All Interviews – Page 26
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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.
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Interview: Greg Bowles - GAMA director of European regulatory affairs
Greg Bowles is General Aviation Manufacturers Association director of European regulatory affairs and engineering, based in Brussels. He is responsible for laying a solid foundation for GA across the continent
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Carey Bond, President of Sikorsky's Commercial Systems & Services
Carey Bond, President of Sikorsky's Commercial Systems & Services
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam
It’s difficult to believe a man as busy as Ethiopian Airlines' Tewolde Gebremariam when he says he sleeps as soundly as a baby each night – but not all is as it seems.
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INTERVIEW: ATR's new chief plans for the future
The appointment of the Airbus’s head of contract negotiations, Patrick de Castelbajac, as ATR’s new chief executive comes as the Franco-Italian manufacturer is expected to start work to transform its legal status from “groupement d’intérêt économique” (GIE) to “société anonyme” (SA) over the next few years.
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InterviewWorking Week: Neil Jeffers
Neil Jeffers is chief pilot with London’s Air Ambulance service. The charity operates an MD902 helicopter to delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people across the UK capital.
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Working Week: Major Gerremy Goldsberry
Major Gerremy Goldsberry is a pilot with the US Air Force. He is stationed at Aviano Air Base, in Italy, where he flies Lockheed Martin Block 40 F-16s for the 510th Fighter Squadron