Ex-JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to run Airbus North America
Robin
Hayes,
chief
executive
officer
of
JetBlue
Airways
Corp.,
speaks
during
an
Economic
Club
of
New
York
event
in
New
York,
US,
on
Wednesday,
March
29,
2023.
Michael
Nagle
|
Bloomberg
|
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Former
JetBlue
Airways
CEO
Robin
Hayes
will
run
Airbus’
North
America
arm,
replacing
Jeffrey
Knittel,
the
airplane
maker
said
Monday.
Hayes
left
JetBlue
in
February
after
the
airline’s
planned
acquisition
of
Spirit
Airlines
fell
apart
following
a
federal
judge’s
decision
to
block
the
deal
in
an
antitrust
lawsuit
brought
by
the
Justice
Department.
Hayes,
a
longtime
airline
executive
who
has
also
held
senior
leadership
roles
at
British
Airways,
will
start
in
June.
He
will
be
managing
Airbus’
business
in
the
region,
where
it
has
expanded
production
of
narrow-body
jets
in
Mobile,
Alabama.
It
has
customers
including
Delta
Air
Lines,
his
former
employer
JetBlue
and
the
carrier’s
acquisition
target
Spirit.
When
Hayes
announced
his
departure
from
JetBlue
in
January,
he
said, “Extraordinary
challenges
and
pressure
of
this
job
have
taken
their
toll,
and
on
the
advice
of
my
doctor
and
after
talking
to
my
wife,
it’s
time
I
put
more
focus
on
my
health
and
well-being.”
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