Airbus has announced that Benoit Defforge has been appointed Managing Director, Airbus Corporate Jets. The appointment, effective from January 1 will see Defforge head up Airbus’s corporate jet business globally, and will be combined with his previous role as Head of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Vincent Frascogna as Manager Western Australia. Mr Frascogna will be based in Perth, and the appointment comes as the airline prepares to commence services to Perth in July. He was previously based at Etihad’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi where he was Head of Commercial Development. This content is
Singapore Airlines has announced that Tan Tiow Kor has been appointed as the airline’s new regional vice president for the Southwest Pacific. Tan will assume the role on February 17, replacing Subhas Menon who has been appointed as regional vice president Europe, based in London. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Former OzJet CEO and Rex executive Hans van Pelt has been appointed as Tourism Tasmania’s Director of Aviation and Access Development. The position is a new one which Tourism Tasmania says was created as part of the state government’s response to the Tasmanian Access Report released at the end of 2012. It will have responsibility
Hawker Pacific has announced the appointment of Nick Jones to the position of Vice President – Aircraft Sales. The company says that, effective immediately, Jones will be responsible for the leadership and development of the Hawker Pacific Aircraft Sales Group (fixed and rotary wing) in the Asia/Pacific region. This content is available exclusively to Australian
The famous NASA Dryden Center at Edwards AFB in California is to be re-named in honour of Neil Armstrong, the naval test pilot who was the first human to walk on the moon. US President Barack Obama has signed the congressional resolution required to redesignate NASA’s Hugh L Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil