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Delta Names New CEO

Aug 22nd, 2007 | By Jared Blank

You’ll can certainly read more about this elsewhere, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Delta has named former Northwest CEO Richard Anderson as their new chief executive.  Anderson is known for making tough but fair decisions, though Northwest lost a nice chunk o’ change under his leadership.  Although I’m not expecting a Delta/Northwest linkup, I would expect them to take a page from Northwest’s playbook and expand their Asian services.

I’m always curious, though, for an industry that consistently loses a ton of money, why do airlines keep choosing CEOs from within the industry?





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  1. Benet Wilson August 22nd, 2007 12:31 pm :

    Jared, that’s an easy answer — airlines are very environmentally friendly. They are big fans of recycling!!

  2. Jared Blank August 22nd, 2007 1:28 pm :

    well put :)

  3. Super G August 22nd, 2007 10:53 pm :

    It hasn’t been that long since Leo Mullin was at the helm.

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