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Former JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes is taking complete Airbus' North America operations conscionable months aft stepping distant for wellness reasons.
Hayes will presume nan domiciled connected June 3 and study to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faur. He is succeeding Airbus Americas CEO C. Jeffrey Knittel, who announced his status aft holding nan apical executive position successful nan region since 2018.
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Hayes will beryllium successful complaint of starring nan commercialized craft business and will beryllium responsible for coordinating nan company’s helicopters, abstraction and defense businesses crossed North America.
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He will besides beryllium taking connected nan company's main rival, Boeing, arsenic nan institution deals pinch information issues, whistleblowers and nan fallout from muliple incidents involving nan 737 Max Jet.
Robin Hayes, main executive serviceman and president of JetBlue Airways Corp., speaks during nan U.S. Chamber of Commerces aviation acme successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday, March, 22, 2016. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Airbus spends $15 cardinal annually moving pinch much than 2,000 U.S. suppliers successful complete 40 states.
He will besides oversee complete 10,000 Airbus labor crossed 50 sites successful nan region.
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However, his assignment comes aft Hayes stepped down from JetBlue successful February to attraction connected his wellness aft admitting that nan challenges and unit of nan occupation had "taken their toll." He had been astatine nan helm of nan bearer for 9 years earlier stepping down.
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"The bonzer challenges and pressure of this job have taken their toll," Hayes said successful a connection earlier this year. "On nan proposal of my expert and aft talking to my wife, it’s clip I put much attraction connected my wellness and well-being."
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However, Hayes said successful a connection Monday that aft having clip off, he is "excited and energized to subordinate Airbus and build connected nan unthinkable occurrence successful nan region."
An Airbus A350 is seen connected nan tarmac up of nan opening of nan International Aerospace Exhibition ILA astatine Schoenefeld Airport successful Berlin connected June 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo / Reuters)
"Airbus’ committedness to information and decarbonisation is incredibly important to maine personally, and I americium both motivated by and committed to contributing to nan Airbus intent to pioneer sustainable aerospace," Hayes continued.
Hayes has complete 3 decades' acquisition successful world aerospace leadership, according to Airbus. He served successful a bid of elder executive roles astatine British Airways complete nan people of his 19-year tenure earlier taking complete JetBlue.
