Key executive to leave Air NZ prompting operations shake-up

A key figure at the top of Air NZ will leave the airline later this year. COO Bruce Parton will leave at the end of September after 22 years at the airline, prompting a shake-up of the airline's structure. Air NZ CE Christopher Luxon said Parton had advised him last year that he wanted to take a break from corporate life. Luxon said Parton's career had been hugely successful. Parton joined Air NZ in 1996 and before his appointment in Nov 2007 as general manager of all its short-haul international and domestic operations, he had been general manager of the domestic airline, Pacific airline and airline operation. Parton, in his early 50s, was appointed to his current COO role in Jan 2013. Luxon said operations would now be restructured. <br/>
New Zealand Herald
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5/28/18
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