Alaska Air elevates execs at its two airlines

Alaska Air Group Monday promoted Alaska Airlines COO Ben Minicucci to president of the airline. The company also promoted Horizon Air COO David Campbell to CE and president of Alaska’s regional subsidiary. As part of his new role, Minicucci will lead the integration process for the planned acquisition of Virgin America. Minicucci has been Alaska’s COO and executive VP since Dec 2008. Previously, he served as VP of Seattle operations. Minicucci joined the company in 2004 from Air Canada, following 14 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. Campbell, an MBA who served 4 years in the US Air Force, is based in Portland, Oregon. He joined Horizon as president and COO in July 2014 with more than 25 years of experience in maintenance and flight operations at JetBlue and American Airlines. <br/>