All Interviews – Page 10
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InterviewTopi Manner on shaping Finnair for a post-pandemic market
The chief executive of the state-owned carrier explains how a ‘financial bazooka’ will help it through the crisis, and how it plans to emerge as a premium airline with a continued focus on Europe-Asia routes
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InterviewIstanbul airport chief on guiding a new hub through the Covid crisis
The chief executive of Istanbul’s nascent hub describes how the coronavirus crisis hit the business just after a huge capital investment – and how he plans to ensure it emerges from the downturn as a strong global player
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InterviewWhy Steffi Ziegler chose mending Messerschmitts to launch career
At 21, Steffi Ziegler is a new aircraft maintenance engineer, responsible for one of wartime Germany’s most iconic types preserved at the Messerschmitt Flight Museum near Munich. She combines the role with being an honorary ambassador for her region’s horticulture industry across Europe
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InterviewATR boss Bortoli on why regional aviation’s voice needs to be heard
Turboprop manufacturer’s chief executive argues that smaller airlines’ problems risk being drowned out by the need for billions of dollars in bailouts for flag carriers, with deep consequences for the communities that rely on them.
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InterviewMRO Japan taps domestic market for growth amid pandemic
Travel restrictions stemming from the coronavirus pandemic may have crimped international travel, but for one Japanese MRO company, it has presented an opportunity to look inward. MRO Japan, an All Nippon Airways joint venture based on Okinawa island, had intended to begin line maintenance services to carriers from Asian ...
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InterviewHow ‘War on Terror’ UAV maker General Atomics is pivoting to great power conflict
The San Diego-based company has reacted with a flurry of new initiatives in the past couple of years intended to hold onto existing business, seize new opportunities in the near future and ultimately maintain its position as the USA’s leading maker of armed reconnaissance UAVs going into the 2030s.
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InterviewST Engineering’s new aerospace chief sees opportunity amid pandemic crisis
ST Engineering’s aerospace unit saw a leadership change on 1 October, when Jeffrey Lam took the helm. While the industry may be mired in crisis, Lam believes there are still plenty of opportunities for innovative companies.
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InterviewArianespace powers on with launches amid challenging 2020
Arianespace has had a challenging 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic, but has managed to keep launches going, as it looks toward 2021 and the long-awaited first flights of the Ariane 6 and Vega C rockets. Vivian Quenet has been managing director and head of sales for Arianespace in ...
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InterviewHoneywell gears up for urban mobility frontier
The coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over the aerospace industry in 2020, but the boss of Honeywell’s new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) unit says there is still a great deal of action in aerospace’s frontier sector. In June Honeywell announced that it would ...
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InterviewAir Astana puts post-crisis focus onto domestic and leisure markets
Strong business in the Kazakh domestic market and an increased focus on point-to-point and leisure routes are key to revamped activity at Air Astana as the global pandemic continues to change the airline market.
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InterviewPandemic forces Vistara to press pause on rapid growth
Indian carrier Vistara entered 2020 with plans for rapid growth, but the coronavirus pandemic has kept the airline from meeting its full potential. Vinod Kannan is chief commercial officer (CCO) at Vistara, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Indian conglomerate Tata Sons. He served in a number of ...
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InterviewRAAF wing commander charts a flight path for adventure
Wing Commander Marija Jovanovich has had a career of high adventure in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), but contends that while careers in aviation are definitely possible for women, they are not always clearly accessible. Jovanovich’s career in the RAAF kicked off as a pilot on the Lockheed ...
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InterviewTim Clark reflects on Emirates’ incredible journey
As he nears his departure after more than three decades at the heart of Emirates Airline, Tim Clark tells FlightGlobal how the Middle Eastern operator went from minnow to global player
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InterviewTim Clark in conversation on the rise and rise of Emirates
As Emirates Airline president and founding father Tim Clark prepares to step aside, he reflects in this FlightGlobal video interview on more than three decades at the sharp end of Dubai’s flag carrier.
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InterviewRwandAir chief Makolo on recovery, Qatar and pan-African aims
The Covid crisis may have created numerous immediate challenges, but RwandAir chief Yvonne Makolo says the carrier has many reasons for optimism about its long-term future
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InterviewThe former US Air Force Secretary leading the push for more women to take flight
In the first of a new monthly series profiling women who are making a mark on aviation and aerospace, we meet Heather Wilson, pilot, former US Air Force Secretary and one-time member of Congress, who is now heading a government-backed initiative to encourage female participation in the industry
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InterviewNew Jeju Air boss sees pandemic as defining moment
The chief executive of South Korean low-cost carrier Jeju Air is focusing on the basics as the airline grapples with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. E-Bae Kim has been chief executive of Jeju Air since 1 June, following a 30-year career with Asiana Airlines. His predecessor in the ...
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InterviewAcro’s new boss on keeping his cool in the hot seat
The new chief executive of UK seating manufacturer Acro joined just as revenues hit reverse gear, but Neil Cairns believes continuing to innovate is as vital as ever
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InterviewEremenko launches hydrogen supply company with plan for hydrogen-fueled Dash 8s
Paul Eremenko, a former Airbus and Raytheon Technologies executive, has co-founded a company that aims to bring hydrogen-fuel technology and a related supply system to regional airliners as soon as 2024.
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InterviewAirbus Americas CEO optimistic in 2021 uptick, predicts ‘morphing’ of industry
The top Airbus executive in North America thinks industry conditions will improve at least incrementally in 2021 but that aerospace companies and airlines will emerge from the downturn changed in ways yet unknown.