Addendum
IATA’s founding China boss retires
December 1st 2018
Baojian Zhang, a linchpin figure in the development of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) airline member expansion on the Mainland retired this month after 24 years as its regional vice president North Asia. Read More »
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Zhang joined IATA from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 1994 when he set about establishing the global airline body’s operations in China. Under his leadership, IATA membership on the Mainland has grown to 36 carriers, the largest concentration of member airlines of any country, an IATA statement said.
“In the last 24 years, our China team has grown from three staff to more 130 in 2018 and IATA’s China BSP is the largest in the world, recording almost 190 million transactions in 2017,“ IATA said.
IATA director general and CEO, Alexandre de Junaic, said: “I thank Baojian for his 24 years of extraordinary service to IATA and to the airline industry. His achievements are impressive as is the well-established and strong team he leaves behind. The whole of IATA joins me in wishing Baojian all the very best for his well-deserved retirement.”
Until a permanent successor is named, IATA’s regional vice president for the Asia-Pacific, Conrad Clifford, also will lead IATA in North Asia, the association said.
