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Air New Zealand has named a former Etihad Airways executive as its new general manager for customer experience. Calum Laming joins Air NZ from Abu Dhabi, where he served as Etihad’s head of guest experience. He previously held senior customer service and marketing roles at Virgin Atlantic and Procter and Gamble. Laming also held in-flight

The aviation industry has lost an iconic figure in the death of James Strong, who firstly oversaw the transformation of TAA into Australian Airlines, and then was head of Qantas for its merger with Australian, and subsequent privatisation. “James Strong passed away peacefully in Sydney on the 3rd March 2013 from lung complications following surgery,”

Australian Aviation took out four of the six categories at the National Aviation Press Club’s Aviation Journalist of the Year awards on Friday night, with the  main prize of Aviation Journalist of the Year awarded to the Australian Financial Review’s Andrew Cleary. Winners of this year’s awards were: This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Etihad CEO James Hogan has been named the Centre for Aviation’s (CAPA’s ) executive of the year while Emirates has been awarded CAPA’s airline of the year for the third consecutive year. Presented for excellence in leadership, Hogan was selected because of the strategic influence he has had on the industry. This content is available