Sizakele Mzimela is the co-founder, CEO and shareholder of South African-based regional airline Fly Blue Crane. She is a veteran aviation and business leader with 20 years of experience in executive leadership roles, including CEO at flag carrier South African Airways (SAA) and regional SA Express....
Flying long distances solo in a bi-plane is daunting enough in modern times; to have done it in the 1930s is bordering on superhuman. PHOTO: English aviation pioneer Amy Johnson, pictured two years before her death in 1941. (Supplied: Rex/Shutterstock) Canada-based British adventurer Trace...
Nexus appointed Omar Halawani president and CEO. Halawani previously spent five years as president and CEO of Masarat Aviation Consulting and before that held roles with Maz Aviation Consultants, Flynas and NetJets Middle East. He succeeds Abdullah Al-Sayed, who became chairman of the Saudi Arabia-based flight operations services company. Al-Sayed, who had been presid...
Thomas Flohr, Founder and Chairman of VistaJet, will receive the "Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year Award." In 2004, Mr. Flohr introduced a revolutionary aviation business model focused entirely around his customers and brand new, identical aircraft. With over 55 Global and Challenger jets, the company has assembled the largest privately owned Bombardier fleet. VistaJet is th...
LMI Aerospace Inc. has announced that its President of Corporate Development & Strategy Lawrence E. “Ed” Dickinson III, plans to retire by the end of the second quarter of 2016. “Ed has been an instrumental leader in the company’s financial health and growth over the past two decades,” said Chief Executive Officer Dan Korte. “He put in plac...
In a continuing effort to strengthen its operations, PEMCO Aviation Maintenance (PEMCO) has named Douglas (Doug) Ragsdale, Director of Quality. He will be based out of the company’s corporate headquarters at Tampa International Airport and report to Ernie Kiss, PEMCO’s Vice President Quality and Engineering. Ragsdale is a proven aviation professional bringing more than 30...
Hawaiian Airlines has announced the appointment of Jon Snook to the position of chief operations officer. Snook, who has served as Hawaiian’s interimCOO since October, oversees all flight operations, in-flight services, customer service, maintenance and engineering, and operations analytics. Hawaiian Airlines Appoints Jon Snook to Chief Operations Officer “In the short time Jo...
Boeing has elected Heidi Capozzi, 46, a corporate senior vice president, and named her to replace Tony Parasida as the company’s human resources leader effective March 1st, 2016. Parasida, senior vice president of human resources and administration, has announced his intent to retire this spring after a 38-year Boeing career. Capozzi, who leads the company’s talent and leadership...
Miguel Pelaez Lira has been named the new head of Mexico's Civil Aviation General Directorate, or DGAC, replacing Gilberto Lopez Meyer. Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, head of the Communications and Transportation Secretariat, which oversees the DGAC, made the appointment on Wednesday. Lopez was recently named the senior vice president for safety and flight operations of the International Air Tran...
Twelve months and 80 signatures: that is what it recently took Rolls-Royce to approve a small change requested by a supplier, symptomatic of a business that had become as complex as the engines it makes to power the world's biggest aircraft. New chief executive Warren East says the number of sign-offs should be closer to 15, and it's an example of the complexity at the company. "...
Safeskies President Emeritus Peter Lloyd has made a tandem skydive over Canberra to celebrate his 95th birthday. The December 15 jump from 14,000ft was Lloyd’s fourth in a series of birthday jumps which began in 2000 with a tandem skydive to celebrate his 80th birthday. Lloyd, who is now blind, was attached to jumpmaster Paul Smith, who was making his 11,111th...
Mr. Ray Conner, President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will be awarded the Living Legends of Aviation’s “Lifetime Industry Leader Award,” with Mr. Steven Udvar-Hazy and Mr. Herb Kelleher presenting. Boeing Commercial aircraft account for the majority of Boeing’s total revenues and with nearly 12,000 jetliners in service worldwide, this is roughly 75 p...
Airbus Helicopters subsidiary Helibras has announced the appointment of Richard Marelli as president, replacing Eduardo Marson. Marelli, 58, is an aeronautical engineer and French citizen, and has been with Airbus Helicopters for more than 30 years. He has been in Brazil since 2010, and most recently was v-p of operations at Helibras's factory in Itajubá. Marson, who has served...
Constanze Hufenbecher succeeds Dr. Peter Jansen Change in Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG in Hamburg: The company’s Supervisory Board has appointed Constanze Hufenbecher to the Executive Board with responsibility for Finance for three years beginning February 1, 2016. She succeeds Dr. Peter Jansen, who will step down as a member of the Executive Board of Luft...
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When Stephanie Goetz recently sat down on Viasat’s viral podcast Above the Noise, one thing quickly became clear: her journey into aviation was anything but conventional. In the e...
