FORT WORTH, Texas, June 2, 1999 -- Worldwide Flight Services, one of the world's leading providers of ground services to the aviation industry, announced today the appointment of Mark Dunkerley as chief operating officer, a new position.
Dunkerley will be responsible for the implementation of the company's growth plan through the day-to-day management of worldwide operations, said Peter Pappas, Worldwide Flight Services' chief executive officer. These will include the important functions of marketing, sales, service and operations.
As part of the senior management team, Pappas said, Dunkerley will be a major contributor to the development of the company's future direction.
Dunkerley joins Worldwide Flight Services from British Airways where he last served as senior vice president in charge of the Latin American and Caribbean Division. In this role, he directed its successful turnaround into one of the fastest growing divisions in the British Airways network. In a previous assignment in Eastern Europe, his efforts resulted in the successful reconstruction of British Airways commercial business lines for that part of the world.
"We are confident that Mark's background and expertise will help our company move forward with its goals of unequaled service and unprecedented growth," Pappas said. "Various assignments at British Airways have provided Mark with extensive experience in airline and airport operations, which will be an invaluable asset to our company in the future."
Dunkerley is a graduate of the London School of Economics and also holds a masters degree in air transport management from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom.
Worldwide Flight Services, formerly AMR Services, was acquired in early April by a private equity investment fund managed by Castle Harlan Inc., the New York merchant bank, from AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines.