The success or otherwise of a chief executive can be objectively measured in many ways: financial performance, market share, product launches, industrial expansion, to name but a few. If those metrics rise across their tenure, well, it’s bonus time and Champagne all round.
Leonardo chief executive Roberto Cingolani is launching new five-year industrial plan targetting new business in both the manned and unmanned segments.
Canadian adversary air services provider Top Aces is pursuing new business opportunities across the Asia-Pacific, having held talks with Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia at the Singapore air show. The company operates more than 150 tactical aircraft including Lockheed Martin F-16s modified to simulate fifth-generation threats.
Mongolian operator Hunnu Air is looking at growth opportunities in Southeast Asia, India and Central Asia, spurred by its recent fleet modernisation efforts.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is taking a measured approach to capability enhancement, drawing lessons from current conflicts whilst maintaining its core deterrence mission. Major-General Kelvin Fan outlines the service’s modernisation plans, including F-35 integration and C-130 fleet refresh, as it balances readiness with strategic regional challenges.
Kerstin Mumenthaler, the chief executive of Axis Aviation, is a 6,000h commercial pilot and was a risk-management consultant before taking the top job at the Swiss aircraft management and charter company.
Flydubai chief executive Ghaith Al Ghaith says uncertainty over 737 Max 10 delivery schedules was a major factor behind the long-time Boeing operator’s decision to order the Airbus A321neo. The airline announced a commitment for 150 of the largest variant of Airbus’s narrowbody at the Dubai air show on 18 November, with deliveries beginning in…
Abu Dhabi-based charter provider Royal Jet has chosen CFM Leap engines to power its new Airbus ACJ320neo aircraft, making the announcement at the Dubai air show on 19 November. The long-time Boeing Business Jet operator – it has a fleet of 10 alongside five Bombardier Global jets – placed its first order for Airbus corporate…
“Hamdi 3.0” is how Hamdi Osman describes his decision late in his life to relaunch himself in the air cargo business, following a distinguished, 34-year career with FedEx and 12 years after retiring from the freight giant to dabble in investment. Just six months after obtaining its United Arab Emirates air operator certificate, SolitAir, the…
With no early aviation ambitions, Julie Black’s chance encounter with a London City Airport job launched a 30-year career that has taken her from rocking all over the world to managing complex private jet operations for high-net-worth clients.
RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has started fabricating its XA103 prototype under the US Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion programme, incorporating advances in materials, fan technology and control systems for potential sixth-generation fighter applications.
In an interview with FlightGlobal, newly appointed commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet says her service remains committed to a sweeping set of modernisations, including fielding Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters.