Jean-CYRIL Spinetta has been confirmed as the new president of Air France by the airline's board of directors, and has promised to "continue the strategy" put in place by his predecessor, Christian Blanc, who resigned over the Government's refusal to privatise the airline (Flight International, 24-30 September).
Spinetta says that the Blanc recovery plan has "shown its validity-we must avoid damaging ruptures". He adds that the fusion of Air France with its domestic subsidiary Air Inter, of which he was formerly president, is a fact "-we must give it a chance of success".
Meanwhile, European competition commissioner Karel Van Miert has fired a warning shot at the French Government's non-privatisation policy, asking: "Is it truly in the interest of the company? I have some doubts."
Source: Flight International
