Virgin Australia appoints Judith Crompton as Chief Commercial Officer

Virgin Australia today announced the appointment of Judith Crompton to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. ...

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Lufthansa Supervisory Board appoints two new members to the Group’s Executive Board

Dr. Bettina Volkens to be the new Chief Officer Corporate Human Resources and Legal Affairs, while Harry Hohmeister, CEO of Swiss International Air Lines, assumes the role of Chief Officer G...

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New EADS Board of Directors elects Chairman, Committee Members and approves launch of share buyback programme

At its first formal meeting following today’s completion of the corporate governance changes previously announced pursuant to the Multiparty Agreement entered into by the Company and certain other parties on 5 December 20...

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Delta Names Richard B. Hirst Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has promoted Richard "Ben" Hirst to the position of executive vice president and chief legal officer, effective immediately. In his new role, Hirst will continue reporting to Delta CEO R...

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Tony Douglas to Lead Abu Dhabi Airports Company

Former London Heathrow Chief Executive Tony Douglas has been appointed as CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), it was announced today. Mr. Douglas, formerly CEO at Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), will lead the transformation of Abu Dhabi’s international gateway through one of the most ambitious airport expansion schemes in the world.  ...

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Air travel map being redrawn as global economy evolves, says Etihad Airways CEO

The global air travel map is being redrawn as growth rates slow in traditional markets and surge in evolving economies including India, Africa and Latin America, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airway...

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Virgin America names airline industry veteran Steve Forte as new Chief Operating Officer

Virgin America announced the appointment of thirty-year aviation industry veteran Steve Forte as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer. Forte will be the California-based Read more...

Paul Casey named Island Air CEO

HONOLULU – Paul Casey, former head of Hawaiian Airlines and former president and CEO of the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau, has been named chief executive officer of Island Air. Casey will begin his new posit...

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Lockheed Martin names Orlando Carvalho Executive Vice President, Aeronautics; Lorraine Martin to lead F-35 program

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Orlando Carvalho, 54, to executive vice president of the Aeronautics business area, and Lorraine M...

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Gabriele Del Torchio appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alitalia

The Board of Directors of Alitalia - CAI, which met today under the chairmanship of Roberto Colaninno, co-opted Gabriele Del Torchio to the Board of Directors of the Company and appointed him Chief Executive Officer. ...

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Patrick Ky appointed as new EASA Executive Director

The Management Board of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ky as Executive Director of EASA with effect from 1 September 2013. ...

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Ryanair pilot rewarded for outstanding contribution

Ryanair’s longest-serving pilot Captain John Goss has been awarded the Presidential Citation for his outstanding contribution to the pilot profession by the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Asso...

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Gulfstream promotes Joe Drake to Vice President, Real Estate and Facilities

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has promoted Joe Drake to the position of vice president, Real Estate and Facilities, effective immediately. He will continue to report to Ira Berman, senior vice president, Administration and G...

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Reiner Winkler to become Chief Executive Officer of MTU Aero Engines

The Supervisory Board of MTU Aero Engines Holding AG has appointed the current Chief Financial Officer Reiner Winkler (51) to become Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 1, 2014. He succeeds Egon Beh...

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EADS appoints Guillaume Faury new CEO of Eurocopter as Lutz Bertling departs the Group

The EADS Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Lutz Bertling as Chief Executive Officer of Eurocopter and Member of the EADS Group Executive Committee, effective 30 April 2013. ...

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New appointment in Volga-Dnepr Group

Due to the resignation of Konstantin Vekchine, Sergey Reznikov has been appointed to the position of Vice President, Volga-Dnepr Unique Air Cargo (USA) starting from April 5. ...

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Yann Barbaux appointed Airbus Chief Innovation Officer

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Bombardier appoints new leader at its Amsterdam service centre

Bombardier Aerospace strengthened its position as the maintenance and repair service provider of choice for its European customers with the appointment of industry veteran Ian Ludlow as General Mana...

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Hartmut Mehdorn leaves Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC

Hartmut Mehdorn resigned from his position as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect at today's meeting of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC. He had been a member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 1st J...

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Lockheed Martin Australia announces new appointments to Board Of Directors

Lockheed Martin recently announced the appointment of three new members to its Lockheed Martin Australia board of directors. The appointments are part of the company’s international growth strategy and continued commit...

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Hartmut Mehdorn appointed CEO of Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Hartmut Mehdorn will take over as new head of the airport operating company Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH. ...

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