Kiri Hannifin has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Sustainability Officer, an executive position recognising the importance of sustainability across all aspects of the company’s operation and increased focus the airline is placing on addressing its environmental impact. Ms Hannifin is the Director of Corporate Affairs, Quality, Health & Safety and Sustainability at Cou
Skyrora has appointed a new Chief Operations Officer, Lee Rosen, Colonel, US Air Force (ret), ex-VP of Mission and Launch Operations, and Customer Operations and Integration at SpaceX. As a SpaceX veteran of over 150 missions, Rosen brings his extensive operational expertise as the company aims to be the first UK company to launch from British soil, experience that will be vital given Sk
Cadence Aerospace announces the appointment of Scott Ransley to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Cadence Aerospace Engines Systems Business Unit, effective today. New leadership appointment concurrent with retirement of Cadence Executive Kevin Martin. Mr. Ransley reports directly to Olivier Jarrault, Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Aerospace. With Centers of Excellence
Breeze Airways appoints Michael Wuerger as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Wuerger will be replacing Tom Anderson, Breeze co-founder and COO for the last three years, who has decided to retire following the successful addition of the Airbus A220 aircraft to the Breeze fleet. Mr. Wuerger comes to Breeze with 30 years of aviation industry experience, including an extensive background in airline
In line with the gradual recovery of the aviation market, CEO Martin Gauss and the Latvian airline airBaltic announces that it has started recruitment of a total of 120 additional pilots, including graduates of the airBaltic Pilot Academy. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic : “While we continue to employ our airBaltic Pilot Academy gra
Canada’s flight attendant union (CUPE) says hundreds of flight attendants are being forced work for free every day as they manage hours-long delays on tarmacs due to archaic airline policies and understaffing at Canadian airports. As air travel ratchets back up to pre-pandemic levels, understaffing at security and customs has led to lengthy delays – regularly two hours or more – at both e
Tata Sons today announced Mr Campbell Wilson’s appointment as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Managing Director (MD) of Air India. The Air India board approved the appointment of Mr Wilson subject to requisite regulatory approvals. Mr Wilson, 50, has 26 years of aviation industry expertise across both full service and low-cost airlines. He is the CEO of Scoot, the wholly-owned low
Qatar Airways has started recruiting additional cabin crew, lounge staff and contact center employees in Manila, Cebu, Clark and Davao this month. Qatar Airways chief customer experience officer Rossen Dimitrov told the Inquirer the airline aimed to hire a “significant number of staff from the Philippines” to meet the pent-up demand for travel. - Our strategy has always been clear since
British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle is shaking up his executive team. In his top management team, he has brought in Dirk John, as new new chief digital and transformation officer with extensive experience from McKinsey and the aviation industry, Calum Laming as the airline's new chief customer officer, and Jason Mahoney as chief technical officer. We’re navigating an extremely ch
L3Harris Technologies today announced that Joanna L. Geraghty, President and Chief Operating Officer of JetBlue Airways Corporation, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Her addition expands the L3Harris Board to 14 members. “Joanna is a proven leader who brings deep expertise and experience across business, operations, technology and talent domains, including from her current role
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), the leading independent provider of maintenance support and financial services to the business aviation industry, has appointed Tim Elberfeld as chief financial officer and named Ken Goodman as chief underwriting officer. Both Elberfeld and Goodman will report directly to the CEO, Neil Book. Elberfeld brings more than 20 years of experience across global
AerAdvise, the international aviation technical asset management services subsidiary of Tekunh Group, today announces the appointment of Mick Byrt, as COO of Technical Operations in the AerAdvise business. Byrt will report directly to Pat Toner, Group CEO in AerAdvice. Mike has over 35 years' experience in the aviation industry and has most recently held the position of Technical Services
Aviation fuel and cost management specialist, Skymetrix, has appointed a new CEO to lead the company through its next exciting phase: Michael Scheidler. Michael started his career at Lufthansa and has held senior roles at Thomas Cook, Rivus Fleet Solutions and EO Charging — one of Europe's fastest growing companies. He also has expertise in transformational change and dat
Breeze Airways welcoming two new leaders to its executive team as it expands its fleet and national footprint. Tom Doxey will join in the new role of President, while Natalie Atwood has been named Chief People Officer. An airline industry veteran, Tom Doxey comes to Breeze from United Airlines where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations, overseeing the a
Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, has today announced the appointment of Marco di Mario as its new Senior Vice President of Fuels. Marco joins Menzies’ fuels leadership team with a wealth of experience in aviation fuels, gained over 20 years in the industry. Most recently, Marco was Vice President Operations & Assets at aviation fuels service provider Skytank
