All Interviews – Page 18
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INTERVIEW: Ian Cooper, chief executive, Airways Aviation
Ian Cooper is chief executive of UK training provider Airways Aviation. A former pilot with British Airways, Cooper is determined to expand training provision for a new generation of budding aviators
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INTERVIEW: Flybe chief executive Saad Hammad
Borrowing from a famous line coined by French philosopher and wit Voltaire, Saad Hammad says that if Flybe didn't exist it would be necessary to invent it.
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INTERVIEW: Ros Wynne - Engineer with Ryanair
Ros Wynne is a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer with Ryanair. His expertise in this niche profession, saw Wynne crowned gold medalist in the 2015 WorldSkills Competition.
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INTERVIEW: Rachelle Ornan-Stone, Boeing regional director cabin experience and revenue
Rachelle Ornan-Stone is the regional director of cabin experience and revenue analysis at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Her background in psychology and neuroscience has unleashed Ornan-Stone's creative streak
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INTERVIEW: Graham Cownie managing director Padpilot
Graham Cownie is managing director of Padpilot, theorical training provider to over 20 flight and ground schools worldwide.
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INTERVIEW: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is savouring the sweet taste of success following his transformation of the Australian national carrier.
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INTERVIEW: Kaz Kicinski - Interim site manager, Gardner Aerospace
After two years in retirement, Kaz Kacinski returned to Gardner Aerospace as interim site manager of the company's Tczew site in Poland.
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FLIGHT INTERVIEW: Safran's Philippe Petitcolin
Safran is easily Europe’s most diversified aerospace company, with a range of businesses covering airliner, helicopter and space rocket engines to security detection systems, and landing gear to unmanned air vehicles. However a year into the top job, chief executive Philippe Petitcolin is keen to slim down the partially state-owned ...
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INTERVIEW: David Bickerton -Director with McLarens Aviation in Abu Dhabi
David Bickerton is regional director, Middle East and Africa, for McLarens Aviation. He’s based in Abu Dhabi, providing consultancy services in incident investigation mainly on behalf of insurers
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INTERVIEW: John Petersen - Chairman of the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
John Petersen is an aviation futurist and chairman of the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, based in West Virginia.
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INTERVIEW: Garuda chief executive Arif Wibowo
Tasked with running an airline in one of the world's most promising aviation markets, with a rising middle class and a sprawling geography which render air transport indispensable, Arif Wibowo knows he has a big job to do.
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INTERVIEW: Phil Eyre managing director Astra Aviation
Phil Eyre is Managing Director of Astra Aviation. The UK company offers commercial airlines, cargo carriers, executive and private charters a full range of flight support services across Africa.
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INTERVIEW: Ed Bastian, Delta's CEO-elect
Ahead of his being named as Delta Air Lines' CEO-elect, Ed Bastian – a key architect in the carrier's success – spoke to LEK Consulting's John Thomas and Spencer Stuart's Michael Bell, who have been conducting a series of behind-the-curtain analyses for Airline Business to understand how the industry's top ...
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INTERVIEW: Gary Forster -Growing business aviation in Bali
Gary Forster is the general manager for ExecuJet's fixed base operator in Bali, Indonesia. He is seeking to exploit growth opportunities for the business aviation services provider in this nascent, yet promising market
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Interview: Katherine Wallace - Flying the dream with Southwest Airlines
Katherine Wallace worked for four operators before securing her current position of Boeing 737 captain for Southwest Airlines – a company she had set her sights on sometime earlier
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INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Knittel, CIT Aerospace
As a 30-year industry veteran, CIT Transportation & International Finance president Jeffrey Knittel has seen a lot.
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INTERVIEW: Luis Garcia, Boeing Chile, at the forefront of service and support
Luis Garcia is team leader for the Boeing Field Service base located at the maintenance facility for LAN Airlines in Santiago, Chile.
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INTERVIEW: Isobel Hall creating cost effective training solutions for aspiring pilots
Isobel Hall is managing director of UK training provider Kura Aviation. She founded the company in 2013 to create training and employment opportunities for aspiring pilots
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INTERVIEW: Norm Liu, outgoing GECAS chief executive
After seven years as GECAS's chief executive, Norm Liu has passed the torch to former GE real-estate head Alec Burger, who took charge of the aircraft lessor at the start of the year.
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Interview: Francis Chao promoting general aviation in China
Francis Chao promotes aviation growth in China as managing director of Chinese marketing and consultancy company, Uniworld