Bob Feldmann has been selected as VP and general manager of Boeing's 777X development effort and Keith Leverkuhn VP and general manager of the 737 MAX program. Both will be based in Seattle.

Paul Bland has been promoted to regional sales and service manager for New Zealand and the Australian areas of southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania at Toronto-based Vector Aerospace Corp. He was regional mobile repair team manager for Vector's service center in Brisbane, Australia.

Olivier Seguin has joined Sterling, Va.-based BringCom Inc. as VP for Africa and the Middle East. He was director of eastern and southern Africa sales at Telcom Italia Sparkle.

Christian Duhain has been appointed managing director-Asia-Pacific for AJ Walter Aviation's Singapore office. He was corporate VP-international development for Asia-Pacific and Latin America at EADS.

That it is not Ryanair but Lion Air that is now placing the biggest narrowbody orders shows how much the center of gravity in the air transport industry is shifting to the Far East.

Rob Jager has been appointed a non-executive director of Air New Zealand, effective April 1. He has been general manager of Shell Todd Oil Services, Shell country chair and chairman of Shell Companies in New Zealand.

Lufthansa, British Airways emerge as potential 777X early customers

Gregory O. Principato, president of Washington-based Airports Council International-North America, will leave the organization on June 30 “to seek new challenges and opportunities.”