- Iberia chairman Fernando Conte is to assume the post of chief executive in a top-level reorganisation that follows the resignation of chief executive Angel Mullor in April.
- Long-serving Lufthansa man Klaus Froese has become the new head of Lufthansa CityLine, replacing Karl-Heinz Koepfle, who moved to Lufthansa Cargo.
- Wasantha Kumarasiri has become chief executive of Air Niugini, Papua New Guinea’s flag carrier. He replaces Rod Nelson, who returned to Australia to work for Virgin Blue.
- Evelyn Tan is the new chief financial officer of Singapore’s low-cost carrier Tiger Airways.
- Former BA, Deutsche BA and Opodo executive Carl Michel, 43, has been elected to the supervisory board of Austrian Airlines.
- Emirates has appointed former HSBC managing director aircraft finance Brian Jeffery as its new senior vice-president corporate treasury, where he will be responsible for financing the carrier’s $30 billion worth of aircraft orders.
Source: Airline Business
