Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. announced that former Delta Air Lines executive Mike Moore has been appointed Executive Vice President, Spaceline Technical Operations, effective August 22. Moore will lead Virgin Galactic's technical operations and maintenance team in charge of ensuring the Company's vehicles are ready for flight. As part of this new position, he will help design and implement the operational model and technical infrastructure needed to support high cadence spaceflights during commercial service.

Moore will report to CEO Michael Colglazier. Moore joins the Company following a thirty-seven-year long career within aviation, and a decade-long career at Delta Air Lines, where he led Delta's TechOps Services Group as Senior Vice President, Maintenance Operations & MRO Services Group. While at Delta, Moore supported the introduction of two major next-generation engine maintenance partnerships with Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.

After beginning his aviation career as an aviation mechanic in the U.S. Air Force, Moore also worked at Northwest Airlines and ran StandardAero completions between TIMCO and TeamSAI.