Former easyJet exec takes helm at Flybe for turnaround try
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After a dozen years as CEO and a disastrous public offering, the time is indeed ripe for Flybe CEO Jim French to hand over power to another executive to see if he can be more successful at resurrecting the airline.
The straight-talking boss of Flybe, Jim French, is stepping down as chief executive of the regional airline after a 12-year stint in the cockpit that culminated in a calamitous stock market flotation.
Mr French, who is currently chairman and chief executive, chose the day before his 60th birthday on Thursday to announce he was handing over to a former easyJet executive, Saad Hammad, on August 1.
Mr Hammad, who was easyJet’s chief commercial officer from October 2005 to April 2009, has plenty of airline experience having also been a non-executive director at Air Berlin – though he is currently managing director of
