NBAA Announces 400th Certified Aviation Manager
/People on the Go/December 21
/Tim Ewell is Chief Pilot for Sacramento, California-based charter operator Axis Jet.
Christine Robinson is Charter Manager for Jet Methods, Inc., the charter operator based in Carlsbad, California.
NBAA Salutes Regional Representative Dean Saucier for 17 Years of Service
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that Dean Saucier, Northeast regional representative, will retire from the organization at the end of 2017, after 17 years of service.
Since joining NBAA in 2000 as one of the association’s first regional representatives, Saucier has been at the forefront of advocacy leadership on behalf of business aviation in some of the most challenging areas in the United States, including New York, while effectively covering a large and diverse Northeastern region, which runs from Maine to Pennsylvania.
Ron Jennings joins C&L Aviation Group as Regional Sales Manager
/Greg Paxson Joins Air 7 as Director of Maintenance
/People in the Go/November 17
/Nick Hawks has been appointed Chief Pilot and Learjet 60 Captain for Comair Flight Services. Based at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, CFS offers aircraft sales, charter, management and flight support services.
British contemporary artist Mark Quinn has a series of five works on exclusive display at TAG Farnbourough Airport. TAG Farnborough Airport is a leading business aviation airport in Europe and a key gateway to London.
Mente Group CEO Brian Proctor Elected President & Chairman of NARA
/In his new role, Brian will maintain overall responsibility for the expanding Association, which embraces selected NARA-certified aircraft sales and brokerage businesses, together with aircraft product and service companies.
Brian’s aim is to create a competitive advantage for members and their customers by leveraging NARA’s collective knowledge and resources and continuing to ensure that members abide by the association’s 14-point Code of Ethics which provides standards of business conduct regarding business aircraft transactions.
Nomad Aviation Appoints Roman Hug as Director of Maintenance and CAMO
/Richard Walker Joins Osprey Flight Solutions as Business Development Director
/BACA Award for Hunt & Palmer's Young High Flyer
/Dan Litten, Hunt & Palmer Cargo’s youngest team member, was the proud recipient of the “BACA Young Person of the Year Award”.
This coveted accolade is awarded to a young person under 25 years of age who is working within the air charter industry. Nominees are submitted to BACA by their peers and a winner is subsequently chosen from those submissions by the BACA Council panel, taking a number of factors in to consideration, but in particular the example and dedication that the young person has shown in their career to date.
Signum Aviation Appoints Kerry Borrosso-Zakula As Business Development Manager
/international trip support services in the US market by actively pursuing new clients and
business opportunities as well as providing high quality customer service care to the loyal
customer base, established over the past years.
Borrosso-Zakula, an aviation industry veteran brings with her more than 21 years of
experience in sales and marketing and extensive industry and FBO knowledge, accumulated
from her previous roles with leading aviation and flight support companies in the US, where
she held various leadership positions.
Euro Jet Appoints Paul Lourenco as OCC Manager
/New Customer Support Director at TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services Centre
/NBAA to Honor Joan Sullivan Garrett, Preston Henne With Association's Highest Awards
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will present its Meritorious Service to Aviation Award to Joan Sullivan Garrett, and its John P. "Jack" Doswell Award to Preston Henne, at the 2017 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), to be held Oct. 10-12, in Las Vegas, NV.
The awards are NBAA's highest honors. The Meritorious Service to Aviation Award recognizes extraordinary lifelong contributions to aviation. The Doswell Award recognizes lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals and objectives of business aviation.
Meridian Names Carlos Rodriguez Hayward General Manager
/Windsor Jet Management Announces Leadership Team Updates
/ProJet Aviation Promotes Julie O’Brien and Tina Gray to New Leadership Positions At Award Winning Leesburg Executive Airport FBO
/Jet Access Aviation is Building the Dream Team
/“What makes our business successful is that we continue to prioritize our clients and that’s only possible by placing an emphasis on our employees and having a strong team in place. We’re experiencing robust growth and thrilled to bring in so many illustrious individuals!” said Jet Access Aviation’s President Jack Lambert. “These new hires are integral as we bring on new aircraft and broaden our reach across the industry.”
People on the Go/July 26
/Adam Sherak joins International Jet Aviation Services as Director of Maintenance. International Jet Aviation Services is a charter operator located in Centennial, Colorado.
Kelly Gray was hired as Regional Parts Sales Manager for Corporate Aircraft, covering the Western Regional of the United States, by C & L Aerospace. C & L Aerospace, a division of C & L Aviation Group, has been in the aviation spare parts business since 1994.
Matt Elliott has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Air BP, the leading international aviation fuel products and service supplier.