Southwest Airlines named Teresa Laraba senior VP-customer services and Jack Smith VP-ground operations/AirTran.

Triumph Group tapped Jeffry Frisby to become CEO, succeeding Richard Ill, who will remain as chairman.

Lufthansa Technik named Christoph Franz, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa, chairman of its Supervisory Board and Johannes Bussman to the Executive Board, succeeding Uwe Mukrasch, who is leaving the company.

UPS named Kevin Warsh, a former central banker and presidential adviser, company director.

StandardAero appointed Chris Schlechter VP and general manager of its VIP Aircraft Completions Center in Dallas.

Air Canada, moving to replace MRO once supplied by the now-defunct Aveos Fleet Performance, is close to deals with four airframe maintenance providers.

Operators and OEMs are lining up against the FAA over a proposed Boeing 757 airworthiness directive (AD) that they see as an unsubstantiated shift in the agency's view on the likelihood of fuel tank explosions on older freighters—a change that could have broader rulemaking ramifications.

Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), recorded higher engine sales in the second quarter but overall profits fell as airlines cut purchases of spare parts. P&W’s operating profits fell 1% from the same quarter in 2011 to $427 million despite strong sales of the company’s geared turbofan engine (GTF), UTC CEO Louis Chenevert told analysts July 26 during a second-quarter earnings call.