PASSUR Aerospace Announces that John Thomas has Joined the PASSUR Board of Directors as Vice Chairman and Brian Cook has Joined the Board as a Director

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Dec 03, 2018, 07:59 ET

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PASSUR^® Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR) is pleased to announce that John Thomas has joined the Board as Vice Chairman and Brian Cook has joined the Board as a Director.

PASSUR's mission is to grow global airspace capacity to meet future demand for air travel without adding to costly infrastructure. We do this by creating a digital collaborative platform where airlines, airports, and service providers (e.g., ANSPs) optimize their internal operations while also solving problems that can only be achieved by sharing data and information on a common platform. PASSUR's analytics extract meaningful information to predict, manage, and remove constraints on the surface and in the air.

John Thomas has been actively involved in the aviation industry for the past 35 years, both as a senior operating executive as Group Executive at Virgin Australia Airlines and as a strategic advisor to the global industry as Senior Partner and Global Head of the Aviation Practice, L.E.K. Consulting LLC.

John's advisory work for the major airlines around the world included M&A, alliances, restructuring, ancillary revenues, network and fleet planning, product development, operational improvement, financial planning, and loyalty programs. He was also active with OEMs, Business & General Aviation, FBOs, airports, and ANSPs. He currently manages his jet charter operation out of Boston, sits on the Boards of the largest Business Aviation services and FBO provider in Canada, as well as the terminal operator at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences, and continues to provide advisory services to the broader aviation industry.

"Having experienced the power of PASSUR both as a client as well as observing the significant operational improvement they have delivered across my own clients, I am delighted to join the Board where I hope to raise the profile of the company in the international arena commensurate with the very tangible financial value that PASSUR uniquely delivers day in day out to its clients," said Mr. Thomas.

Brian Cook is currently the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors at CyFIR, a market leading innovative cyber security software platform and services company. Prior to joining CyFIR, Brian held the position of Vice President and General Manager Travel and Transportation at DXC Technology, where he led the integration of CSC's and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services transportation division into a single business unit at DXC, creating one of the world's largest transportation technology services businesses serving airlines, airports, rail and logistics providers.

During his 28 years of executive leadership, Brian has held a number of positions in the travel industry, including Vice President and General Manager Travel and Transportation at Hewlett Packard, President SITA Airline Solutions North America, Vice President SITA passenger solutions, and Director Information Technology at Star Alliance.

"PASSUR has an outsized reputation in the market – with the reputation of a company many times its size," said Mr. Cook, "I have realized the benefits as a customer of the PASSUR platform in action and worked with many of the PASSUR executives through the years. PASSUR is uniquely positioned in the market to solve some of the air transport industry's most difficult operational issues supporting airline, airport, and air traffic management organizations. I am both excited and honored to be selected to join its Board of Directors and am looking forward to working with the PASSUR Board as well as with the management team to help PASSUR demonstrate and realize its value to the industry, to customers, and to its shareholders."

Beck Gilbert, PASSUR's chairman, commented, "Both John and Brian know PASSUR well, are high energy, successful aviation executives with a passion to make a difference and the tenacity to make sure it happens. We are delighted and honored that they see PASSUR as a vehicle to achieve those objectives and it's great to have them on the PASSUR team."

Jim Barry, PASSUR President and CEO, added, "We welcome John and Brian to PASSUR! They are both senior aviation industry thought leaders, understand the value of using comprehensive digital solutions in the global aviation market, know what the customers want and need, and also know how to get the industry to embrace innovation on a timely basis. They will provide immediate and sustained value to PASSUR and its customers."

About PASSUR® Aerospace, Inc.

PASSUR Aerospace (OTC: PSSR) a global leader in digital operational excellence, provides predictive analytics and decision support technology for the aviation industry, primarily to improve the operational performance and cash flow of airlines and the airports where they operate. PASSUR Aerospace's information solutions are used at the five largest North American airlines, by more than 60 airport customers and used at the top 30 North American airports, by over one hundred business aviation customers, and by the U.S. government. PASSUR owns and operates the largest commercial passive radar network in the world that provides aircraft position updates every 1 to 4.6 seconds, powering a proprietary database that is accessible in real-time and delivers timely and accurate information and solutions via PASSUR's industry leading algorithms and business logic included in its products. PASSUR, Airwayz, NextGen2, and NextGen3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. in the U.S. All other companies and product names of those companies contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

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