Indian Major Airline IndiGo adds ex-CEO of WestJet 'Gregg Saretsky' to its Board as a Special Advisor !

Gregg Saretsky, who had served as CEO of  Candian WestJet from April 2010 to March 8 , 2018 has made it to the Indian Low Cost carrier's Board .

On Sunday , the Board of Directors of IndiGo announced the appointment of Gregg Saretsky, Member of the Board, to the position of Special Advisor with immediate effect.

InterGlobe Aviation that controls Indigo further disclosed,

"In this capacity, he will work closely with Rono Dutta, the Executive Leadership Team of IndiGo, and Rahul Bhatia to accelerate operational and commercial improvement opportunities at the airline."

• Earlier , in October 2020, IndiGo had appointed Gregg Saretsky as an Additional Director.
• Saretsky took retirement as the President and CEO of Calgary based Carrier WestJet in the year 2018.

The filing also said, Gregg brings extensive experience in commercial aviation including, most recently, as CEO of WestJet, Canada's most successful low cost carrier.

"Gregg's understanding of the low cost carrier model will serve us well as we work together to drive the change that will propel IndiGo to the next level and recover from the damaging effects of the pandemic," said the filing.
 

Gregg Saretsky had joined Westjet as the Chief Operating Officer for the all-Boeing fleet with responsibility for Flight Operations, Technical Operations, InFlight Services, Airports, & Safety Services in the year June 2009. 

Prior to westjet , Gregg had worked with  'Alaska Airines' and 'Canadian Airlines international'  in different capacities.

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