The world air service development magazine

Richard ‘Ben’ Hirst, who played a leading role in the historic tie up between Delta Air Lines and Virgin, has been promoted to a new senior legal affairs position at the US carrier.

Air Uganda has named Cornwell Muleya as its new CEO. 

Aviation consultancy InterVISTAS has hired ex-Continental Airlines network planner Buddy Anslinger as its new vice president, airline network strategy.

Former London Heathrow chief executive, Tony Douglas, has been appointed as CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC).

Andreas Akerman has re-joined Virgin Atlantic as a senior alliance analyst, having started his aviation career at the airline’s contact centre 10 years ago. 

Jonny Rayner has left his position as business development manager, London Southend Airport and has been appointed head of aeronautical revenue at Edinburgh Airport. A replacement has yet to be announced.

JetBlue Airways’ manager for schedule planning, Jeff Meyer, has left the airline to join WestJet. Meyer was at JetBlue Airways for eight years, prior to the move.

Ty Bronchetti, lead planner at Southwest, is moving from network planning to become manager of revenue management. Bronchetti was previously a senior planner between 2008 and 2012. A replacement in the network planning department has yet to be announced.

Sven Kukemelk has joined Tallinn Airport’s network planning team. Moving from Estonian Air in January 2013, where he was head of aviation marketing department, Kukemelk previously been in various positions in Estonian Air and airBaltic network planning divisions and a lecturer in the field of network planning and commercial developments.

Former managing director of London Stansted, Nick Barton, is to become interim MD at Aberdeen International.