Alaska Air Group promotes two key executives
Saturday, 17 May, 2016
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Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines and regional unit Horizon Air has rewarded two top executives with promotions.
Alaska Airlines chief operating officer Ben Minicucci has been appointed president and COO, and David Campbell moves from COO to president and chief executive of Horizon Air.
Minicucci has been Alaska’s COO and executive vice president since December 2008, and prior to that held the post of Seattle operations vice president.
Minicucci joined Alaska from Air Canada after serving in the Canadian Armed Forces.
"Ben has earned this promotion. His strong leadership skills, and his commitment to safety, operational reliability and customer service have helped make Alaska the top performing U.S. airline on many of the measures most important to our customers," said Alaska CEO Brad Tilden.
"Ben will also lead the integration process for the planned acquisition of Virgin America, which will help us create the premier airline for people living on the West Coast."
On Monday the Department of Justice filed a formal ‘second request’ for more details on Alaska Air’s $2.6 billion deal for Virgin America.
The two carriers described it as a ‘standard part’ of the antitrust review process and are cooperating with the Justice Department.
This request extends the time limit for when the deal can close but both airlines said they are ‘confident’ the transaction will be completed by the year end.
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