Boeing Selects Longridge To Take Helm Of BBJ

Boeing selected one of the original team members of Boeing Business Jets to succeed Steve Taylor as the division’s next president. David Longridge, who was sales director for Boeing Business Jets when the group was founded in 1996, returns to lead the operation. A 21-year Boeing veteran, he most recently served as sales director for the British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and TUI accounts. Taylor left the division he steered for five-and-a-half years to become chief pilot for Boeing Flight Services.