Johannes Turzer became general manager at Jet Aviation's Dusseldorf, Hannover, Munich and Cologne/Bonn facilities on March 1. Based in Dusseldorf, Turzer started his career with the company's avionics department in 1976.\rHe takes over from Klaus-Dieter Hessenmüller, who is retiring for health reasons. "Mr Hessenmüller has been instrumental in the success of the German Jet Aviation facilities. He was able to establish Jet Aviation as a key player in the German aviation industry and was well liked by employees," was president Heinz Kohli's eulogy. Hessenmüller can look back on an aviation career which spans 30 years.