Eurocontrol director general David McMillan and International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) director general Don Spruston received 2012 European Business Aviation Awards from EBAA and NBAA on Monday at EBACE.
People
Interviews with people of interest in aerospace, including those in industry, government and AIN’s “Bizav Warriors.” Topics include announcements of personnel changes, awards and final departures.
May 14, 2012 - 6:10pm
Yankee Pacific Aerospace (YPA) has appointed Rick Richardson as vice president of business development, while Harvey Ticlo succeeds Richardson as president of YPA’s Cabin Innovations division. Richardson will continue to support the division in marketing and sales. Ticlo, with more than 20 years of experience, including five in aircraft maintenance and modification facilities in the U.S, has worked on completions on Boeing BBJ and Bombardier Global Express aircraft.
May 14, 2012 - 5:30pm
Abu Dhabi’s Al Bateen Executive Airport (Stand 1943) has named Yousif Hassan Al Hammadi as acting general manager, with immediate effect. Until recently, Yousif was chairman of the organizing committee of Abu Dhabi Air Expo. He is also the president of the recently formed Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association branch in the United Arab Emirates.
May 11, 2012 - 2:25pm
A Fairfax, Va. city judge yesterday threw out the drunk driving charge against former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, after the judge had viewed a video of the traffic stop. Babbitt resigned his post at the FAA last December 6, three days after the incident.
May 3, 2012 - 5:02pm
Eurocopter has appointed Jean-Brice Dumont as its new chief technical officer and head of engineering. He will report to CEO Lutz Bertling and will be a member of the executive committee. Until recently head of the EC225 program, Dumont will succeed Jean-Michel Billig, who will leave the company “in the middle of this year” for a similar position at car manufacturer Renault.
May 3, 2012 - 12:40am
Dennis Keith, president and owner of Jet Solutions, has been selected as chairman of the Air Charter Safety Foundation. He succeeds Jim Christiansen, whose term expires at the end of June.
May 1, 2012 - 4:03pm
JetFlite International reappointed Warren Hogan as its chief pilot. He joined the Long Beach, Calif.-based aircraft charter management firm in 2007 and subsequently became chief pilot, but later relinquished that position to fly as a lead captain on JFI Jets’ GV, logging more than 1,100 hours as a GV captain since 2009. Hogan, who has 32 years of professional aviation experience, has more than 11,000 hours total time. He previously worked for Flexjet, FlightSafety International, Martin Aviation and Petersen Aviation.
April 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
Robert Lewis was named president and CEO of Pentastar Aviation in Waterford, Mich., yesterday. He succeeds Rick Maloney, who retired from Pentastar last month after a four-decade aviation career. Lewis comes to Pentastar from an industrial services company, where he served as senior vice president of corporate development. Previously he was president of aviation contract fuel provider Everest Fuel Management, and before that he was a senior vice president at Sentient Flight Group.
April 19, 2012 - 4:10pm
Aviation Partners promoted Gary Dunn to vice president of sales and marketing. He joined the company in the mid-1990s to support the Gulfstream II blended winglet program and moved to the sales team in 2001. “Over the years he has been responsible for the sales, marketing and product introduction of virtually all our new products,” said company founder and CEO Joe Clark. “In the last two years he has taken over the marketing and advertising duties once performed by the legendary Dick Friel. He has filled those shoes well.”
April 19, 2012 - 12:17pm
Current Pinnacle Airlines COO John Spanjers will replace Sean Menke as chief executive of the Memphis, Tennessee-based regional airline group on June 1, Pinnacle said in a statement issued Thursday. Menke, who, according to Pinnacle, has chosen to resign from the company, has agreed to help with the leadership transition over the next five weeks.
