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Ray Flower has been appointed Head of Technical College of KLM UK Engineering as of March 1, 2017. KLM UK Engineering is a wholly-owned AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specialising in maintenance & training solutions for regional and narrow-body aircraft fleets. Ray Flower started his career in 1979 and has carried out many aviation training roles […]

Thorsten Dirks took office in Cologne as the new Executive Board member of Lufthansa and CEO of Eurowings. He takes over from Karl Ulrich Garnadt, who is retiring. Dirks was formerly CEO of telecommunications provider Telefónica Deutschland.

ABX Air, has appointed Captain John Maloney as the airline’s Vice President of Flight Operations, reporting to ABX Air President David Soaper. Maloney brings over 25 years of commercial airline experience to the company. Most recently he served as President & Director of Flight Operations for Florida West International Airways. He holds an Airline Transport

Ipeco, the aircraft crew and executive jet seating and galley insert specialist, has opened Ipeco Singapore, its new customer service base for South-East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands. Sam King joins the new regional office as General Manager. He has worked in Singapore for several years and brings with him valuable experience of customer

Canadian airline WestJet has appointed Ed Sims as Executive Vice-President, Commercial. His role has responsibility for all aspects of the commercial function within WestJet including sales, marketing, product, network planning, revenue management, corporate development, airline partnerships and WestJet Vacations. Ed will join WestJet on May 29, 2017.

WestJet has appointed Bob Cummings as Executive Vice-President, responsible for the yet-to-be-named ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC), which will launch late in 2017 or early 2018. Bob will have accountability for all aspects of this new venture, including planning, branding, pricing, product development and operationalization. He will also continue to drive other key strategic initiatives for WestJet.

AAR has promoted John M. Holmes to President and Chief Operating Officer, AAR Corp., effective June 1, 2017. AAR’s Board of Directors also approved Holmes appointment to the Board, effective at its July 11, 2017 Board meeting. Holmes will continue to report to David P. Storch, AAR’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Holmes joined AAR

Bombardier has appointed Jeff Hutchinson as Chief Information Officer, reporting to John Di Bert, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bombardier. In this position, Mr. Hutchinson will be responsible for leading Bombardier’s global IT, digital asset and cyber security functions. In this capacity, he will assume responsibility for establishing a strong portfolio of world-class

GA Telesis Composite Repair Group (CRG) and GA Telesis Component Repair Group Southeast (CRGSE) announced the addition of three veteran sales executives to expand their global sales and solutions footprint. Richard Eusebio will serve as Vice President of Sales for CRG and Phil Nardini will serve as Vice President of Sales for CRGSE. Additionally Ryan

Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has appointed Irene Lores as Global General Aviation Sales and Marketing Manager, effective immediately. Mrs Lores will be based at Air BP’s offices in Madrid, Spain and will be responsible for the company’s global sales and marketing activity in general aviation. She brings over 17