Business Travel Executive, February 2020

8 Business Travel Executive askBTE com February 2020 PEOPLE resigned as CEO to be succeeded by J D OHara who has served as president for the past year OHara has a long association with Travel Leaders Group He was part of the original management buyout of Carlson Leisure Group from Carlson Companies in January 2008 that eventually led to the formation of Travel Leaders Group CWT has appointed Charlie Sullivan as head of products for its air distribution team He has been responsible for the NDC transformation program at Travelport where he spent 10 years in a number of roles including head of global commercial operations He has also worked at Worldspan Norwegian Air has appointed Marty St George as interim chief commercial officer He has more than 30 years of experience in aviation and until recently was CCO at Jet Blue Airways He has also worked at United Airlines and US Airways Deutsche Lufthansa AG has realigned its executive board with the following changes Christina Foerster and Michael Niggemann will join the executive board with Foerster taking on a new customer and corporate responsibility role and Niggemann leading HR and legal department Also Harry Hohmeister will become head of a commercial passenger airlines division and Thorsten Dirks will head a new IT digital and innovation department Korean Air has appointed Daniel Song as managing VP director of the Americas that includes Canada the US Mexico and South America A 30 year veteran with the carrier Song was most recently managing vice president of the airlines passenger network and sales Rocco Forte Hotels has appointed Jan Arnold as vice president of sales directing 24 regional sales directors and managers in 12 countries in Europe the Middle East the Americas and China He comes from Four Seasons where he last served as director of sales Europe Middle East Africa Oneworld Welcomes Royal Air Maroc DELTA PLANS MARCH MOVE TO NEW BEIJING AIRPORT Delta will move from the Beijing Capital International Airport to the Beijing Daxing International Airport in March 2020 Wong Hong the carriers president Greater China and Singapore said the new airport will provide the company with a great opportunity to better serve the growing needs of customers in China Deltas nonstop daily services from Detroit and Seattle to Beijing will move to Daxing Additionally Deltas SkyTeam partner China Eastern will open its all new international and domestic VIP lounges at the new airport to Delta One customers and SkyMiles Diamond Platinum or Gold Medallion members n IN INDUSTRY NEWS Royal Air Maroc has announced it will join the oneworld alliance effective April 1 becoming oneworlds first full member in the African continent The airlines regional subsidiary Royal Air Maroc Express will also join as a oneworld affiliate member at the same time Royal Air Maroc will add 39 new destinations in 23 countries to the oneworld network The airline connects its base in Casablanca with over 100 destinations in more than 50 countries in Africa Asia Europe Middle East North America and South America Royal Air Maroc already codeshares with five oneworld members American Airlines Iberia Qatar Airways Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines In addition members of Royal Air Marocs Safar Flyer loyalty program will be able to earn and redeem awards on all oneworld member airlines