Claude Abi Akle served 14 years in the French Armée de L’ Air the last 3 as overseas mission leader, he joined Air Limousin in 1987 as Deputy Technical Director. Later he joined Embraer as their product engineer and representative for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
As Technical Director of Air Vendee, a French Regional Carrier, Claude oversaw the introduction of the SAAB 340 after reorganising the two main maintenance centres in Nantes and Rouen.
In 1994 as Team Manager of the Aeroconseil Group he headed the engineering and planning activities for what was to become Airbus Asset management. In 1996 Claude was at the origin of creating ATS International within the Aeroconseil Group to manage all technical activities and engineering support for the Airbus Asset Management fleet. In 2000 he was named Vice President of ATS International.
Claude joined Reliance Aerospace Solutions in 2004 and is a Vice-President.