All Interviews – Page 19
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INTERVIEW: James Pearson: Promoting aviation through education
James Pearson is the course director of fast-growing Aviation Management degree at Coventry University where he also holds the position of senior lecturer in airline strategy and applied economics
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Interview: Denel engineer Puseletso Matlala
Puseletso Matlala is an engineer for Denel Aviation in South Africa, currently designing a controller for autorotation when the engine fails on a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle
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INTERVIEW: Virgin America chief executive David Cush
With its cabin mood-lighting and safety video set to a tune so catchy you can’t get it out of your head even after landing, California-based Virgin America has taken pains to set itself apart from the rest of the US airline industry. The fun starts even before passengers get on ...
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Garuda CEO drives expansion
Garuda Indonesia chief executive Arif Wibowo has a big job, managing an airline in one of the world’s most promising aviation markets, boosted by a rising middle class, and where its over 17,000 islands make air transport a necessity.
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INTERVIEW: Gabriella Somerville, founder and managing director of ConnectJets
Gabriella Somerville is founder and managing director of UK business-aircraft sales and leasing company ConnectJets. The firm is tailored to clients who are looking for a ‘Saville Row’ service.
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INTERVIEW: Flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith
The contrast between Flydubai's unpreposessing home next to Dubai International's Terminal 2 and Emirates' palatial headquarters on the "business" side of the airport – all plate-glass windows, vast atrium and upmarket retail mall – says all you need to know about the sibling airlines' relationship. Both buildings make a statement: ...
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INTERVIEW: Volaris chief executive Enrique Beltranena
Volaris chief executive Enrique Beltranena has a memento in his office that doesn’t quite gel with the modern confines of the airline’s headquarters in the Santa Fe business district of Mexico City.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Monarch chief executive Andrew Swaffield
This time last year Monarch Airlines was battling to finalise crucial labour deals and investment talks to give it breathing space to secure its future and complete its evolution from charter to scheduled leisure carrier.
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INTERVIEW: Iberia chief executive Luis Gallego
You don't have to go further than Iberia's Madrid headquarters to get a sense of the new direction in which chief executive Luis Gallego is seeking to take the airline.
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INTERVIEW: Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary
Ryanair expects to carry 100 million passengers in its current financial year, and the 30-year-old Irish budget carrier seems infused with a new-found respect for its passengers. Or, as chief executive Michael O'Leary puts it: "We've moved from being cheap and nasty to cheap and cheerful."
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Jotikasthira outlines plan to fix Thai
Thai Airways International’s new president Charamporn Jotikasthira is a man on a mission.
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INTERVIEW: Vueling chief executive Alex Cruz
Five years ago, when Alex Cruz made his previous appearance on the cover of Airline Business, Vueling looked very different.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Azul chief executive David Neeleman
Azul chief executive David Neeleman is thinking big in Brazil – big fleets, big networks and big ambitions. But with international expansion on the cards, the airline's future may lie overseas
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InterviewINTERVIEW: AEA chief executive Athar Husain Khan
The AEA’s regeneration last year as a more outwardly focused, transparent organisation has given the association more teeth in its fight for the rights of Europe’s airlines, says chief executive Athar Husain Khan
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InterviewINTERVIEW: AEA president Temel Kotil
Europe’s major hub airports should operate around the clock if they are to stand a chance of competing with other global hubs – something Turkish Airlines chief executive Temel Kotil will be pushing for in his second year as president of the Association of European Airlines.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Simon Tudge – sending strategy into orbit
Simon Tudge is senior director of global satellite strategy for Rockwell Collins, and is responsible for deciding where to invest in new satellite communications technologies. He’s based in Sussex, UK.
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INTERVIEW: Si Xian Min, China Southern Airlines chairman
In China Southern Airlines chairman Si Xian Min’s view, being a state-owned carrier in China is akin to being one of three brothers. They share the same parentage, but each has a distinct character, strengths and weaknesses.
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INTERVIEW: George Rawlins and Callum Mayhew – the apprentices to Atkins
George Rawlins and Callum Mayhew are studying for a higher apprenticeship with UK engineering consultancy Atkins. The duo divide their time between Atkins, City of Bristol College and Plymouth University.
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INTERVIEW: Swiss International Air Lines chief Harry Hohmeister
Swiss-made, by Swiss. So runs Harry Hohmeister’s mantra of choice.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Thierry Antinori - Emirates Airline executive vice president
Thierry Antinori is executive vice president and chief commercial officer, with Emirates Airline, which he joined after working with European flag carriers for two decades.