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CAPTAIN ADRIAN JENKINS
Captain Adrian Jenkins (Male), aged 49,
is responsible for the safe and efficient
operation of AirAsia’s aircraft, overseeing
pilot and cabin crew recruitment, training
and operations as well as ensuring
compliance with national and international
regulatory requirements and procedures.
Captain Jenkins joined AirAsia in 1996,
when the airline was still owned by
HICOM Holdings Berhad.
Since then, he has served AirAsia in
various positions including instructor
and Company Check Airman, Assistant
Chief Pilot of Training and Standards and
Assistant Chief Pilot of Operations. He was
also closely involved in setting up AirAsia
Thailand’s flight operations and pilot
training. In 2006, he was made Regional
Head of Flight Operations before his
appointment as Group Director of Flight
Operations on 2 January 2015, and then
as Group Chief Operating Officer on 13
December 2017.
NADZRI HASHIM
Nadzri Hashim (Male), aged 53, joined
AirAsia in May 2005 as a technical
services manager, and in his 11 years
with the Company has established new
structures and strategies in aircraft
engineering.
He has been involved in introducing new
aircraft maintenance and operations
systems, the Class 1 Less Paper Cockpit,
various avionics modifications, major
structural repair and aircraft configuration
changes and local authorities’ type
acceptance. On 1 April 2016, he was
appointed Head of Engineering
responsible for Maintenance Operations,
Ground Support Equipment, Planning,
Safety Management System and Training.
Prior to joining AirAsia, Nadzri was a
technical services engineer at Emirates
Airlines, part of a team responsible for
all strategic configuration and repair of
the airline’s wide-body cabin interiors.
His team was also responsible for the
introduction of the Airbus A380 into
service.
Nadzri obtained a Bachelor of Science
in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering from the Ohio State
University, USA. He also holds a DCA
Design Organization Certification and
Verification Engineer Approval, the Head
of Design Organization and is a Part M
Continuing Airworthiness Nominated
Holder.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
CAPTAIN LING LIONG TIEN
Captain Ling Liong Tien (Male), aged 42,
oversees the overall safety of all the
AirAsia Group of airlines. Apart from the
implementation of a complete Safety
Management System (SMS), he works
very closely with all levels of the airlines
to strive for the highest safety and quality
standards.
After graduating from the Australian
Aviation College in Adelaide, Captain Ling
started his career with Malaysia Airlines
in 1994 as a pilot, flying the de Havilland
Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Boeing 737 and
Airbus A330. In 2004, he joined Etihad
Airways in Abu Dhabi as part of the start-
up team. In addition to flying the Airbus
A330 and A340 for the airline, he was
involved in numerous projects, including
the training of pilots.
Captain Ling joined AirAsia’s wide-
body operations in 2009 when it was
in its infancy. He has held numerous
management positions within the
company in flight operations, training,
safety and quality assurance.
During his flying career, Captain
Ling acquired a Master in Business
Administration from the University of
Southern Queensland. Building on a
passion for safety, he also qualified as an
Aviation Accident Investigator certified by
Cranfield University, a qualified A330 Type
Rating Instructor and Examiner (TRI/E),
and a qualified IATA Operational Safety
Audit (IOSA) Auditor.
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