Executive AirShare Cofounder and CEO Keith Plumb Leaving Company
/Executive AirShare president and CEO Keith Plumb, who cofounded the company in 2000, is leaving the company. He will remain CEO during a leadership transition.
Read MoreLisa Swartzwelder Named 2018 S&D Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award Winner
/NBAA to present Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association board member Lisa Swartzwelder with the 10th annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award.
Read MorePeter Oncken Joins FAI Group Executive Board
/FAI Group, Germany’s largest business jet fleet operator, announces Peter Oncken, international airline turnaround consultant, has joined the Executive Board to work alongside FAI’s Group Chairman, Siegfried Axtmann and the senior management team at its Nuremberg headquarters.
Read MoreNBAA Announces 400th Certified Aviation Manager
/The National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA’s) Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) program reached a significant milestone this month when Kevin Flynn, director of aviation maintenance with AbbVie Inc. of Waukegan, IL, became the 400th aviation professional to earn CAM certification.
Read MorePeople on the Go/December 21
/Tim Ewell is Chief Pilot for Sacramento, California-based charter operator Axis Jet.
Christine Robinson is Charter Manager for Jet Methods, Inc., the charter operator based in Carlsbad, California.
NBAA Salutes Regional Representative Dean Saucier for 17 Years of Service
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that Dean Saucier, Northeast regional representative, will retire from the organization at the end of 2017, after 17 years of service.
Since joining NBAA in 2000 as one of the association’s first regional representatives, Saucier has been at the forefront of advocacy leadership on behalf of business aviation in some of the most challenging areas in the United States, including New York, while effectively covering a large and diverse Northeastern region, which runs from Maine to Pennsylvania.
Ron Jennings joins C&L Aviation Group as Regional Sales Manager
/Jennings’ experience includes 33 years in the corporate aviation industry. Prior to C&L, Jennings served as Vice President Technical Sales and Services at J.A. Air Center near Chicago, IL and also at Constant Aviation. Prior to that, he held a 17-year tenure at Elliott Aviation beginning as a regional sales manager and progressing to Director of Service Sales and later Completion Sales, while managing inside and technical sales teams. Earlier in his career, he served in an operational role as Director of Maintenance at JetCorp. Throughout his career, Jennings has assisted customers with their technical services sales for many different aircraft types, including Bombardier, Gulfstream, Falcon, Textron, and Embraer.
Read MoreGreg Paxson Joins Air 7 as Director of Maintenance
/Air 7 (www.FlyAir7.com) announces Greg Paxson as Director of Maintenance (DOM). Paxson’s responsibilities will include the oversight of the organization’s maintenance operations, manufacturer-FAA guidelines, strategic aircraft fleet maintenance programs and logistics.
Read MorePeople in the Go/November 17
/Nick Hawks has been appointed Chief Pilot and Learjet 60 Captain for Comair Flight Services. Based at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, CFS offers aircraft sales, charter, management and flight support services.
British contemporary artist Mark Quinn has a series of five works on exclusive display at TAG Farnbourough Airport. TAG Farnborough Airport is a leading business aviation airport in Europe and a key gateway to London.
Mente Group CEO Brian Proctor Elected President & Chairman of NARA
/In his new role, Brian will maintain overall responsibility for the expanding Association, which embraces selected NARA-certified aircraft sales and brokerage businesses, together with aircraft product and service companies.
Brian’s aim is to create a competitive advantage for members and their customers by leveraging NARA’s collective knowledge and resources and continuing to ensure that members abide by the association’s 14-point Code of Ethics which provides standards of business conduct regarding business aircraft transactions.
Nomad Aviation Appoints Roman Hug as Director of Maintenance and CAMO
/Nomad Aviation has appointed Roman Hug as the company’s new director of maintenance and CAMO. Roman Hug is part of the management team and responsible for Nomad Aviation’s technical services. He oversees maintenance and CAMO+ matters of Noman Aviation’s own fleet and jets under aircraft management. This includes Swiss and Maltese registered aircraft.
Read MoreRichard Walker Joins Osprey Flight Solutions as Business Development Director
/“I’m excited to be part of an innovative start-up which is using cutting edge technology to offer the aviation industry an in-flight security and risk assessment solution that’s different to anything being used in the market today,” explained Richard. “I’m looking forward to leveraging the contacts I’ve acquired during my career so far to really take the company forward.”
