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Tewolde Gebremariam has taken over as Air India’s CEO and managing director, succeeding Campbell Wilson. At his first employee town hall, the new leadership team identified safety, customer trust, operational excellence, reliable service and financial sustainability as priorities for the Tata Group-owned airline’s next phase.
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Tewolde Gebremariam has taken over as Air India’s CEO and managing director, succeeding Campbell Wilson. At his first employee town hall, the new leadership team identified safety, customer trust, operational excellence, reliable service and financial sustainability as priorities for the Tata Group-owned airline’s next phase.
At his first town hall since announcing plans to step down in February, Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said Air India must rebuild credibility with passengers while sharpening cost discipline. He reaffirmed safety, operational excellence, customer trust and financial sustainability as priorities for the airline’s next transformation phase.
Anko van der Werff takes over Air Canada as the carrier contends with rising costs, geopolitical exposure and a long-haul strategy heavily tied to the Airbus A321XLR. His tenure will test the airline’s ability to execute its fleet and network plans amid these pressures.
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Air France-KLM will move group chief operating officer Oltion Carkaxhija to the top role at low-cost unit Transavia from Sept. 4, tasking him with reinforcing its position in the intra-European market. The group’s sustainability chief will also assume expanded responsibilities as part of the reshuffle.
Gen. Douglas Schiess assumed command of the U.S. Space Force on Sept. 3 at Joint Base Andrews, succeeding Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Promoted to four-star general, Schiess takes over as the service prepares for expansion in funding, personnel and missions amid competition with China.
Pivotal has named Mike Ross interim chief executive after Ken Karklin left the light eVTOL company, ending a four-year tenure. The leadership change comes as Pivotal continues developing its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, with the appointment signaling a transition in the company’s executive direction.
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Kenya Airways acting CEO George Kamal has resigned, citing personal reasons, less than nine months after taking the top role. Habil Waswani has been appointed interim CEO as the airline manages another leadership transition amid ongoing losses and repeated turnover at the top.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation leaves all three U.S. military service branches without their leaders under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The departures mark an unusually broad turnover at the top of the armed forces as the Pentagon continues its purge of senior military ranks.
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