Conesa named new IATA chairman
ATP- arab tourism portal- MIAMI- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Andres Conesa, the CEO of Aeromexico, as the new chairman of the IATA board of governors for a one-year term.Conesa, who is the first Mexican to hold this position, succeeds Calin Rovinescu, CEO of Air Canada, whose one-year term expired at the conclusion of the Association’s 71st Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Miami, Florida.Rovinescu will continue to serve on the Board of Governors and the Chair Committee.
Conesa has led Aeromexico, Mexico’s largest airline, since 2005 after a career spanning several key, finance-related posts in the Mexican public administration.
Conesa has served as a member of the IATA Board of Governors since 2008.On the appointment, Conesa sad: "I look forward to taking up the challenges of leading the IATA Board of Governors in the 70th year of this invaluable association.
It will be a challenging task in the run-up to the important decisions on climate change, which will be taken by governments at the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2016.
"IATA, he stated, plays a vital role in the aviation industry managing global settlement systems, spearheading global advocacy efforts, and constantly evolving the global standards on which aviation relies.
"I am eager to work closely with IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler and the entire team to promote the better understanding of aviation among our key stakeholders and to help drive forward important initiatives that will make it ever safer, more efficient, and sustainably profitable,” noted Conesa.
Welcoming Conesa to the board, Tyler said: "I have every confidence that he will continue the IATA tradition of strong leadership in the important position of chairman.
We will have a busy year ahead as NDC transitions from pilots to the deployment phase, while we continue to work with ICAO on information sharing on conflict zones and the aircraft tracking implementation initiative.
""His international perspective will be key as we put detail to the industry position on market-based-measures for the environment," he added.
