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.
Former IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani has labeled over-capacity as the air transport industry’s main problem, but he does not believe it will ever be resolved.
Airline Management Solutions, which comprises a group of four Romanian investors, is to acquire the assets of low-cost carrier Blue Air from former majority owner Romstrade.
Emirates Group services subsidiary Dnata has acquired the remaining 50% of Italian catering and cleaning firm Servair Airchef for an unspecified sum. Dnata’s Alpha subsidiary first bought in to Servair Airchef in 2001, but it has now acquired a further 50% stake from Air France catering arm Servair, taking it to 100% ownership. “We are not disclosing any financial information about the deal. I can confirm the shares were purchased from Servair, Air France’s inflight catering unit,” a Dnata spokeswoman told ATW.
