Jaakko Schildt to head Finnair’s Operations unit

Finnair has appointed Jaakko Schildt as the head of its Operations unit and member of the Executive Board. Mr Schildt has held operative airline leadership positions at Thomas Cook Group Airlines from 2014–2016. He became Director of the Group Maintenance Organisation in September 2014 and has taken up the position as Accountable Manager of Thomas Cook Airlines UK in September 2015. Previously, Mr Schildt has worked as the head of Finnair Technical Services, as well as in various leadership positions within SAS Group. Mr Schildt will assume his new role at the latest on August 16th, 2016. For the time being, the position will be held by its current holder Ville Iho in addition to his new position. In Finnair’s new organization, Mr Iho will be SVP Strategy and Resource Management.