iscoverQantas chief financial officer Colin Storrie has announced that he will resign from the company and its board from March 5 to spend time with his family for personal and health reasons. “Colin Storrie has contributed greatly to Qantas maintaining a strong financial position during his time as CFO and before that as deputy CFO,”
Former Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has been appointed the new CEO of Virgin Blue effective May 8, succeeding the retiring Brett Godfrey. “We are delighted to have John join us,” Virgin Blue Holdings Limited chairman Neil Chatfield said in a March 2 statement. “He is a highly regarded executive with deep aviation experience
South African Airways has appointed Siza Mzimela as its CEO, effective April 1. Mzimela is currently the CEO of domestic carrier SA Express, and has extensive experience in managing airlines throughout Africa. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian
One time Australian Aviation ‘Defence Update’ columnist T Max Hawkins passed away in Sydney on February 16, aged 83. Hawkins was a well known and respected defence writer, editing the Defence Industry Newsletter and the Australian Defence Report for many years, and wrote the ‘Defence Update’ column in Australian Aviation from the early 1980s through
Airbus has announced that Didier Lux has been appointed as its executive vice president of customer services, effective April 1. Lux is currently EVP quality and will succeed Charles Champion, who has recently been chosen as EVP engineering. Airbus has appointed Pilar Albiac Murillo to succeed Lux as its new head of quality and lean
Archerfield Airport Corporation has announced that former Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Corrie Metz has been appointed as the new general manager of Archerfield Airport. Prior to retiring from the RAAF in February, Metz was Chief of Staff for Combat Support Group, with primay responsibility of managing the development of fixed and expeditionary airbase
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