John Riggir, a veteran of 37 years in the business and general aviation field, has been appointed vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Singapore. His responsibilities include overseeing a maintenance and FBO facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park as well as Jet Aviation’s Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur operations.

Riggir began his new position September 1, following a stint at Hawker Pacific Group in Singapore, where he held management posts for 18 years and served most recently as executive vice president of corporate business development. He succeeds Gary Dolski, who will be taking on new assignments with Switzerland-based Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics that has more than 4,500 employees worldwide.

Jet Aviation provides a wide variety of services, including aircraft maintenance, completions, refurbishment, management, charter and sales.