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Cathay appoints new flight operations director
May 18th 2018
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has appointed Chris Kempis as director of flight operations, with effect from “mid-2018”, subject to regulatory approval. Read More » Kempis will succeed Anna Thompson, who will move across to Swire Properties Limited as director human resources.
Kempis is general manager flying at the carrier where he is responsible for managing the airline’s flying standards, including check and training activities. He is the holder of Air Operator Certificate (AOC) for training at Cathay Pacific.
Kempis joined the airline in 1993 as a first officer on the B747 fleet before his transfer to a training first officer on the Airbus fleet. He received his command in 2002. He joined the flight operations management team in 2004 and was made chief pilot of the airline’s Airbus fleet in 2008 where he was responsible for standards, flight-technical and operational matters.
