Pacific Blue Airlines announces new CEO

Pacific Blue Airlines has appointed (02-Apr-09) Mark Pitt as its new CEO, replacing John Bartlett who has retired from the airline. Mr Pitt has been CEO at Christchurch-based Mount Cook Airlines for the past two years. Prior to the CEO position he was Mount Cook Airlines Operations Manager.

 

Previous airline experience includes roles with Ansett New Zealand and Qantas New Zealand, and more than a decade with the Royal New Zealand Airforce as a pilot and as recruitment director.
 
Retiring CEO John Bartlett noted Mark’s depth of aviation experience at both an operational and management level and wished him well in his new role.
 
Mr Bartlett said that Pacific Blue was experiencing continued growth, including announcing new services in the past month from Adelaide and Melbourne to Fiji, and from Melbourne and Sydney to Bali.
 
Mark Pitt will take up the CEO role in July. In the interim the airline has appointed its Engineering Manager, Peter Morgan, as Acting CEO.
 
(C) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 03-Apr-09

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