London Biggin Hill airport-based Interflight Aircraft Maintenance has appointed Ritchie Buckingham to head up sales for the company. He will be responsible for the commercial growth of the business, building new relationships as well as developing the existing client base.

Buckingham has spent 20 years in the aviation industry, specialising in engineering and aircraft maintenance. As well as his experience in the MRO sales field, his expertise also includes commercial and project management. Director of engineering Lee Sugden says: “Ritchie will be instrumental to Interflight's future success, by bringing a tighter focus on new and existing customer relationships.”

Interflight services include full base maintenance for scheduled inspections, line maintenance, service plan support, refurbishment coordination, procurement of spare parts and pre-buy/survey services and expertise. The company is certified to offer full service maintenance for the Hawker 400XP, 700, 800, 800XP, 900XP and 1000; Beechjet 400a; Nextant 400XT; and now line maintenance on the Gulfstream 550.