TAP Portugal's Pinto is new IATA chairman

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that TAP Portugal CEO Fernando Pinto has begun his one-year term as the chairman of the Association's Board of Governors.
Pinto immediately vowed that the environment, security and safety would top IATA's agenda over the next 12 months. Pinto brings a unique perspective to the position as he successfully led airlines in two regions - Latin America (Varig) and Europe (TAP).
He started his term at the close of the 63rd AGM in Vancouver, Canada, today and succeeds Chew Choon Seng, CEO of Singapore Airlines.
Governors of the Board of IATA are:
Fernando Pinto, TAP PORTUGAL, Khalid Abdullah Almolhem, SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES, Gerard Arpey, AMERICAN AIRLINES, Sanjay Bhuckory, AIR MAURITIUS, David Bronczek, FEDEX EXPRESS, Philip Chen, CATHAY PACIFIC, Chew Choon Seng, SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED, Fernando Conte, IBERIA, LINEAS AEREAS DE ESPAÑA, Enrique Cueto, LAN AIRLINES, Geoff Dixon, QANTAS, Christoph Franz, SWISS, János Gönci, MALEV HUNGARIAN AIRLINES, Gerald Grinstein, DELTA AIR LINES, Pedro Heilbron, COPA AIRLINES, Idris Jala, MALAYSIA AIRLINES, Temel Kotil, TURKISH AIRLINES, Liu Shaoyong, CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES, Samer A. Majali, ROYAL JORDANIAN, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, LUFTHANSA, Robert Milton, AIR CANADA, Atef Abdel Hamid Mostafa, EGYPTAIR, Titus Naikuni, KENYA AIRWAYS, Valery M. Okulov, AEROFLOT, Emilio Romano, MEXICANA DE AVIACION, Toshiyuki Shinmachi, JAPAN AIRLINES, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, AIR FRANCE, Douglas Steenland, NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION, Vasudevan Thulasidas, AIR INDIA, Glenn F. Tilton, UNITED AIRLINES, Leo M. van Wijk, KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, Willie Walsh, BRITISH AIRWAYS.
06/06/07 Cargonews Asia, Hong Kong

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