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The Air France-KLM Board of Directors met on May 1st 2016. Following the unanimous recommendation of the Nomination and Governance Committee, the Board has decided that Jean-Marc Janaillac should become the Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer when Alexandre de Juniac leaves this position. Since 2012, Jean-Marc Janaillac has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer […]

American Airlines Group has promoted Heather Garboden to Vice President – Financial Planning. In this role, she will be responsible for the airline’s capital and operating budget, long-range financial planning, forecasting systems and management of the company’s corporate purchasing department. She will report to Devon May, American’s Senior Vice President – Finance.

CTC Aviation has appointed former Head of Short Haul for British Airways, Robin Glover-Faure, to the position of Vice President, Airline Training. Robin will be responsible for working closely with both CTC Aviation and L-3 Link UK’s airline and industry partners to create customer-focused, next-generation pilot training solutions.

PPG has reported that Adriana Macouzet, currently general manager, Latin America North, is appointed vice president, Latin America, and general manager, protective and marine coatings (PMC), Latin America, effective June 1st. Macouzet will provide regional leadership for Latin America overall, excluding PPG Comex, and have direct accountability for the PMC business in the region.

The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has appointed four new executives to the governing Council of the Association. The appointments were made following elections at the March council meeting, the newly elected members of the Council will take their position as from the April 14th meeting of the Council. Chris Mace of SaxonAir, Tim Procter

CommutAir announced three executive appointments to its Maintenance & Technical Operations organization as it establishes the platform to triple the size of its fleet and expand its flying footprint when it inducts 40 Embraer 145 aircraft under the previously announced United Express agreement. Robert Degrie joins as Director of Technical Services. He will be responsible

Mesa Airlines announced that Jameson Año will join the Company as its next Vice President of Inflight Services. Jameson brings more than 25 years of airline industry experience to the role. Año began his career as a flight attendant at both Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. In his 20 years at United, he held numerous

United Continental Holdings reported additional changes to its Board and a settlement agreement with Altimeter Capital Management, LP and PAR Capital Management, under which two of their designees, Edward L. Shapiro, Managing Partner and portfolio manager at PAR, and Barney Harford, former Chief Executive Officer of Orbitz Worldwide, will immediately join the Board. United will

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) announced a further strengthening of its top management team as its growth in the sector continues apace. The new arrival to the top management is Michael Østerlund Madsen, who joins NAC as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Management, effective March 15th, 2016. Having held several executive positions in

Thomas Rueckert has become head of aircraft overhaul services at Lufthansa Technik. The 45-year-old industrial engineer has replaced Soeren Stark, who has been appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo as COO. In his new function Thomas Rueckert will lead the international overhaul network of Lufthansa Technik with eight sites in Europe, Asia and