{"id":30489,"date":"2024-12-29T20:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=30489"},"modified":"2024-12-29T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:14:22","slug":"ben-munson-named-president-of-contour-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/tennessee\/ben-munson-named-president-of-contour-aviation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Ben Munson Named President of Contour Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Contour Aviation has announced the appointment of Ben Munson as President, effective January 6, 2025.&nbsp; He will report to Matt Chaifetz, the company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At Contour, Munson will have oversight of the company&#8217;s day-to-day operations, including dispatch and related flight activity, maintenance, commercial planning, finance, and human resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Ben and I have worked together as business partners for nearly a decade,&#8221; said Chaifetz.&nbsp; &#8220;He is the driven, dynamic leader that I have sought to bolster our leadership team in light of our ambitious plans for continued growth.&nbsp; I am thrilled to have him officially join our organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Munson brings nearly two decades of industry experience to his new position at Contour.&nbsp; In addition to roles in network planning at AirTran Airways and Alaska Airlines, Munson is the founder of Embark Aviation, a consultancy that has provided revenue management, schedule planning, and network analysis to Contour since 2017.&nbsp; He also previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Seaborne Airlines, tasked with facilitating the company&#8217;s restructuring and sale. He joins Contour from The Landline Company, where he served as co-founder and President since the company&#8217;s formation in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I could not be more excited to work with Matt and his team of over 700 dedicated employees,&#8221; added Munson. \u201cFor Contour to have built a fleet of nearly 40 jet aircraft in just eight years is a remarkable accomplishment; this is an incredible opportunity to capitalize on Contour&#8217;s success and further cement its position as an industry leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Munson will be relocating to the company&#8217;s headquarters in Smyrna, TN in conjunction with his new role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contour Aviation has announced the appointment of Ben Munson as President, effective January 6, 2025.&nbsp; He will report to Matt Chaifetz, the company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer. At Contour, Munson will have oversight of the company&#8217;s day-to-day operations, including dispatch and related flight activity, maintenance, commercial planning, finance, and human resources. &#8220;Ben and I have worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30490,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30489\/revisions\/30490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}