Gulfstream Appoints Murtaza Hassan General Manager of St. Louis Operations

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced Murtaza Hassan has been named general manager of the Gulfstream St. Louis facility. He oversees service center operations, including safety, quality, customer satisfaction and continuous improvement. Hassan reports to Joseph Rivera, vice president, Service Center Operations.

“We are pleased to welcome Murtaza back to the Gulfstream team,” said Derek Zimmerman, president, Gulfstream Customer Support. “As former director of operations for the Gulfstream Savannah Service Center, he brings a tremendous amount of Gulfstream knowledge and experience to this position.”

Hassan has over 20 years of aviation maintenance experience. He returns to Gulfstream after having served as a director at Dassault. He also has extensive experience with Jet Aviation, serving as their director of maintenance and operations in Singapore, and previously working as the chief inspector for Flexjet's Part 135 operations and two Part 145 repair stations. Hassan also worked in operations management for Bombardier and Atlantic Aero.

In addition to his business aviation experience, Hassan spent several years at an airline, where he held various positions in maintenance and training. He is a licensed airframe and power plant maintenance technician.