Airbus has delayed by about three months the A350’s entry into service (EIS) as it addresses problems with automated drilling for the aircraft’s wings. The delay pushes the A350-900 variant’s EIS into the second half of 2014, parent company EADS said July 27 in a statement discussing its first-half financial results. Because of this, EADS incurred a €124 million ($152.6 million) charge in the second quarter of 2012.

National Air Transportation Association selected Thomas Hendricks as its new president, succeeding James Coyne, who has been NATA’s president since 1994.

Gulfstream Aerospace appointed Joseph Rivera director-international operations.

Boeing named Bernie Dunn president of Boeing Turkey, succeeding Greg Pepin, who will retire in October.

Southwest Airlines named Teresa Laraba senior VP-customer services and Jack Smith VP-ground operations/AirTran.

Triumph Group tapped Jeffry Frisby to become CEO, succeeding Richard Ill, who will remain as chairman.

Lufthansa Technik named Christoph Franz, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa, chairman of its Supervisory Board and Johannes Bussman to the Executive Board, succeeding Uwe Mukrasch, who is leaving the company.

UPS named Kevin Warsh, a former central banker and presidential adviser, company director.