Gourgeon Steps Down as Air France-KLM CEO
Gourgeon Steps Down as CEO of Air France-KLM.
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon

Pierre-Henri Gourgeon resigned as CEO of Air France and Air France-KLM on October 17 as part of a management shakeup that saw chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta assume Gourgeon’s duties as CEO of Air France-KLM and Alexandre de Juniac take over as chairman and chief executive of Air France.

The moves came despite the long-held expectation that Spinetta would resign as Air France-KLM’s chairman to make way for Gourgeon. Rather, Spinetta and Leo Van Wijk, who presided over the establishment of the Air France-KLM group, take charge of the strategic coordination of a fully dedicated Air France-KLM holding company, now scheduled for implementation in 2013 rather than the beginning of next year.