Walsh is a rare thing in the airline industry: a former pilot who made it to the top of the boardroom. That approach has continued right until his last days in the job, with British Airways alone announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs during the pandemic. However, there is little sign that the company’s at times uncompromising style under the chief executive will be abandoned. Photograph: Getty ImagesWalsh will on Tuesday hand over to new chief executive Luis Gallego, the lieutenant whom he trusted to oversee Iberia’s turnaround in 2012. But aircraft technology lags far behind green ambitions, so Walsh leaves IAG with few clues to its long-term future.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2020 23:03 UTC