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Solairus Aviation Announces Executive Promotions

Dépèche transmise le 19 novembre 2009 par Business Wire

Solairus Aviation Announces Executive Promotions

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solairus Aviation (www.solairusaviation.com) announced today the promotions of current CFO John King to President and current Vice President of Finance Dave Weil as King’s successor in the role of Chief Financial Officer for the rapidly growing private aviation services firm.

“Solairus’ continued growth and development demands that we have the right people in the right roles,” said Dan Drohan, Solairus CEO Dan Drohan. “John and Dave played key roles in transforming Solairus from start-up to industry leader in less than a year.”

With a fleet now numbering more than forty turbine aircraft, these promotions are designed to harness the collective skills of Solairus entire management team, and help ensure continued success.

“John is a strong leader. He’s a dynamic, experienced entrepreneur and businessman who has served the company extremely well in its early stages,” Drohan added. “Dave brings an outstanding level of aviation finance expertise to the CFO position. He has the skills and knowledge necessary to properly serve our growing client base going forward.”

“I am very pleased to have John and Dave assuming broader leadership roles,” stated Jake Cartwright, Vice Chairman. “Both of these gentlemen have the experience and talent required to continue growing Solairus in the years to come. John and Dave are both well respected in and out of the aviation industry, which is vitally important to our success.”

John King holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of San Francisco. He has more than 25 years of business and financial management experience in a variety of fields: aviation, software, systems integration and investment banking.

Dave Weil is a CPA and holds both a BA and MBA from UCLA. He has 17 years of overall management experience in business aviation, including ten years as the Chief Financial Officer for TAG Aviation USA.

About Solairus Aviation

Solairus Aviation is an aircraft charter and aviation asset management company, providing transportation services operating business turbine aircraft. From its headquarters in California, Solairus manages a fleet of more than forty business jet and turbo-prop aircraft– many available for charter.

Solairus received the Platinum rating from Aviation Research Group/US – one of just 71 of more than 2,000 companies in the United States so recognized.

For more information, visit www.solairusaviation.com.