Cancun to host 2017 IATA AGM with new DG de Juniac
Aeromexico will host the 73rd IATA annual general meeting next year, staging it in Cancun, Mexico. It will be the first AGM to be led by incoming IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac. IATA announced the selection of Cancun at the closing session Friday of its 72nd AGM, hosted by Aer Lingus in Dublin. The 2017 event will be held June 4-6 and will be the third time the AGM will be held in Mexico. Also during this year’s AGM closing session, IATA delegates confirmed that de Juniac will succeed Tony Tyler as IATA DG and CEO from Sept. 1. He will leave his current position as Air France-KLM chairman and CEO at the end of July. Willie Walsh, CEO of International Airlines Group, succeeds Aeromexico CEO Andres Conesa as IATA chairman of the board of governors. Walsh will be succeeded in June 2017 by Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong.<br/>
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Cancun to host 2017 IATA AGM with new DG de Juniac
Aeromexico will host the 73rd IATA annual general meeting next year, staging it in Cancun, Mexico. It will be the first AGM to be led by incoming IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac. IATA announced the selection of Cancun at the closing session Friday of its 72nd AGM, hosted by Aer Lingus in Dublin. The 2017 event will be held June 4-6 and will be the third time the AGM will be held in Mexico. Also during this year’s AGM closing session, IATA delegates confirmed that de Juniac will succeed Tony Tyler as IATA DG and CEO from Sept. 1. He will leave his current position as Air France-KLM chairman and CEO at the end of July. Willie Walsh, CEO of International Airlines Group, succeeds Aeromexico CEO Andres Conesa as IATA chairman of the board of governors. Walsh will be succeeded in June 2017 by Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong.<br/>