds Randy Simons, who is retiring. Verbeck most recently served as CFO for the Boeing Military Aircraft business unit of BDS. He previously held posts as BDS controller, program manager for the

Jet Aviation announced the appointment of Don Haloburdo as vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Flight Services, the group

Universal Air Repair reported that Tina Nelson joined the company, as Sales Manager of Calibration & NDI (Non-Destructive Inspection) Services division. UAR, a subsidiary of Universal Asset Management, is an FAA / EASA approved repair station and also operates a commercial ISO-accredited calibration laboratory in Cordova, Tennessee. NDI services are available on-site.

In view of airberlin’s full membership of oneworld that is planned for the start of 2012, it’s Board decided to increase the number of its Executive Board members from the current level of three so that they can all pool their forces in preparation for joining the leading global airline alliance. In future the Executive