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United CEO has heart transplant
United Airlines said its CEO Oscar Munoz underwent a heart transplant and is in recovery.
A statement issued by the carrier said the surgery was ‘the preferred treatment’ and not a response to any setback in his recovery after a heart attack in October.
His scheduled return to work will likely be pegged back to ‘the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter’.
“The United team wishes Oscar well during his recovery,” the United statement said, and will provide another update later today.
Munoz suffered a heart attack just five weeks after assuming the CEO role following the ousting of Jeff Smisek.
Brett Hart, the company’s general counsel, is currently at the helm as acting CEO.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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