Turkish Airlines CE Temel Kotil resigns to head Aerospace Industries

Turkish Airlines’ long-term CE Temel Kotil has resigned to become head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), a centre of technology in design, development, manufacturing and after-sales support in Turkey. The carrier said Oct 21 that it has appointed Bilal Eksi as GM. Eksi, who was assigned as head of overhaul workshops in 2003, “led a significant organisation carrying out the maintenance of aircraft engines, landing gears and all components. Mr. Eksi, who has been assigned as the chief ground operations officer at Turkish Airlines after a period of 2 years, thanks to his accomplished works, carried out projects particularly in improvement of the on-time departure performance.” Kotil began his career an aeronautical engineer. In 2003, he became VP of Turkish Airlines. By April 2005 he was promoted to CE. <br/>