Victoria Moores

European Editor, Air Transport World

London

Summary

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

Victoria began her aviation career in 1997, working in airline ground operations in the UK and Belgium for British Midland International. She returned to the UK in late 2001 and took on the role of operations analyst for Bombardier Flexjet Europe, gaining experience in the business aviation sector.

In 2003, she joined Reed Business Information as an aviation journalist for its Flightglobal titles. After six years writing for newswire Air Transport Intelligence, Victoria became Features Editor of Airline Business magazine in spring 2009.

Most recently Victoria was General Manager Communications for the Association of European Airlines (AEA), an industry body which represents the interests of 34 major European network carriers. In this role, she was responsible for directing the association’s media relations strategy.

Victoria holds an Air Transport MSc from Cranfield University and a business degree from The University of Derby.

Articles

By Victoria Moores
MADRID—Executives from Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Bombardier Aerospace agreed there is still some way to go before bonded repairs will be accepted on primary composite structures. Regulators only allow bolt-on metal repairs to primary composite structures on the latest generation of aircraft—just like standard metallic-build versions—because of concerns over the strength, quality and durability of manually bonded repairs.

By Victoria Moores
Netherlands-based AerCap Holdings and US lessor International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) have just completed their IT systems integration, marking one of the final hurdles for the $3 billion acquisition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is expecting to hear news on its Cyprus Airways bid by early 2015 and is likely to use the Ryanair-linked branding for its long-haul, low-cost project.
Airlines & Lessors