Loganair has announced the appointment of Natalie Bush as Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager.
Natalie, currently the UK Director and Accountable Manager for TUI Airways, will join Loganair as part of its Executive Committee in December 2024 and report to the CEO, Luke Farajallah. She will also join the Board Safety Review Committee and report directly to Loganair Chairman James Drummond on matters relating to airline safety and safety culture.
Natalie has had an impressive career to date. It commenced with several years in the Royal Navy as a Warfare officer before she joined Flybe as a pilot, initially flying the BAE146 and the Embraer 195.
Her flying career progressed to see her achieve command of the Q400 fleet while taking on management roles. This led to her being appointed as Director of Safety and Security for the airline until 2019, when she left to join Specialist Aviation Services (now Gama Aviation) as COO. Following a successful time in the rotary sector delivering helicopter and maintenance services to the UK air ambulance industry, she then returned to the airline sector with TUI Airways.
Natalie will assume leadership for all operational and service delivery areas, including the pilot, cabin crew and airport workforce groups across Loganair. She will also be responsible for ground handling, safety, security, compliance, and network operations teams. She will additionally lead industrial relations across the front-line areas.
Luke Farajallah, CEO of Loganair, said, “We are extremely happy to have been able to attract one of the most talented rising stars of the aviation sector, whose career is going from strength to strength, to the UK’s largest regional airline. Natalie makes a huge impact wherever she goes, and she thoroughly deserves this hugely important and exciting leadership opportunity at Loganair. We are looking forward to her arrival later this year.”
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