United CEO apologizes for flying private
New York –
United CEO Scott Kirby is apologizing to customers and his own employees after taking a private jet during a week when his airline was canceling thousands of flights.
The airline confirmed Kirby flew from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, and that the company did not pay for his flight. Teterboro is about 17 miles from Newark, New Jersey, where one of United’s largest hubs is located and which was the center of the airline’s meltdown this week.
In a statement, Kirby said he regretted that his actions distracted the professionalism of United…
Shakeup at Indigo as almost half of the company’s board exits and chair Heather Reisman will also leave soon
Four members of Indigo’s board of directors have abruptly resigned, and the company has announced that chair Heather Reisman will retire this summer.
Indigo Books and Music Inc. says Frank Clegg, Howard Grosfield, Anne Marie O’Donovan and Chika Stacy Oriuwa are no longer on the company’s 11-person board.
In a statement Wednesday, the company indicated that Oriuwa was resigning “because of her loss of confidence in board leadership and because of mistreatment.”
No reason was given for the other exits. “Indigo wishes the departing directors well and thanks each of them for their contributions during their tenure on the board,”…