Capt Gustav Baldauf, COO, Air India to join office on June 1, 2010

Mumbai: According to a PTI report, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel recently informed that Capt Gustav Baldauf, the first Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air India who was appointed last month, will join office on June 1, 2010. He will be the first expatriate in the management team of the country's flag carrier.
Baldauf, whose appointment was approved by the Air India Board last month, will report to Arvind Jadhav, CMD, Air India and both will be responsible for all steps taken to turn around the ailing national carrier. He was selected from a list of over 100 applicants.
Jadhav informed that the terms of his contract and salary package will be finalised by this month-end. “He has made some proposals; we have also given him some proposals. We will finalise everything by the month-end,” added Jadhav.
Baldauf, who was earlier working as Executive Vice-President (Flight Operations) in Austrian Airlines, has also worked as Vice President (Operations) in Jet Airways and Air Canada.
28/05/10 TravelBizMonitor

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