New airline unveils its top three executives
Aug 11 2009 by Peter McCusker, The Journal
THE North East’s newest airline operator has announced three major staff appointments.
Excelsis Airways recently announced it is launching a three-times daily service from Durham Tees Valley Airport to London City Airport.
The company yesterday unveiled Andreas Blass as its chief executive, its flight operations director is Andrew Bray and chief commercial officer is Keith Watson.
Mr Blass, an experienced airline executive with extensive knowledge of tourism, said: “I am looking forward to coming to the North East of England and Durham Tees Valley in particular, which is a region with a great potential for a regional airline to cater for local demand for business development.
“Excelsis is looking forward to playing that role and flying for the North East.”
Mr Bray spent more than 20 years with the RAF, and is a former test pilot. Most recently he was overseeing operations at Europe’s largest airline training centre in Oxford. Before that, he was in Abu Dhabi directing operations for Royal Jet.
He will oversee the flying operation for Excelsis. He said:. “I’m very excited about finally getting the opportunity to build an operation from scratch using all the knowledge I’ve built up in 30 years in the aviation industry.”
