Malaysia Airlines just lost another CEO

[flyingfan]

Peter Bellew is exiting the embattled airline -- which is trying to recover from the devastating loss of two passenger jets in 2014 -- after barely a year on the job. He's the third CEO to step down in less than three years.

Bellew is returning to Ryanair as chief operations officer, the European airline said Tuesday. The announcement appeared to catch his current employer by surprise.

Malaysia Airlines just lost another CEO


Seems like MH just can't catch a break and there's no end in sight to its troubles...

 

[dajop]

Really a sad reflection, not on the airline itself, but the state of the nation as a whole. So much unfulfilled potential ...

 

[kpc]

Wow that was quick.

 

[Franky]

Really a sad reflection, not on the airline itself, but the state of the nation as a whole. So much unfulfilled potential ...

So true..

 

[kpc]

The "official" reason he is leaving...believe it or not!
Bellew explains why he is leaving Malaysia Airlines to return to Ryanair - Business News | The Star Online

 

[OZDUCK]

There was some conjecture on Airliners.net a week or so ago that his tenure was unlikely to last much longer. Ryanair was however not mentioned - as far as I can recall.

Going by their version of Business Class service we received flying Perth - KL earlier this year they still have a fair way to go to restore their "mojo".

 

[Flying Fox]

I might send in my resume for this job. Should be fun for 18mths or so!

 

[mannej]

There was some conjecture on Airliners.net a week or so ago that his tenure was unlikely to last much longer. Ryanair was however not mentioned - as far as I can recall.

Going by their version of Business Class service we received flying Perth - KL earlier this year they still have a fair way to go to restore their "mojo".

I am guessing you were on a 737?

A lot of chatter about MH not having an appropriate fleet for what they want to do (i.e too many 737's, not enough widebody capacity)

 

[OZDUCK]

I am guessing you were on a 737?

A lot of chatter about MH not having an appropriate fleet for what they want to do (i.e too many 737's, not enough widebody capacity)

Correct - subbed in for "operational reasons". Funnily enough the pax load for the scheduled A330 just happened to fit in the 737. Luckily I had only spent a few hundred dollars to "win" an upgrade. No alcohol or any frills at all. And old style "domestic" J seats instead of lie-flats.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Sad to see him leave. A super smart guy who did a world of good for MH.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Malaysia Airlines just lost another CEO


Seems like MH just can't catch a break and there's no end in sight to its troubles...

Why do they deserve a break? They're fighting compensation for the families of victims on MH17 tooth and nail... but at the same time extolling the virtues of their new first class.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

New CEO appointed, Capatin Izham Ismail.

But:

The national carrier said it had carried out its own threat analysis of the flight path and found the route taken by the ill-fated Flight MH17 to have been safe.

“For MAS, our threat analysis says it is safe,” the airline’s operations director Captain Izham Ismail told a joint press conference with Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai here.

When pointed out that other airlines had avoided flying over the conflict-ridden area, Izham said that Australia’s Qantas Airways and South Korea’s Korean Air Lines do not typically fly that route in any case.

Read more at Amid criticism, MAS says threat analysis showed MH17 flight path safe
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I had hoped for a quantum change in the perceived safety culture but I'm not sure this appointment is going to achieve that.