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HAITEC has strengthened its Senior Management Team with the appointment of Mathias Steinberg as Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Executive Board. He brings vast experience with 18 years in Business Development, Sales and Marketing during which he held management positions in the aviation industry with RUAG Aerospace Services, STTS Germany GmbH, Thomas Cook […]

Air Partner, the global aviation services group, has appointed Jon Cavalli as a Trading Manager in the UK Commercial Jets division. Jon is a highly experienced manager and broker, and joins Air Partner from Air Charter Travel, where he spent the last 17 years as a Charter Sales Manager. Jon specialises in the sports market,

Spirit AeroSystems has named Tom Gentile as executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO). Gentile will join the company April 1st, reporting directly to Spirit President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Lawson. Gentile has held a succession of leadership roles at General Electric divisions over the last two decades, most recently serving as president

BAE Systems has appointed Charles Woodburn in the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer. Charles will report to Ian King, Chief Executive as an Executive Committee member and will be appointed to the BAE Systems Board as an executive director during the second quarter of 2016

André Wall has assumed his duties as Iberia’s new Chief Technical Officer, on February 15th, 2015, responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Iberia fleet as well as those of the more than 100 airline customers of Iberia Maintenance. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from Berlin’s TFH Technical University, Wall has had

Avtrade reported the addition of three new managers to the Sales department. These appointments will continue to increase the high levels of support Avtrade offers to all its customers. Lucinda Szuromi and Irina Hood have been appointed as Regional Account Managers and Jordan Whibley as the new Stock/AOG Manager.

Philippe Couteaux has joined Aircelle in the roles as Vice President for Strategy, and Vice President of the company’s Customer Support and Services operation. Couteaux will direct Aircelle’s processes and innovation to expand and strengthen the company’s position in its core markets as Aircelle develops additional nacelle systems and ramps up their production.

JetBlue, New York’s Hometown Airline, appointed John Culp to the role of Vice President Inflight-Experience and Rachel McCarthy to the role of Vice President Talent, effective this month. Culp, most recently served as JetBlue’s Director – Inflight Field Operations. He steps into the helm of JetBlue’s second-largest workgroup during a year of significant growth for

After 4 years heading up several KLM E&M’s Aircraft Hangar Maintenance divisions, Dennis Wetjens has taken up his new position as Managing Director at EPCOR, the AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specializing in the repair and maintenance of pneumatic systems and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). He takes over from Romain Helmer, now AFI KLM E&M VP

Bombardier appointed Chris Milligan Vice President, Services Sales and Authorized Service Facilities (ASFs). Mr. Milligan will be based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Milligan began his career with Bombardier in 1996 within its then fractional jet ownership division, and has since held diverse positions of increasing scope and complexity. Most recently within the Service Centre Network,