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Jackson Square Aviation has announced that Osamu (Sam) Muramoto is the new chairman of the aircraft-leasing company. Muramoto succeeds Naoki Sato, managing executive officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & ...

Alaska Airlines board of directors has elected Andrea (Andy) Schneider as senior vice president of people. Meanwhile, the Horizon Air board of directors has elected Matt Prainito as vice president of ...

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz has told CNBC that he will not assume that travellers will feel comfortable on Boeing 737 Max jets, when the aircraft returns to the air. Munoz said: "We will be incred...

AirMap has announced the appointment of Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to the company’s board of directors. Welcoming Wheeler on board, AirMap co-founder ...

TAG Aviation has appointed Pete Beilby as director of flight operations for the UK and Malta with immediate effect. Beilby joins the UK operations of TAG Aviation from Cobham Aviation Services where h...

The Board of South African Airways (SAA) has accepted the resignation of Vuyani Jarana as group chief executive officer (CEO). Jarana has said that he is prepared to work a three-month notice period u...

Aviation finance specialist and aircraft manager Magi Aviation Capital (Magi) has appointed Jelena Stefanovic as its new senior team member.  Stefanovic has worked with distinction in the aircraft fin...

Lufthansa Group chief executive officer, Carsten Spohr, has become the 78th chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term effective. Spohr succeeds Qatar Airways group chief execut...

CDB Aviation has introduced its latest addition to its global commercial team as Luís da Silva has been appointed as head of commercial, the Americas. “We are very pleased to welcome Luís to our growi...

It's being reported by various media outlets that the executive in charge of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner factory in North Charleston, USA is leaving the company, according to an internal memo. David Carbo...

ExpressJet Airlines has appointed Jonyt Meyer as vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Meyer will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy and operations for all of ExpressJet's i...

Flybe has announced that Christine Ourmières-Widener has decided to step down from her role as chief executive officer of Flybe Limited on 15 July. “On behalf of the entire Flybe board, I want to exte...