All Interviews – Page 16
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INTERVIEW: Charlotte Pedersen - chief operating officer for Luxaviation
After 23 years of military service, Charlotte Pedersen moved to the civil aviation sector where is currently chief operating officer with one of the world’s largest charter and management companies, Luxaviation.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: VietJet chief executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
The VietJet training centre has a vibrant, youthful air, more reminiscent of a university recreation room than an airline office. Flight attendant trainees bustle about the place, which features several classrooms and a large, cafeteria-like space that overlooks Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International airport.
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INTERVIEW: Piaggio chief executive Renato Vaghi
Reports of Piaggio Aerospace’s departure from the business aviation market are premature, it seems. The Middle Eastern-owned Italian manufacturer of the distinctive P180 Avanti has struggled to sell corporate aircraft in recent years as it simultaneously has tried to build a defence business based on special mission variants of the ...
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INTERVIEW: Andy Shaw, managing director of Flightworx
Bitten by the aviation bug at 10 years old, Andy Shaw was destined for a career in the industry. He is currently managing director of aviation support company Flightworx.
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INTERVIEW: Tony Balestracci - servicing Textron's customers
Tony Balestracci is vice-president, global customer service with Textron Aviation, owner of the venerable Cessna and Beechcraft brands
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InterviewINTERVIEW: ALTA executive committee president Enrique Cueto
Latin American airlines might have weathered another year of economic challenges, but the region's carriers still have plenty to cheer about when it comes to growth in other areas, in the view of the new president of ALTA's executive committee, Enrique Cueto.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: ALTA executive director Eduardo Iglesias
As he looks ahead to the key themes at the upcoming ALTA Leaders Forum in Mexico City, Eduardo Iglesias, the airline association's executive director, likes to present the Latin America and Caribbean region's traffic figures with and without Brazil.
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INTERVIEW: Indy Rattu, Gardner Aerospace
Indy Rattu is deputy chief operating officer with UK aerospace components manufacturer Gardner Aerospace, where his role is to identify areas of the business that need improvement
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INTERVIEW: Argentina's new CAA chief leads industry overhaul
Despite being Latin America’s second biggest country, Argentina never figured in the growth plans of the region’s airlines until recently when a new government took charge in late 2015 and overturned the previous administration’s protectionist aviation policies.
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INTERVIEW: Marcos Vargas, Satcom Direct product manager
Based at Satcom Direct’s state-of-the-art headquarters in Florida, Marcos Vargas is product manager for Satcom Direct Pro. This single cloud-based platform combines ingenuity, creativity and common sense to provide an integrated operational platform, which is now being used by flight departments around the world to support all aspects of flight ...
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INTERVIEW: ST Aerospace makes big step into interiors
Known mainly as a maintenance, repair and overhaul player, ST Aerospace is making a concerted effort to diversify into other aircraft-related businesses, including cabin modification.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: KLM chief executive Pieter Elbers
From his office at KLM's headquarters in suburban Amstelveen, chief executive Pieter Elbers can look out some 5km across Amsterdam Forest to the city's Schiphol gateway, though only the control tower is visible above the trees.
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INTERVIEW: Alexandra Slabutu, IASA co-founder
Alexandra Slabutu is the co-founder and chair for the Irish Aviation Students’ Association which seeks to forge stronger links between students, industry and educational institutions.
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INTERVIEW: Former RAF pilot makes mark in Red Bull Air Race
After a Royal Air Force career as a Harrier pilot and Red Arrows team leader, Ben Murphy is now competing in the Red Bull Air Race’s Challenger Cup.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: PIA CEO seeks to put carrier back on world map
Half a year into his tenure as chief executive of Pakistan International Airlines, Bernd Hildenbrand, believes the only way for the troubled carrier is up after years of perennial losses.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: MAS chief Bellew plots carrier's comeback
Malaysia Airlines chief executive Peter Bellew has a big job: leading an embattled carrier's turnaround following Christoph Mueller’s unexpected resignation after just 16 months at the helm.
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INTERVIEW: Wings Alliance chief executive Rod Wren
Rod Wren is chief executive of the Wings Alliance - a European trade association designed to encourage best practice within the training school industry and provide graduates from its member schools a path into employment
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INTERVIEW: Sam Sprules - Sourcing professionals in the industry
Sam Sprules is director of aerospace recruitment company AeroProfessional
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Southwest Airlines chief executive Gary Kelly
Southwest Airlines chief executive Gary Kelly likes to call the airline a maverick. The world’s biggest low-cost carrier knows a thing or two about being just that. It stands alone as the only major US carrier that has not filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in its history – no ...
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INTERVIEW: Andrew Hellen chief systems engineer at Aerion
Andrew Hellen is chief systems engineer for supersonic business jet developer Aerion