Read MoreBACA Award for Hunt & Palmer's Young High Flyer
/Dan Litten, Hunt & Palmer Cargo’s youngest team member, was the proud recipient of the “BACA Young Person of the Year Award”.
This coveted accolade is awarded to a young person under 25 years of age who is working within the air charter industry. Nominees are submitted to BACA by their peers and a winner is subsequently chosen from those submissions by the BACA Council panel, taking a number of factors in to consideration, but in particular the example and dedication that the young person has shown in their career to date.
Signum Aviation Appoints Kerry Borrosso-Zakula As Business Development Manager
/In her new role, Kerry Borrosso-Zakula will be responsible for maximizing the sales growth of
international trip support services in the US market by actively pursuing new clients and
business opportunities as well as providing high quality customer service care to the loyal
customer base, established over the past years.
Borrosso-Zakula, an aviation industry veteran brings with her more than 21 years of
experience in sales and marketing and extensive industry and FBO knowledge, accumulated
from her previous roles with leading aviation and flight support companies in the US, where
she held various leadership positions.
Read Moreinternational trip support services in the US market by actively pursuing new clients and
business opportunities as well as providing high quality customer service care to the loyal
customer base, established over the past years.
Borrosso-Zakula, an aviation industry veteran brings with her more than 21 years of
experience in sales and marketing and extensive industry and FBO knowledge, accumulated
from her previous roles with leading aviation and flight support companies in the US, where
she held various leadership positions.
Euro Jet Appoints Paul Lourenco as OCC Manager
/Utilizing his years of aviation experience, Paul will continue Euro Jet’s highest level of flight and ground operations support that it provides every day to its hundreds of customers. Paul will manage the Prague based team of 24/7 multilingual dispatchers that make up this centralized operation coordinating over 8,000 flights a year and countless requests for permits, fuel, catering, and crew hotels and transportation.
Read MoreNew Customer Support Director at TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services Centre
/“This transition comes at a time when TFMS’ Customer Support department is expanding” said, Cyrille Pillet, TFMS Managing Director and VP Maintenance Operations, TAG Aviation Europe. “In addition to the welcome expertise of Mr Bull’s talent and skill base to our frontline team, we have also appointed a new Customer Support Manager, further reinforcing the department and the importance of TAG’s interface with our customers. The handover process will be completed by the end of September to ensure a smooth and seamless transition for TFMS’ customers.”
Read MoreNBAA to Honor Joan Sullivan Garrett, Preston Henne With Association's Highest Awards
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will present its Meritorious Service to Aviation Award to Joan Sullivan Garrett, and its John P. "Jack" Doswell Award to Preston Henne, at the 2017 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), to be held Oct. 10-12, in Las Vegas, NV.
The awards are NBAA's highest honors. The Meritorious Service to Aviation Award recognizes extraordinary lifelong contributions to aviation. The Doswell Award recognizes lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals and objectives of business aviation.
Meridian Names Carlos Rodriguez Hayward General Manager
/Meridian announced that Carlos Rodriguez has been named general manager of Meridian Hayward. Rodriguez had been serving as operations manager at the same location. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operations of the facility, developing the customer base by communicating the intrinsic value of Hayward Executive Airport in the Bay Area, and assuring the service experience reflects Meridian’s high-quality standards. Rodriguez will be managing a staff of 18 employees.
Read MoreWindsor Jet Management Announces Leadership Team Updates
/Windsor Jet’s Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Ignacio Martinez stated, “We are thrilled to announce the recent leadership updates of Mr. Hincapie and Mrs. Arias. Both individuals bring a tremendous amount of experience and expertise in their given areas which will further assist forward momentum for the company and support the continued growth of the business. The new changes in combination with our highly dedicated team of aviation experts in management, flight operations, safety, maintenance and crew will ensure our ongoing success as a leader in the global jet charter business. ”
Read MoreProJet Aviation Promotes Julie O’Brien and Tina Gray to New Leadership Positions At Award Winning Leesburg Executive Airport FBO
/ProJet Aviation, a fixed base operation (FBO) at Leesburg Executive Airport, announced two major promotions on their leadership team: Julie O’Brien to the position of General Manager, and Tina Gray as Controller. O’Brien and Gray will share the primary responsibilities for managing the daily operations of ProJet's flight support activities at Leesburg Executive, which is the second busiest General Aviation (GA) airport in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located 35 miles from Washington DC, Leesburg Executive Airport is a designated reliever airport for Washington-Dulles International Airport.
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