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AeroCentury, an independent aircraft leasing company, reported that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael G. Magnusson to serve as its Chief Executive Officer, effective September 6, 2016. From 1982 until 2015, Magnusson was with Saab Aircraft Leasing, in positions of increasing responsibility, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2015. As […]

MHS Aviation from Munich, has appointed Petra Steffen as Manager of Communications and International Key Accounts with immediate effect. Petra has 15 years experience in business aviation. Prior to this position she worked as marketing and public relations specialist with OHS Aviation Services in aircraft refurbishment and with Vibroair as sales and marketing director. She

AAR, a global aerospace and defense contractor and leading provider of aviation services to airlines and governments worldwide, has named Marcus Jadotte as its Vice President of Public Affairs. Jadotte, most recently an Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Commerce Department, will establish an AAR office in Washington, D.C., and will be responsible for driving growth

Certified Aviation Services, reported the appointment of Mike Stafford to General Manager of Line Maintenance. Mr. Stafford will be responsible for managing the company’s eleven line maintenance stations while also growing all of CAS’ MRO line maintenance services. Mr. Stafford joins CAS from his most recent position at United Airlines where he held the title

Guus Dekkers, currently Chief Information Officer (CIO) with Airbus and Airbus Group, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities outside Airbus Group as of end of September 2016. Dekkers will be succeeded by Luc Hennekens, currently CIO of Qantas Airways, effective as of October 1st, 2016. In his new role Luc Hennekens

West Star Aviation reported that Rob Jolly has joined its team as Regional Sales Manager for the Western territory covering Arizona, Nevada and California effective August 8, 2016. Rob is taking over for Terry Lutrick who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Cláudia Sofia Simões joins Sapphire Innovation as Head of Global Aviation Engagements. Miss Simões joins Sapphire Innovation from Swiss Aviation Software, a subsidiary of Swiss International Air Lines where she was a Senior Business Consultant for Finance. Prior to joining Swiss Aviation Software, Miss Simões was Head of Finance Planning and Budgeting & Contracts Manager

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) on August 8 officially announced the appointment of Arved von zur Muehlen as Chief Commercial Officer effective from the September 5 2016. Prior to his appointment, Arved was the Senior Vice President of Commercial Network Operations for Qatar Airways, responsible for global sales strategy and development as well as innovation and

Kearns Aerospace Maintenance, a member of The Kearns Group, a fast growing aviation consulting and MRO company, continues to build an industry leading team with the addition of Larry Miller as Quality Assurance (QA) Director and the promotion of Billy Mitchell to VP of Operations. As VP of Operations, Mitchell will be responsible in running

Avtrade has appointed Tom Vansittart as Regional Sales Director with responsibility for Europe and the America’s. A purchasing and supply qualified expert with 18 years’ experience in the aviation industry, Tom brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Avtrade’s sales department. With a background in engineering stores, aircraft interiors procurement, vendor management and more