Air France CEO Resigns, Group Chief Talks Of ‘New Approach’

Credit: Rob Finlayson
Air France CEO Franck Terner has resigned, leaving the new Air France-KLM Group CEO running both companies. Ben Smith, a former Air Canada executive who became Air France-KLM Group CEO Sept. 17, also will head Air France, but until no later than Dec. 31, the company said. While Terner’s departure on...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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