iscoverLAN Airlines has announced that Mauricio Hughes has been appointed to the new role of Sydney Airport operations and contract manager. Hughes has been with LAN for five years in roles including process management, passenger systems, and airport management, and in his new role will take responsibility for all aspects of LAN’s Sydney Airport operations.
Former Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey has been recruited to stand for election as a director to the board of Auckland Airport at its annual meeting on October 28. The airport is urging shareholders to vote in favour of Godfrey’s appointment. Godfrey is also a director of Canadian carrier WestJet. Want to see more stories
Qantas’s group executive government and corporate affairs David Epstein will leave the airline in December to take up a position as head of government affairs at BHP Billiton. Epstein joined Qantas in 2008, and before that was chief of staff for former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Former Qantas chief financial officer Colin Storrie has been hired by Investec’s Global Aircraft Fund to sit on its investment committee. Storrie left Qantas in March for personal reasons. Former Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has also sat on the same investment committee, but stepped down prior to being appointed as CEO of Virgin
Singapore Airlines has announced that Goh Choon Phong will succeed long time chief executive Chew Choon Seng when he retires at the end of December 2010. Goh has worked at SIA since 1990 and is currently executive vice president for marketing and the regions, having been appointed to the post earlier this year after four
The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has announced that Caroline Wilkie has been appointed as its executive director, with Ken Leach retiring after nearly 13 years in the position. Wilkie will take on the position in early October before the AAA’s annual convention and technical workshop in Adelaide. She was previously the national manager airports and
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