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Aircraft controls manufacturer and systems designer Moog has announced several executive appointments, including the naming of Pat Roche as chief executive and the election by the board of Mark Trabert as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Trabert...
Logistics and air cargo business Kuehne + Nagel has announced Vesna Nevisitic will stand for election for the board of directors at the company's annual general meeting in May, as Renato Fassbind steps down. Nevistic was a partner at McKinsey and a managing director...
Aircraft painting and design provider MAAS Aviation has announced Jan van Engelen as its new chief executive, taking over from Tim Macdougald. Described as "an accomplished executive and board member", Van Engelen has over 25 years of international experience in the...
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has announced the appointment of former Airbus and Rolls-Royce executive Alan Mangels as vice president of marketing. Mangels, who joins ACG from CDB Aviation, said he was "humbled and honoured to be joining a team of such accomplished...
Strikes by public sector workers have caused most February 27 flights in and out of Cologne-Bonn and Dusseldorf airports to be cancelled or diverted. "Large parts of the airport staff are taking part," according to a Cologne-Bonn statement. Carrier Eurowings echoed...
Florida-based aerospace business L3Harris Technologies has named Edward A Rice Jr, a retired four-star US Air Force general and former commander of the Air Education and Training Command, to its board of directors. Rice commanded US Forces Japan and the 5th Air Force...
Unum Aircraft Seating's new chairman is Bob Davies, who previously held the same role at Acro Aircraft Seating while Unum founder Chris Brady was chief executive. Davies is to "take on responsibility for ensuring the board is effective in defining and implementing...
Hyundai-owned Supernal has named ex-government official Jay Merkle as senior director of regulatory affairs. US-based Supernal is developing an "advanced air mobility" electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. Merkle worked for 30 years at the Federal...
Pilots with the Air Transport Services Group (ATSG)-owned Air Transport International (ATI) have called on the company to offer them a "next level contract" after last week reporting a record profit in 2022, with earnings per share up 42%. "It is imperative that we...
Chicago-based aviation services business AAR has recruited Tracey Patterson as vice president and chief human resources officer. Patterson joins from Accenture where she led HR operations. “We are very excited about Tracey joining the AAR leadership team,” said John...
After flights in and out of Dublin Airport were again paused on February 21 due to drones being operated nearby, the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA) said it flagged concerns about drones six years ago but got a "poor response". Evan Cullen, the IALPA...
The FedEx Express master executive council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) has unanimously backed the union's pilots holding a strike authorisation vote. The vote decision comes after contract negotiations between the pilots and FedEx...