Bruno Heinrich appointed CRMA Chief Executive Officer

Bruno Heinrich, Chief Executive Officer, CRMA

Bruno Heinrich has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of CRMA, an AIR FRANCE-KLM subsidiary. CRMA was founded in 1957 and is based at Elancourt, just outside Paris. The firm generates annual income of 140 million euros and employs a 400- plus workforce. It specializes in engine part and module repairs, especially for the CFM56 range, Very Big Engines (GE90, GEnx, GP7200), and aircraft component overhauls.

An alumnus of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Bruno Heinrich joined Air France in 1986 as an engineer, starting out by filling a number of roles in the Engineering department of the Engines arm for the series CF6-50 and CFM56-5 powerplants, subsequently managing THP module products and component repairs.

In 1999, he was put in charge of the project to transfer the casing repair activity from the Air France shop at Orly to CRMA (Industrial Resources and Processes). In 2000, he moved to the Aircraft Maintenance Division, heading up widebody heavy maintenance operations, subsequently being appointed Division Senior Vice-President. He also took over responsibility for Part M activities at the Aircraft Maintenance Division.

In the past two years, Bruno Heinrich has helmed Technical Development at Air France's Flight Operations arm.