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Training Aircraft Manufacturer Elixir Aircraft Delivered More Than 26 Aircraft

Elixir Aircraft, a fast-growing training aircraft manufacturer headquartered in La Rochelle, France, has delivered its 27th aircraft. With the objective to deliver one aircraft per week by the end of the year, Elixir Aircraft continues the ramp up of production in order to meet demand.  Earlier in the month Elixir Aircraft announced that it had signed 80 letters of intent for 110 aircraft at AirVenture as well as 20 reservation contracts (pre-orders). This brings the order book to 330 aircraft, including orders, pre-orders and letters of intent, for all markets combined.

Source: Elixir Aircraft

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Scottish Airline Announces 2024 Appointment for Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager

Scottish regional airline Loganair has announced the appointment of Natalie Bush as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Accountable Manager.

Natalie, who is currently the UK Director and Accountable Manager for TUI Airways, will join as part of our Executive Committee in December 2024, and will report to CEO, Luke Farajallah.

She will also be joining the Board Safety Review Committee, reporting directly to the Loganair Chairman James Drummond on matters relating to airline safety and safety culture.

Natalie has had an impressive career to date, which commenced with several years in the Royal Navy as a Warfare officer, before she joined Flybe as a pilot, initially flying the BAE146, and the Embraer 195.

Her flying career progressed to see her achieve a command on the Q400 fleet at the same time as taking on management roles, ultimately leading to being appointed as Director of Safety and Security for the airline until 2019, when she left to join Specialist Aviation Services (now Gama Aviation) as COO. Following a successful time in the rotary sector delivering helicopter and maintenance services to the UK air ambulance industry, she then returned to the airline sector with TUI Airways.

Natalie will assume leadership for all operational and service delivery areas including the pilot, cabin crew and airport workforce groups across Loganair. She will also be responsible for ground handling, safety, security, and compliance, as well as for the network operations teams. She will additionally lead industrial relations across the front-line areas.

Luke Farajallah, CEO, Loganair, said: “We are extremely happy to have been able to attract one of the most talented rising stars of the aviation sector, whose career is going from strength to strength, to the UK’s largest regional airline. Natalie makes a huge impact wherever she goes, and she thoroughly deserves this important and exciting leadership opportunity at Loganair. We are looking forward to her arrival later this year.”

Loganair currently operates:
  • 6 ATR42
  • 12 ATR72
  • 3 DHC-6 Twin Otter
  • 12 ERJ-145
Source: Loganair
Photo Credit: Loganair (shown as meta image)

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How One of the Largest US Flight Training Groups, Phoenix East Aviation, Ensures it Operates Efficiently

In this week’s AFM Pilot Training Leadership Interview Series AFM’s Managing Director Maximillian Buerger speaks with Kristoffer (KJ) Johnson, CEO and President Professional Training at Phoenix East Aviation (PEA) – one of the largest flight training groups on the east coast of the United States with a 50 year history.

The conversation covers:

  • PEA’s multi-campus operations operating over 70 aircraft
  • Tackling supply chain issues such as aircraft availability through an innovative multi-engine training aircraft initiative
  • Enhancing its ground school offering
  • KJ’s focus on ensuring the right culture at the team of the flight training group
  • Key challenges that he sees in the industry

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