SEATTLE, May 13, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The boards of directors of Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air announced two leadership additions today, promoting two
industry veterans into important roles at each of the airlines.
Both bring forward-thinking leadership and proven abilities to
execute on complex initiatives that have a direct impact on
strengthening Alaska Air Group's safety and reliability, growing
our operations and financial results, and giving guests a premium
experience when they fly with us.
Alaska Airlines promotes 20-year industry veteran
Shane Jones to senior vice president
of fleet, revenue products and real estate
Alaska Airlines has promoted 20-year industry veteran
Shane Jones to senior vice president
of fleet, revenue products and real estate.
Jones, who joined Alaska in
2018 as vice president of real estate and development, has managed
the airline's strategy and $3 billion
investments in hub airports, focused on enabling growth, enhancing
the guest experience at airports, and ensuring safe, reliable and
efficient operations.
Additionally, he leads the business strategy for growing
ancillary revenues and guest choices through new revenue products
and business partnerships.
In this expanded role, Jones also will lead the development and
planning of mainline and regional aircraft and overall fleet
strategy, including working with aircraft manufacturers, original
equipment manufacturers, and lessors on safety and quality
assurance, opportunities to improve sustainability through aircraft
design and management, optimizing delivery schedules and
financing.
"With the addition of fleet strategy, Shane's new role connects
our Commercial growth strategy across our hub and airport
investments to the critical investments we are making in our
aircraft over time," said Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci. "At the heart of this work
is the customer experience, whether it be on board our future
aircraft, in our lobbies or gates, or through the new products and
partnerships his team is developing."
Jones will report to Alaska's
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Harrison, with a dotted line reporting
relationship to Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO
Shane Tackett.
Prior to joining Alaska, Jones
spent 13 years at Delta Air Lines, where he served as vice
president of corporate real estate and airport development,
responsible for Delta's global airport and real estate assets. He
also served as manager of capital markets, where he worked on
restructuring and renegotiating Delta's aircraft leases.
Horizon Air names 36-year industry veteran Nathan Engel as vice president of maintenance
& engineering
Horizon Air named 36-year industry veteran Nathan Engel as vice president of maintenance
and engineering, overseeing a critically important function
of the airline's focus on safety and reliability.
In this role, he will manage the long-term strategy and
financial performance of Horizon's maintenance & engineering
workgroup, leading a team of over 300 industry professionals who
are deeply committed to the airline's culture of safety. Among his
responsibilities are line maintenance operations,
airframe/component/engine maintenance, quality assurance,
maintenance planning, engineering and reliability, fleet projects,
and stores and distribution.
Engel steps into this role from a multi-decade career in
maintenance and engineering leadership, with deep experience at
Alaska and Horizon and broader
experience from other companies.
"Nathan's extensive background and expertise in commercial
aviation maintenance and relentless focus on maintenance's critical
role in ensuring safety and reliability will be pivotal in this
role," said Horizon Air President Jason
Berry. "In addition, he is a people leader, focused on
driving performance and collaboration, which makes him a valued
addition to our Horizon Air leadership team."
Previously, Engel served as managing director of maintenance and
operations at both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, responsible for
strategic and operational leadership for line, heavy, and on-call
maintenance, maintenance control, and quality control. He also
worked for Amazon and most recently for Hawaiian Airlines as senior
manager of maintenance in Seattle.
He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
About Horizon Air
Horizon Air is a regional airline and employs nearly 3,500
people. It maintains an operational fleet of 43 Embraer 175 jet
aircraft. Horizon serves around 50 cities up and down the West
Coast. The regional airline has a general office in Seattle and a primary maintenance base in
Portland, Oregon.
About Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than
120 destinations across the United
States, the Bahamas,
Belize, Canada, Costa
Rica, Guatemala and
Mexico. We offer our guests a
premium flying experience with award-winning customer service and
an industry-leading loyalty program, Mileage Plan. With our
fellow oneworld Alliance members and additional global
partners, our guests have more choices than ever to purchase, earn
or redeem on alaskaair.com across 30 airlines and more
than 1,000 worldwide destinations. Learn more about Alaska at news.alaskaair.com and
follow @alaskaairnews for news and stories. Alaska Airlines
and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.
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