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Private-jet demand is on the rise amid government shutdown, says Flexjet CEO
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Joe Sprague, a longtime Alaska Air Group executive and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, is retiring, prompting a retrospective on his influence across the group’s carriers. The piece compiles reflections on Sprague’s leadership, operational priorities and the implications of his exit as the group pursues deeper integration.
Avianca Group has appointed Gabriel Oliva as president effective immediately as part of a formal succession plan. Current CEO Frederico Pedreira — who has led the carrier for five years — will remain in his role until he steps down on Feb. 28, 2026.
Izham Ismail, who joined Malaysia Aviation Group as a pilot in 1979 and became group CEO in 2017, has stepped down after decades with the carrier. The group has announced a successor and initiated an immediate leadership transition.
Kymeta, the Redmond, Wash.-based mobile satellite communications company, has appointed Manny Mora, a former General Dynamics Mission Systems executive, as president and CEO. Mora will lead the company’s push toward defense-focused satellite communications and is tasked with accelerating defense-led growth.
The next NASA administrator will confront immediate leadership gaps and program challenges and "inevitably will have to make tough calls." Their early priorities will set agency direction on program assurance, budget trade‑offs, and industry partnerships, with consequences for exploration schedules and civil space policy.
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