Aviation News

American Airlines Names Vicente Reynal to its Board of Directors

American Airlines announced this week the election of Vicente Reynal to its board of directors. “We are very excited to welcome Vicente to American’s board of directors,” said American’s Chairman Doug Parker. “Vicente has extensive experience leading global industrial businesses, and his proven ability to navigate complex operational issues and create shareholder value will be important assets to

September 7, 2022 Read more

Emirates appoints Abdulla Adnan as new Country Manager Tanzania

With almost 8 years of management experience from Emirates, Abdulla Adnan has been selected to manage Emirates operation in Tanzania. He takes over from Majid Al Falasi, who will take on the role of Country Manager - Sudan. In a statement, Emirates said that the role, effective from July 2022, sees Adnan leading the airline’s operations, customer sales and promotions, cargo, and airport operations

September 7, 2022 Read more

IndiGo Appoints Pieter Elbers as new CEO

Petrus Elbers has joined IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.) as the Chief Executive (CEO) with effect from Tuesday. Elbers replaced Ronojoy Dutta (71), who is set to retire on September 30, 2022.

September 7, 2022 Read more

Cathay Pacific and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University sign Cadet Pilot programme agreement

Cathay Pacific and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today signed a three-year agreement to collaborate on a new integrated course for Cathay Pacific’s Cadet Pilot training programme that will cultivate local aviation industry talent and develop Hong Kong as a hub for aviation training. Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Officer Augustus Tang and PolyU Council Chairman Dr Lam Tai-fai welcom

September 6, 2022 Read more

Lufthansa plans to hire 20,000 new workers.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said today that the airline wants to hire 20,000 employees by the end of next year.

September 6, 2022 Read more

BagsID Appoints Dave Bakker as CEO

BagsID today announced the appointment of Dave Bakker as Chief Executive Officer.

September 6, 2022 Read more

Abu Dhabi Airports Appoints Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri as New MD & CEO

Abu Dhabi Airports has appointed H.E. Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

September 5, 2022 Read more

daa Appoints Catherine Gubbins As Interim Chief Executive Officer

daa is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Gubbins as Interim Chief Executive Officer, while the process to recruit a new permanent CEO continues. This follows the departure of Dalton Philips to take up a new role as Chief Executive Officer of Greencore Group plc.

September 4, 2022 Read more

PLAY will hire 200+ new employees

"Our biggest objectives this coming winter are receiving four new aircraft, which will be added to our fleet next year, and hiring more crew members. 300 great people are already working at PLAY and that group will be even bigger next year when we will hire 200 more,” says Birgir Jonsson, PLAY‘s CEO. PLAY is a new Icelandic low-cost airline operating flights between North America and Europe. PLAY

September 4, 2022 Read more

Flexjet Once Again Honored as One of Northeast Ohio’s Best Places to Work

Flexjet LLC, offering travelers access to the world’s most luxurious fleet of private jets, today announced that it has been named by the Employers Resource Council (ERC), producer of the NorthCoast 99 Awards, as one of the 99 best places to work in Northeast Ohio for the 19th year overall and the 14th consecutive year.

September 4, 2022 Read more

Spire Global Appoints Boyd Johnson as Chief Legal Officer

Spire Global, Inc., a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced that it has appointed Boyd Johnson as Chief Legal Officer. He will serve on the company’s executive team and report to Peter Platzer, CEO and Co-Founder of Spire. Mr. Johnson will replace Ananda Martin, who served as General Counsel since 2018. As an expert in corporate compliance, governance

September 2, 2022 Read more

ADPma Expands Management Team with New Vice President of Sales

ADPma announced today that Tim O'Keefe has been appointed as Vice President of Sales. ADPma is experiencing continued global business growth momentum for its precision propriety aircraft parts. "I am excited to have a top aviation industry executive like Tim joining our leadership team as VP of Sales. Especially this year while recovery maintains an upward trajectory and with ADPma's continued rel

August 29, 2022 Read more

Etihad pilot makes history as UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in commercial aviation

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, this week celebrated Captain Aisha Al Mansoori who has become the UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in a commercial airline. This is a significant milestone for aviation within the UAE and part of Etihad’s efforts to expand the roles of women in aviation, in particular the pilot community. The command upgrade ceremony took place at Etihad's Crew Br

August 29, 2022 Read more

HAECO appoints Chief Commercial Officer

HAECO today announced the appointment of Mr Gerald Steinhoff as Chief Commercial Officer effective 1 January 2023. He will succeed Mr Richard Kendall who will be retiring from Swire group, the parent company of HAECO, at the end of the year.

August 26, 2022 Read more

American Airlines Names Ganesh Jayaram Chief Digital and Information Officer

American Airlines announced this week that Ganesh Jayaram has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO), effective Sept. 1. Jayaram will report to American’s CEO Robert Isom.

August 26, 2022 Read more