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Republic Airways Appoints VP-Human Resources

Dépèche transmise le 2 août 2011 par Business Wire

Republic Airways Appoints VP-Human Resources

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) today announced the appointment of Richard W. Meyer as vice president of human resources.

“We’re confident he will hit the ground running and immediately add value across our organization.”

A highly experienced leader and hands-on generalist in all areas of human resources, Meyer brings more than 30 years of professional experience in small, medium and large public and private companies to the position. He spent 13 years with Cummins, followed by four years providing a full range of human resources consulting services throughout Central Indiana. He then served for nearly 20 years as vice president of human resources and then senior vice president of employee relations for the former ATA Airlines, with responsibility for all aspects of both human resources and labor relations.

Meyer holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and completed the Program for Management Development Executive Education at Harvard Graduate School of Business.

“We’re fortunate to have someone of Richard’s background join our team here at Republic,” said Tim Dooley, chief financial officer for Republic Airways. “We’re confident he will hit the ground running and immediately add value across our organization.”

Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. The airlines offer scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,500 flights daily to 129 cities in 41 states, Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico under branded operations at Frontier, and through fixed-fee airline services agreements with five major U.S. airlines. The fixed-fee flights are operated under an airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. The airlines currently employ approximately 11,000 aviation professionals and operate 275 jet aircraft.