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Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, a leading general aviation services company, released that Thomas Auten has been named General Manager for its Atlanta FBO at Cobb County Airport (KRYY). The Atlanta facility is part of the growing network of Hawthorne FBOs located throughout the United States.

United Technical Operations reported that Joe Ferreira is retiring after 29 years as a leader in aircraft maintenance and technical operations. EWR Hub VP Don Wright will return to Tech Ops to assume Joe’s responsibilities as Vice President of Maintenance. A 26‐year veteran of the company, Don previously was Managing Director of technical operations, responsible

VAS Aero Services appointed Jeremy Galanti as Director of Sales and Marketing. An experienced aviation industry salesperson, Galanti is responsible for sales and marketing execution for all of the company’s aftermarket parts and service programs, supporting the global business effort from VAS Aero Services’ Delta Airlines satellite facility in Atlanta, GA. Prior to joining VAS,

Executive Vice President and COO Flemming Jensen will leave SAS in May 2015 to assume the position of CEO for DSB A/S. Flemming Jensen has been with SAS since 1989 when he joined as pilot. Since 2008, he has held a number of leading positions within SAS, of which the last three years as Executive

Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) released that Vince Doherty has joined the company as Northeast Regional Manager. Doherty joins DAS with extensive aviation maintenance, regulatory, and compliance software experience. He is also very active in local and national aviation maintenance industry associations, including NBAA, LIBAA, and PAMA.

Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has appointed Laurent Janitza as Vice President Marketing, based in the company’s Singapore office. Mr Janitza, joins LCI with 20 years’ experience in the aerospace sector, much of it in Asia, and was previously with Bombardier Aerospace in Singapore as its Sales Director,

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has appointed John W. Dietrich as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Atlas Air, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, effective October 15th, 2014. Mr. Dietrich will retain his role with the parent holding company and continue to report to William J. Flynn, Atlas Air Worldwide’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

PAS Technologies reported that Dennis C. Hercules, Vice President of Global Human Resources, will retire on December 31st, 2014. Frank Tracano, Jr. succeeds Hercules, effective immediately, and has been appointed Vice President of Business Development, Global Human Resources and Contracts for PAS Technologies. In his new role, Tracano reports to the company’s Chief Executive Officer,

During its last board meeting, members of USAIRE elected Pascal Parant, Vice President of Marketing at AAR, as the new president. Parant succeeds Philippe Bottrie, who decided not to run for a third term after a brilliant presidency. USAIRE’s objective is to foster international understanding and cooperation in the transatlantic aerospace and high-tech communities. Each