Emirates executive Gurney named oneworld CEO
Oneworld has named Emirates Airline executive Rob Gurney to replace Bruce Ashby as CEO of the global airline alliance.
Ashby had announced in January that he would be stepping down. Gurney is currently Emirates’ SVP-commercial operations in the Americas, a role he will leave in October to join oneworld. Gurney previously was group executive-commercial for oneworld member Qantas, and was the Australian carrier’s representative on the oneworld executive board.
Gurney also previously worked for oneworld member British Airways. In his new role leading oneworld, Gurney will be based in New York.
Ashby has led oneworld for five years. Oneworld’s members include airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LATAM Chile, LATAM Brasil, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airlines, and around 30 affiliates.
