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Caribbean Airlines looking to re-brand seeks to recruit new CEO and executive team
Caribbean Airlines Limited, is headhunting a new executive team alongside plans to “transform the organization and re-brand the company both internally and externally”.
The carrier is looking to recruit a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, a vice-president of commercial and customer experience, who is expected, the recruitment notice says, to transform the Caribbean Airlines
service delivery model.
The new team would also have to transition the airline from a fuel-subsidy dependent entity with the announcement last month that the Trinidad & Tobago government plans to end the US$40 million of fuel concessions to the airline in in the next 2 years.
Incorporated in 2007, Caribbean Airlines – the largest carrier in the Caribbean region, acquired routes operated by Air Jamaica in May 2011, and currently employs 1,124 employees with the Air Jamaica headcount at 650, according to the company website.
The carrier is creating a new team amid reports that its facing another US$70 million of losses. Caribbean Airlines was said to have used up its cash in the purchase of planes and has suffered from a loss-making London route.
Both the prospective CEO and commercial manager are expected to have at least 10 years experience at senior management level in the airline industry.
Other personnel being sought, as advertised on the airlines website, include a human resources manager, an internal auditor, a fraud analyst and a sales executive. All positions will be based in Trinidad & Tobago, except the sales executive who will be based in New York.
Caribbean Airlines currently operates flights between Jamaica and New York, Ft Lauderdale and Orlando in the United States, as well as Toronto in Canada and Nassau in The Bahamas. The other gateways from Jamaica include Antigua, St Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados.
The carrier serves 16 markets in the Caribbean, South America and North America, operating a core schedule of 530 weekly departures with a fleet of 21 aircraft, according to its website.
Caribbean Airlines has seen several changes at the top within the last 18 months.
The previous CEO of the carrier, Ian Brunton demitted stepped down from office in 2012. Vice-president of Commercial and Customer Experience Robert Corbie acted in the post, but resigned in June of this year.
Source: Jamaica Gleaner