Avenger Flight Group Appoints Hooman Yazhari as Chairman

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Avenger Flight Group Appoints Hooman Yazhari as Chairman

2025-04-08 04:00 Last Updated At：04:11

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 7, 2025--

Avenger Flight Group (AFG), a leading global provider of flight training solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hooman Yazhari as Chairman, effective March 24, 2025.

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Hooman brings a distinguished career in board and executive leadership, with a 25 year track record of leading transformations, strategic renewals, and rapid growth of a variety of private equity backed global enterprises. Hooman has served as an attorney, a CEO and a Board Chair in multiple industries including aviation, aviation finance, and transportation and logistics. Hooman’s leadership in crafting transformative strategy, culture, and operations, and his ability to build world class teams makes him a valuable addition to AFG’s leadership team. As Chairman, Hooman will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AFG as it strengthens its position in the market, focuses on innovation and leadership in the flight training sector, and uses its low-cost base married to service excellence to accelerate its growth.

“Andres and the entire AFG team have built an incredible company, and I am honored to join at such a pivotal time for AFG,” said Hooman Yazhari. “I look forward to working alongside the passionate team members of AFG, and its leadership team and Board of Directors to unlock AFG’s full potential, to continue to serve our clients to the best of our abilities, and to provide a crucial service to the sector we love so dearly, enabling its growth and above all, its safety.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Hooman Yazhari to Avenger Flight Group,” said Andres Restrepo, President of AFG. “Hooman’s appointment will catalyze the achievement of our broader strategic vision, which includes continued expansion, investment in new training centers, and strengthening relationships with key airline partners. His leadership will be instrumental in guiding AFG’s next phase of growth and operational excellence. With Hooman’s guidance, we are confident in our ability to enhance our service offerings and create even greater value for our airline partners.”

About Avenger Flight Group

Avenger Flight Group is a premier provider of innovative flight training solutions to the aviation industry. With a network of state-of-the-art training centers across the globe, AFG offers comprehensive training programs for pilots, cabin crew, and maintenance personnel, serving a wide range of airline partners.

Panthers top Maple Leafs 3-1, snap 5-game slide and tighten Atlantic Division race

2025-04-10 11:39 Last Updated At：11:40

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Eetu Luostarinen scored about a minute into the third period, and the Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Tuesday night and helping the reigning Stanley Cup champions snap a five-game losing streak.

Gustav Forsling also scored for Florida, which got 17 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. Carter Verhaeghe sealed it with an empty-net goal with 46.9 seconds left.

John Tavares scored his 37th goal of the season for Toronto, which saw its four-game winning streak snapped.

The Panthers got center Aleksander Barkov back in the lineup after he missed three games with an upper-body injury. Florida — which has four games left — closed within four points of Toronto and two of Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division race.

Maple Leafs: Toronto went 1-3-0 against Florida this season. The Panthers — a possible first-round opponent for Toronto this year — are now 10-3-2 against the Maple Leafs going back to late in the 2022-23 season.

Panthers: Sam Bennett will miss the rest of the regular season with an upper-body injury, joining Matthew Tkachuk (lower-body) and Aaron Ekblad (suspended) among those out until the playoffs. Ekblad can't return until Game 3 of Round 1, and the Panthers haven't said for certain that Tkachuk will be back for Game 1.

Florida turned the puck over giving Auston Matthews a point-blank shot from the slot with 5:32 left, then a rebound chance by Matthew Knies. Bobrovsky kicked both away, protecting Florida's 2-1 lead.

An oddity: The first three goals of the game combined to have exactly one assist awarded. Verhaeghe's goal was assisted by Brad Marchand and Barkov.

Toronto visits Tampa Bay on Wednesday. Florida plays host to Detroit on Thursday.

This story was first published on Apr. 8, 2025. It was updated on Apr. 9, 2025 to correct that John Tavares scored his 37th goal of the season for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Tampa Bay.

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