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April 1st 2014
Airbus expands presence in India
Airbus has appointed Dr. Srinivasan Dwarakanath (Dwaraka) as CEO of its new subsidiary, Airbus India. Read More »
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Dwaraka, who will bring all the country’s businesses owned by the Toulouse-based aerospace company under one parent company, set up the Airbus Engineering Centre India (AECI) and Airbus Training India in Bangalore. Charles Champion, the executive vice president Airbus Engineering and a member of the Airbus Executive Committee, will be chairman of the Indian subsidiary. Airbus India will enlarge its two customer service offices, include AECI in the company and draw together of all strategy, customer services and procurement teams across India under the parent umbrella. An MRO centre will be established as part of the company. Ajay Mehra will continue to run the Delhi Airbus liaison office. Airbus said more than 5,000 people contribute to Airbus India aircraft programs and that 30 local suppliers work on Airbus programs, manufacturing parts for every Airbus aircraft type.
Bangkok Airways boss buys digital TV company
When it comes to inflight entertainment, Bangkok Airways founder and owner, Dr. Prasert Prasaarttong-Osoth, has decided to buy a television company. The Thai tycoon, who made his first fortune from private hospitals in Thailand, has paid 3.46 billion baht (US$108.2 million) for high definition digital television channel, PPTV. He will fold the digital television acquisition into his newly established media company, Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Co. Dr. Prasert said the Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Co. will spend two billion baht on high quality content that will be broadcast throughout the Prasert family’s private hospital chain and streamed aboard its Bangkok Airways’ domestic and regional flight network.
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Mark Meehan is the new Asia-Pacific managing director for GDS, Travelport. Meehan, formerly the company’s director for Africa, has also been appointed head of Travelport’s global commercial operations. He will be based in Singapore.
Indonesian low-cost carrier, Lion Air, has announced that Rudy Lumingkewas, until now the airline’s general manager for sales and marketing, will replace the Lion Group founder, Rusdi Kirana, as CEO at the carrier. The appointment, said Lion Air, would allow Rusdi to devote his time to the entire Lion Group.
