At SkyWest Airlines, Bill Mostowy is replacing the retired Michael Mumford as operations control centre director.
Etihad Airways has appointed former Qantas corporate communications head Belinda de Rome as senior VP corporate communications, based in Abu Dhabi.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems advocacy integration director Mitch Kugler has moved to Raytheon, where he is VP strategy.
Continental Airlines chief executive Larry Kellner will leave the airline at the end of 2009 after 14 years. His successor is president and chief operating officer Jeff Smisek.
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Former SkyEurope chief executive Jason Bitter has taken the same role at newlylaunched Casablanca-based low-cost carrier Air Arabia (Maroc).
London insurer Catlin Group has hired Richard Power and Mark Stanley for its London aviation underwriting team.
New York private equity firm Patriarch Partners has hired US Army Brig Gen (Ret) Howard Yellen as an executive VP to lead its new defence and interagency platform.
USAF Maj Gen (Ret) Mason Whitney, director of the Colorado state governor's office of homeland security, has joined the strategic advisory council for Bye Aerospace.
Source: Flight International