Aviation Week & Space Technology

Highlights Some important changes have been made to the Top-Performing Airlines methodology this year. The Fuel Cost Management category has been dropped. This category was initiated four years ago following a spike in fuel costs. An overall decline in Jet A prices forecast for 2014 and the rapid transition of fleets to more fuel- efficient aircraft has diminished this category’s relevance.

Southeast Asia is an airframer’s delight, but airport infrastructure is trailing sales

Paul Arends has been appointed sales director for the Middle East for Greenpoint Technologies, Kirkland, Wash. He was an airline support engineer for

Stan Dixon has become vice president-sustaining and government programs for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga. He was vice president for

James Colleary has been named president of StandardAero’s Associated Air Center in Dallas. He was its chief operating officer and succeeds Jack

USN Rear Adm. David H. Lewis has been named commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego. He has been program executive officer

Air show plans highlight F-35B runway issues

USMC Lt. Gen. Jon M. Davis has been appointed deputy commandant for aviation. He has been deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command.

Scott Gustafson (see photo), who has been general manager of the Space-Based Surveillance Div. of The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif., has been named general manager of its MilSatCom Div. He will succeed Malina Hills, who will become vice president of Space Program Operations on July 1. Gustafson will be followed by Russ Averill (see photo), who has been general manager of the Systems Engineering Div.

Greg Denby has become a project manager in Hatch Mott MacDonald’s Houston-based aviation practice.

Tom Arseneault, who is chief operating officer of Washington-based BAE Systems’ Support Solutions Sector, will also be acting president after the resignation of Erin Moseley.

Ismail Demir has been appointed undersecretary of the defense industry of Turkey. He was CEO of Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines Technic.

W. David Bucher (see photo) has been named chief operating officer of Cargo Aircraft Management Inc., Orlando, Fla. He succeeds William Tarpley, who

David Heffernan has joined Washington law firm Cozen O’Connor. He was chairman of the aviation practice of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

A battle over fatigue upstages UPS Flight 1354 crash

William Brown has become senior vice president-aftermarket of Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems Inc. He was executive vice president-global operations

Carol Saro (see photo) has been named director of customer service for the Eaton Aerospace Group’s Aftermarket Div., Jackson, Mich. She held the same

Russell “Chip” Childs has been promoted to president of SkyWest Inc., the holding company for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, from president

Jeffrey A. Miller (see photo) has been named president of the Integrated Sensor Systems sector of New York-based L-3’s Electronics Systems Group. He

Eduardo Angeles has been appointed associate FAA administrator for airports. He has been senior assistant Los Angeles city attorney and was general

Bob Shambaugh has become chief operations officer of Chromalloy. He was senior vice president-global operations at Sensata Technologies and IMI

Marshall O. Larsen has been appointed an independent member of the board of directors of Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corp. He was chairman/president

A llen Paxson (see photo) has been named executive vice president of CFM International , West Chester, Ohio, the joint company of Snecma and GE. He succeeds Chaker Chahrour , who has become vice president-sales and marketing for GE Aviation. Paxson was general manager for the GE’s Regional Engines and Services

Copa takes top spot, but majors show big gains in latest rankings

Darpa project lays groundwork for future flight deck security