He was also responsible for the company’s since- divested global engine services operation, as well as the Signature TechnicAir maintenance division.
With a background in airline operations, Lefebvre joined the then-BBA Aviation in 2013 as president and COO of its former ASIG commercial aviation services division. Johnstone had been with the company for more than 13 years, holding a variety of leadership roles, including EMEA managing director, group corporate development director, and global CFO, before taking the reins as CEO in January 2018. Signature, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, employs 5,300 people at 350 locations around the world. This article was amended on 11 January 2021 to clarify that Signature Aviation provides ground services for private jets, rather than being an owner or operator of private jets itself.Just days after Signature Aviation was acquired by a consortium of private equity firms including Blackstone, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Cascade Investments, company CEO Mark Johnstone was replaced by president and COO Tony Lefebvre, who moved into the position as interim CEO. I do get to a lot of places for Foundation work I wouldn’t be able to go to without it.” Warren Buffett called his the Indefensible. Signature Aviation and luxury commercial aviation services provider PS have signed an agreement to bring the latter’s offerings to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (KATL). In a Reddit Ask Me Anything in 2014, Gates said: “Owning a plane is a guilty pleasure. Signature Flight Support announced new permanent supplies of Sustainable Aviation Fuel at three airports: Austin-Bergstrom Intl Airport, Houston-Hobby Airport. Wilson Cobbett Ltd in 1879 it was renamed to Scandinavia Belting during 1911, British Belting & Asbestos in 1925, and BBA Group during 1967. 3 The company has been known by numerous names over the years, having been founded as W. The billionaire has previously said that owning private planes was his “guilty pleasure”. Signature Aviation is a multinational aviation services company headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Gates, who says in the foreword to his forthcoming book that he has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change, did not respond to requests for comment about his views on the carbon footprint of private jets.
Researchers have found that private jets emit up to 40 times as much carbon dioxide per passenger than commercial jets. That compares with a global average of less than five tonnes per person. He took 59 flights in one year travelling more than 200,000 miles, according to the report, which estimated that Gates’ private jet travel emitted about 1,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Cascade is already the biggest investor in Signature with a 19% stake.Īccording to a study by academics at Lund University, Gates is one of the world’s biggest “super-emitters” due to his regular private jet travel. Jan 8 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc BX.N on Friday secured the support of Bill Gates, the biggest shareholder in Signature Aviation SIGSI.L, bolstering its bid to buy the private-jet servicing. The Cascade and Blackstone offer came just hours after rival American private equity firm Carlyle made an approach to buy Signature, which handles more than 1.6m private jet flights a year.
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