Adelaide Airport Ltd has announced that Chris Griffiths has been appointed as the manager of Parafield Airport. In the new role, Griffith will be responsible for all aeronautical and commercial functions at Parafield, with an emphasis on the operational nature of the airfield and its interaction with the community. Prior to the new role, Griffiths
A dispute between Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Virgin Blue has reportedly delayed the relaunch of the airline until the start of next year, with the airline’s new name and branding understood to be the major sticking point. The two businesses have been involved in an ongoing dispute over the ‘V Australia’ name which
NSW Department of Education chief information officer (CIO) Stephen Wilson will take on the same role with Qantas from August 30, according to reports, replacing Segar Reddy, who has resigned. Wilson will report to Qantas group executive corporate services and technology David Hall. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation
Virgin Blue CEO John Borghetti has issued a memo to Virgin Blue staff outlining his new executive team, as well as plans to integrate the airline group’s long haul and short haul operations more closely. Under the planned changes, V Australia’s operations will become integrated with those of Virgin Blue, reversing the current structure which
Virgin Blue has reportedly hired three Qantas executives to bolster its push into the lucrative corporate and government travel markets. According to Fairfax Media reports, Virgin has poached Qantas’s former head of government relations Jane McKeon, who will take on a similar role at Virgin based in Canberra in coming months. Virgin has also managed
ATR’s board has appointed Filippo Bagnato as its CEO, succeeding Stéphane Mayer who has come to the end of his three year term. Filippo Bagnato previously served successfully as CEO of ATR between 2004 and 2007. During the last three years, while he was Finmeccanica executive vice president technical, industrial and commercial development, and was