Air India appoints Klaus Goersch as executive vice-president and COO

Tata-Group owned Air India announced the appointment of Klaus Goersch as executive vice-president and chief operations officer (COO) in a move to reshuffle the company’s management team. This comes as the airline executes its five-year transformation plan.

Goersch, in this newly-created role, will oversee flight operations, engineering, ground operations, integrated operations control (IOCC) and cabin crew functions.

Goersch is a licensed B777/787 pilot and held similar positions in British Airways and Air Canada.