The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has named Penny Coates as chief operating officer.
The appointment follows on from the earlier appointment of Charlie Cornish as the group’s new group chief executive in June.
Coates is currently MD of the group’s smaller airports – East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside – but MAG has now decided to bring the management together.
“I’m excited to add Manchester – the largest of MAG’s airports – to my portfolio because it creates a huge opportunity to optimise the benefits of being a group,†she said.
Andrew Harrison, the current commercial director at Manchester, will replace Andrew Cornish as the new MD of Manchester Airport.
Both appointments start from 15 September.
The post of East Midlands Airport’s MD will be advertised internally across MAG with any appointment likely to also be effective from September.
by Bev Fearis
