iscoverFormer Qantas and international airline executive, Geoffrey Bowmaker, has been appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Australian Association of Aviation and Aerospace Industries (A4I). Bowmaker, who has spent almost 40 years working in the aviation sector in Australia and overseas, has held leadership roles with Qantas and the national airlines of Fiji, Tonga, Nauru
Etihad Airways has appointed Robin Middleton to manager alliances, where he will oversee Etihad’s relationship with the Virgin Blue Group. Middleton, an Australian national who was formerly Etihad’s regional general manager Americas, will relocate to Brisbane, the home-base of Virgin Blue, to supervise the selling, marketing and distribution of Etihad’s partnership with VB. He was
Bill Horrocks has been appointed as CEO of Aviation Australia. Appointed as acting CEO in September 2010 following the resignation of Paul Bredereck, “Bill has been selected by the board of Aviation Australia to lead the company through a period of renewed growth and to reshape the company to meet the challenges of the external
Author of the recently released history of the F-111 in Australian service From Controversy to Cutting Edge, Air Commodore Mark Lax retired, has been awarded the Order of Australia medal. Announced in the Australia Day honours list, Lax’s OAM is “For service to the community through the research, documentation and recording of Australia’s military history.”
Piper Aircraft has named Michael C Hinderberger vice president of engineering. Hinderberger, who has a broad background in aircraft development programs, will lead a team of over 140 engineers to work on developing Piper’s new single-engine PiperJet Altaire, due to enter service in 2014. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Kim Hammonds has been named chief information officer (CIO) and vice president of Boeing’s Information Technology organisation. Hammonds, formerly vice president of Boeing Information Technology Infrastructure organisation, will replace John Hinshaw, who will be moving on to be vice president and general manager of Boeing’s new Information Solutions division in Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Hammonds’
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