Bert van der Linden joins Holiday Aviation

BERT van der Linden has
joined the Aviation Consulting
Services division of Holiday
Aviation as director,
development and commercial.
Bert previously spent 45
years at Comair where he
was a director before retiring
in 2013. Gavin Simpson, ceo
of Holiday Holdings, says,
“Bert is one of the best
known and most respected
professionals in
the local aviation
industry. There
are few people in
our market with
his credentials
and vast
knowledge of the
airline business.
Not only did
he serve his
former company
loyally for more
than four decades
but he also
served the local
aviation industry
with distinction
as chairman
of the Airlines
Association of
Southern Africa
from 2003 to
2006.”