SpiceJet’s Chairman and Managing Director Ajay
Singh was elected to the board of the International Air
Transport Association (IATA), less than three months after the
airline joined the global grouping.
Founder and former chairman of the now grounded
Jet Airways Naresh Goyal, who was associated with the IATA for a long time, was
a member on the previous board.
Board
of IATA:
The new board of the global airlines’ grouping
would be chaired by
Lufthansa GroupChief
Executive Officer Carsten Spohr, who took charge after the
conclusion of the IATA
annual general meeting at Seoul, South Korea.
Spohr will be the Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for
a one-year term. Other board members include Air Canada President and CEO Calin Rovinescu,
Qantas CEO Alan
Joyce and Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker.
In March, SpiceJet became the first Indian
low-cost carrier to take membership of the IATA, a grouping of around 290
airlines.
International
Air Transport Association (IATA):
Formed
on: 19 April 1945
Headquarters: Quebec, Canada
DG and
CEO: Alexandre de Juniac
Membership: 290 airlines in 120 countries
IATA is a trade association of the world’s
airlines. IATA provides consulting and training services in many areas.
