New general manager appointed for Pacific Aviation Safety Office

The Council of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office, or PASO, which is headquartered in Vanuatu, has appointed Silimanai Ueta Banse Jr. Solomona as it's next general manager.

Solomona, currently the general manager of the Samoa Airport Authority, will take up the new post in January 2024.

His appointment followed an extensive international recruitment process.

He has over thirty years of civil aviation operations and senior management experience in Samoa and Fiji, including as a pilot, air traffic controller, and aerodromes specialist.