Air France Names New Executive Vice President for Flight Operations

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - June 8, 2015

Above: an Air France plane

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air France has named a new executive vice president.

The company announced that Gilles Laurent had been appointed executive vice president for flight operations, replacing Eric Schramm, who will take up a new position in the coming months.

Laurent also becomes a member of the governing board of the Air France Group.

He will report directly to Frederic Gagey, chairman and CEO at Air France.

Laurent, a qualified pilot, had most recently served as vice president for quality and flight safety at Air France.

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