Dear GMAA Members, Officers and Directors:
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of GMAA Board Member Mansour Rasnavad.
Mansour has been in the aviation industry for over thirty years. Since 1996, Mr. Rasnavad has been the principle shareholder of Florida West International Airlines. He also has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2002.
He began his aviation career in 1978 as the Executive Vice President and later Chairman of Global International Airways, a world-wide passenger and cargo charter carrier. From 1986 through 2000, Mr. Rasnavad was the President and Co-Founder of Aviation Leasing Group, a global company specializing in leasing, purchasing and selling commercial aircraft. In May of 2003, he formed the MIA Airline Cargo Consortium (MACC), a non-profit organization dedicated to solving security and cargo issues faced by airlines at Miami International Airport.Prior to entering aviation, he completed intense executive training with the Citibank group in Greece. Mr. Rasnavad became an international executive officer for Citibank heading the credit division for private, corporate, project and asset based financing. He received his BS degree in Business Administration and Economics from George Mason University, Washington DC, in 1975. He is married and has three children. He was the recipient of the Wright Brothers Award for year 2007.
Rest in peace, Mansour. You will be missed…
