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Dave Pflieger named CEO of new Flybe
The new Flybe today announced the appointment of Dave Pflieger as Chief Executive Officer.
Pflieger leads the new business armed with many years aviation leadership experience.
He has been a senior executive or CEO at seven different airlines, ranging from a national flag carrier and a major U.S. airline to several low-cost carriers and regional airlines.
In addition to senior executive roles at Delta Air Lines, Song, Virgin America, Silver Airways and most recently as CEO of Alaksa based Ravn Air Group, he also led the highly successful turnaround, re-fleeting, and re-branding of national carrier Fiji Airways.
During his time at Fiji Airways, Dave and his team created its first corporate responsibility programme, establishing a front-line employee incentive compensation scheme and the first-ever employee profit sharing programme in the country.
At Virgin America, he created and led Virgin’s industry-leading ‘green team’ and sustainability efforts which he intends to replicate at Flybe.
The appointment follows the sale of the business and assets of Flybe Ltd in April to Thyme Opco Limited.
"We are extremely fortunate to have someone with Dave’s skills and track record of success leading our new airline as it gets ready to start operations and serve key regions in the UK and EU," said Kevin Hatton, Chairman of the Board for Flybe Ltd.
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