Robert Horowitz has been appointed chief operating officer of Raytheon Aircraft. He was previously vice president operations and quality of Raytheon's Electronic Systems business. Dean Flatt is to replace Mike Smith as the president of Honeywell's Aerospace Electronic Systems business. Smith has retired after 28 years with the company. Flatt is currently president and chief executive of Honeywell's Speciality Materials business group. Fred Buttrell has been named president and chief executive of US regional carrier Delta Connection. He was previously the parent airline's senior vice president strategy and business development. Joe Kolshak, formerly Delta's investor relations director has been appointed vice president flight operations at Delta Connection. Polar Air Cargo has appointed Jim Jensen as president and chief operating officer. He joins Polar, recently acquired by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, from Trans World Airlines, where he was senior vice president maintenance and engineering. Mike Fahey is now Bombardier Aerospace, Business Aircraft's regional vice president, sales for Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He was vice president, international sales for Bombardier's Learjets 31A, 45 and 60 and the Continental.

Source: Flight International