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Constant Aviation announced the addition of Jason Kanyuh to the organization as the Embraer 450/500 Program Manager. Jason joins the team with over 15 years of experience in the aviation industry. Prior to joining Constant Aviation, Jason worked as the Manager of Maintenance Operations and as the Hawker Program Manager at Flight Options.

Avtrade has appointed Joanne Burkby as Sales Manager – New Product Services. An Aviation professional with over 25 years of representing OEM’s worldwide for a vast range of expendable products, Joanne will be responsible for leading sales for Avtrade New Product Services (NPS). Customer focused, Joanne’s experience of providing high quality customer support to Corporate,

Aviation Technical Services (ATS) appointed Doug Dalbey as Vice President of Quality, Safety and Technical Training effective January 4th, 2016. In this newly-created position, Dalbey will have oversight of ATS’ primary values – safety and quality. He will manage the safety, quality and training divisions at ATS’ facilities in Everett and Moses Lake, WA; Kansas

Alaska Airlines has named 20-year airline maintenance and operations veteran Greg Mays vice president of labor relations. In his new role Mays will be responsible for all labor matters at Alaska Airlines and lead the collective bargaining process for the airline. He will officially transition to the position on Jan. 15, 2016.

Southwest Airlines reported that Tom Nealon will join Southwest Airlines in January 2016 as Executive Vice President Strategy & Innovation. Until recently, Nealon served Southwest as a member of its Board of Directors.

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has appointed a new leadership team. Perry Cantarutti has been named as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Wisbrun takes over as the Chairman of the Governing Board. The appointments were confirmed on November 19th at a meeting of the alliance’s Governing Board, which is composed of CEOs and Chairmen of

Jettainer, international service partner for outsourced ULD management in the air freight sector, has appointed Thorsten Riekert as its new sales director. With his help, the company is aiming to progressively expand its customer base and therefore continue its global expansion course. Thorsten Riekert has held various senior positions in sales operations within the Lufthansa

Nordic Aviation Capital appointed Søren M. Overgaard as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Søren has played a key role within NAC’s senior management team for the past three years, joining in 2012 as Chief Financial Officer. He previously held senior positions with blue chip transportation company, the AP Moller Group, Maersk and Damco Europe. He

Chromalloy has named Brian Sartain, a senior aerospace executive, as the company’s Vice President, Commercial Aero & Military Strategic Business Unit (SBU). “Brian has a terrific track record in growing aerospace businesses and units, including technical achievement, new product introduction, and expanded customer relationships,” said Carlo Luzzatto, President. “We welcome his tremendous expertise and leadership.”

American Airlines Group promoted Bill Cade to Vice President – Base Maintenance and Engines and Craig Barton to Vice President – Technical Services. The appointments fill two existing positions within the maintenance organization and are effective immediately.