CARDIFF AVIATION ENTERS NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH WITH NEW MRO MD APPOINTMENT
29 January 2016
Cardiff Aviation has entered the next phase of growth with the appointment of Theodore Dounias as Managing Director of the company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations.
Dounias brings to Cardiff Aviation more than 35 years’ expertise in high-quality, consistent MRO management. The former Commercial Director of Monarch Aircraft Engineering has also served as COO of the first Indian low-cost airline, Air Deccan, and has spent the last decade as a high-level consultant to airlines such as Icelandair, Air Baltic, VLM and Olympic Air.
Dounias says: “It’s been a lifetime ambition of mine to lead a small organisation to success internationally, an organisation that its employees are proud to work for, its customers are happy to do business with, and its stakeholders are positively engaged. This appointment for me is the culmination of a lifetime career in the aviation industry, combining the experience, skills and knowledge that I have gained over very many years to fulfil this dream.”
Dounias will handle all aspects of managing Cardiff Aviation’s MRO operations and ensure that its rapidly growing roster of delighted customers will continue to reap the rewards of high quality British MRO engineering capabilities.
A graduate with two Masters degrees from Cranfield University in business administration and air transport engineering, Dounias also has a wealth of experience in leasing and purchasing narrowbody airliners, perfectly complementing Cardiff Aviation’s other operations in wet-lease and its unique ‘airline in a box’ concept
Bruce Dickinson, Chairman, Cardiff Aviation, says: “In just three years, Cardiff Aviation has gone from a precocious upstart, to an established provider of safe, quality aircraft engineering servicing an ever-growing range of blue-chip clients. With Theodore now at the helm, we can ensure we continue to steadily grow at a time when many other UK MROs are facing major challenges.”
Dounias concludes: “At Cardiff Aviation, I believe can I make a real difference. We will continue to deliver on time, on budget, hassle free, with quality and safety embedded at the heart of everything we do. As an aside, my ex brother-in-law, whom I am very fond of, would absolutely hate me for being allowed inside the premises of Cardiff Aviation, without knowing a single Iron Maiden song, let alone being able to sing it!”
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Notes to editor
Cardiff Aviation is a fully-approved and certified MRO and pilot training company based at St Athan -Cardiff Airport Aerospace Enterprise Zone in South Wales, United Kingdom. Operating from a former RAF maintenance base with parking for up to 20 narrow-bodied airliners, Cardiff Aviation can conduct MRO work on aircraft of almost any size, including Boeing 737s, 757s and Airbus 320s.
Cardiff Aviation also has two Boeing 747 training simulators and one of just two Sikorsky S-61 helicopter simulators in the world. Customers for the MRO and training facilities include Air Atlanta Icelandic, the Royal Malaysian Air Force and British International Helicopters.
For more information contact James Boley or Mike Keeler at Garnett Keeler PR on +44 (0)20 8647 4467 or james.boley@garnettkeeler.com / mike.keeler@garnettkeeler.com
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