UAS’ Regional Manager for East Africa, Fred Kiige, presents the Service Provider of the Year Award to the Director Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Samuel M. Macharia.
UAS is proud to support the work of the African Airlines Association by sponsoring three awards at the 5th Aviation Stakeholders Convention.
UAS’ Regional Manager for East Africa, Fred Kiige, joined the delegates and presented the awards at the event organized by AFRAA in partnership with RwandAir.
The Airline Service Provider of the Year Award was presented to the Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) for its world-class aviation training facilities, leadership, and continuous support to the development of African aviation.
Fred Kiige presents the Airline Service Provider of the Year Award to Tigist Terefe, Ag. Managing Director of the Ethiopian Aviation Academy.
The Service Provider of the Year Award was presented to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for its commitment to service excellence and the significant upgrading and modernization of facilities to international standards to meet increasing passenger and cargo traffic.
The Distinguished Service Award was presented to the Government of Rwanda for facilitating travel in an effort to stimulate aviation, trade, investment and tourism in Africa.
Fred Kiige, presents the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Alexis Nzahabwanimana, State Minister of Transport, Government of Rwanda.
The award presentation took place during the gala dinner at the Serena Kigali Hotel in Rwanda on Monday.
“UAS is passionate about the development of business aviation on the continent of Africa and delighted to play its part in supporting and facilitating interactions between organizations and suppliers,” said Mr. Omar Hosari, UAS Co-Founder and CEO.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
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