Contrail Aviation Support has appointed a new commercial aircraft marketing executive Mark Shaw, who has 35 years of industry experience, as vice president of regional marketing - EMEA of Contrail Aviation Leasing.
Contrail is a key business unit and revenue driver of the Air T, holding company, which provides Contrail with strong capital resources and support.
In his new role, Shaw will be responsible for airline marketing, business development strategy and revenue-generation initiatives in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
These initiatives include targeting mid-life/end-of-life narrow-body A320/B737 family aircraft and associated engine assets for acquisition — either naked or with leases attached.
Shaw has domain expertise in commercial aircraft leasing, finance and maintenance spanning all the major markets worldwide, managing and closing over $2 billion in aircraft and engine transactions.
Most recently, Shaw served as marketing director at Stratos where he was responsible for business development and key airline client relationships within Stratos’ commercial aircraft finance, advisory and aircraft sales/leasing activities.
Contrail’s Kevin Milligan, VP of Corporate Development & Marketing, said: “Mark is well-known throughout our global industry. He joins Contrail with a wealth of experience. He has tremendous reach resulting from his long-established and broad-based contacts at all the major airlines and the top aircraft leasing and financial outlets — all of which make him an invaluable asset to the Contrail team. We’re very excited about his appointment, especially because he significantly and rapidly expands our global activities with a European presence, and can hit the ground running targeting meaningful revenue-generation activities.”