India’s largest airline IndiGo has named aviation industry veteran William Walsh as its new chief executive, weeks after the resignation of its former CEO.
Walsh will join IndiGo in August after the end of his term as the director general of the International Air Transport Association.
Pieter Elbers resigned as IndiGo’s CEO on 10 March with immediate effect, citing personal reasons.
Walsh has a storied career in the global aviation industry. He became the chief executive of British Airways in 2005 and ended a 15-year-long career with its parent company International Airlines Group in 2020.
He joined Irish carrier Aer Lingus in the late 1970s as a cadet pilot. He gradually worked his way up through the ranks to work in flight operations and was appointed as its chief executive in 2001.
“The aviation landscape is evolving rapidly, and IndiGo is extremely well-positioned to be at the forefront of this change,” Walsh said in a statement.
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