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Kenya Airways has disclosed that the head of its Jambo Jet regional division, Allan Kilavuka, is to take over temporarily as CE of the carrier. Kilavuka only stepped into the top post at Jambo Jet at the beginning of this year. He was formerly with General Electric. Kenya Airways says Kilavuka will serve as acting chief until a “substantive” successor has been appointed, following the departure of Sebastian Mikosz. He will remain as the head of Jambo Jet in the meantime. Kenya Airways says it initiated a recruitment process for Mikosz’s replacement when he stated he would be stepping down at the end of this year. But it states that this process is “still actively ongoing” and that the board will inform stakeholders once a suitable candidate is identified. <br/>

Romania’s govt is to seek E47m in rescue finance for loss-making Tarom, as part of a E110m restructuring package, the country’s transport minister has said. Lucian Bode has disclosed the plan to Romanian television channel B1. “At Tarom, things look very bad,” Bode told the station, adding that the airline would end the year with losses of around US$44m and that the carrier has reserves of E20m. Bode accuses his predecessor, Razvan Cuc, of failing to reform the airline, adding that the carrier’s fleet needs to be unified. He states that the airline is “considering” an acquisition of ATR turboprops. It agreed earlier this year to take 9 ATR 72-600s but has yet to receive any of them. Tarom operates 9 older ATR aircraft. <br/>