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Retiring IATA boss to join BOC Aviation as an independent non-executive director
June 10th 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general and CEO, Tony Tyler, will join the board of BOC Aviation as an independent non-executive director, the aircraft lessor’s CEO, Robert Martin, confirmed with Orient Aviation last week. Read More » At his final IATA AGM in Dublin last week, delegates rose from their seats to give Tyler a standing ovation after the formal handover of the IATA leadership to Alexandre de Juniac. De Juniac, who has been leading the AFI/KLM Group, will take up his new position on September 1.
Boeing appoints new president for China
The Boeing Company has named company veteran, John Bruns, as the new president of Boeing China. Based in Beijing, Bruns will take office on July 1. He will succeed Ian Thomas, who is leaving Boeing for a senior role with a California-based technology firm.
"John is well-versed in every aspect of our China business and well-known by our Chinese stakeholders thanks to his stellar experience in the Chinese aviation sector in the past two-and-a-half decades," said Marc Allen, president, Boeing International. "John's leadership will carry on Boeing's 40-plus year tradition of success in China, one of the world's most dynamic markets for commercial aircraft."
Bruns is no stranger to China. Until now he has served as senior sales director for Northeast Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 51-year-old will be in charge of one of Boeing’s key markets. The U.S. manufacturer forecasts that China will need 6,330 new airplanes worth more than $950 billion over the next 20 years.
Airbus confirms new CTO
Airbus Group SE has appointed Paul Eremenko as its new chief technology officer (CTO), effective from July 1. Eremenko, an aeronautics and astronautics engineer, has been heading the Group’s A3 Innovation Centre in San Jose, California and previously worked at Google, Motorola and DARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency.
“We are operating in a fast-changing environment where speed, data, breakthrough technologies and connectivity are hugely relevant trends for the future of the aerospace industry,” said Tom Enders, chief executive of Airbus Group. “Paul Eremenko, who leads our Innovation Centre in San Jose, has over the last year demonstrated a unique ability to stimulate, through key projects, the cross fertilisation between the Silicon Valley and our Group Research & Technology and innovation cultures. He has all the right credentials – in high-tech and industry – to lead Airbus technologies into the future.”
In his new capacity, Eremenko, 36, will be joined by Andy Anderson, who since the March departure of the previous CTO, Jean Botti, has been acting CTO. On July 1, Anderson, 58, and a 20-year veteran of Airbus Group, will resume his previous role as chief operating officer for the CTO organisation and serve as Eremenko’s deputy.
Eremenko and Anderson will work closely with recently appointed digital transformation officer, Marc Fontaine.
Air China elects Song as board vice-chairman
Air China has appointed its president, Song Zhiyong, as vice-chairman of its board. Song succeeds Wang Yinxiang who has resigned "due to change of job assignment", the flag carrier said in a statement.
Taoyuan Airport names new chairman
Taiwanese transport minister, Ho Chen-tan, has named former vice-transport-minister, Tseng Dar-jen, as the new chairman of Taoyuan International Airport Corp. (TIAC). Tseng will replace previous chairman, Samuel Lin, who resigned on Monday, following severe flooding at the airport that caused power outages, delaying more than 200 flights that day.
The minister also relieved airport CEO, Fei Hourng-jiun, off his duties. He will be succeeded by Hsiao Ting-ko, vice-president of Taoyuan Metro
Jetstar appoints new chief information officer
Australia’s budget carrier group, Jetstar, has appointed Claudine Ogilvie to succeed Grainne Kearns as the airline’s chief information officer. Ogilvie will be leading an IT team to “align the different businesses, create economies of scale, reduce cost and take advantage of the latest technologies” to improve the customer experience, Jetstar said.
