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Willie Walsh (William Matthew Walsh) was born on 25 October, 1961 in Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish airline executive. Discover Willie Walsh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As William Matthew Walsh
Occupation Businessman
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 25 October, 1961
Birthday 25 October
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1961

William Matthew Walsh (born 25 October 1961) is an Irish airline executive who is currently the Director General of the International Air Transport Association.

1979

At age 17 he became a pilot at Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus, joining as a cadet in 1979.

He acquired a Master's degree in management and business administration from Trinity College, Dublin during his pilot years, while advancing to become a Boeing 737 captain.

1998

He joined company management in various positions including chief executive of then company subsidiary, Futura from 1998 to 2000.

2000

He returned to Aer Lingus in 2000 as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

2001

In October 2001, Walsh was elevated from COO to CEO of Aer Lingus, succeeding Michael Foley, who had resigned following a harassment complaint.

The carrier was in financial difficulty.

Walsh eliminated 2,000 staff positions and reconfigured Aer Lingus as a low-cost airline.

He also withdrew various services like short-haul Business Class and restricted the airline's frequent-flyer programme, TAB.

The company operating profits rebounded, but the cost of the write-offs and redundancies meant that net profitability was not as quick to recover.

Not all of Walsh's reforms were successful, such as the outsourcing of aircraft cleaning.

The contracting had not been agreed with Aer Lingus unions, which led to large payments to the private contractor while Aer Lingus employees did the cleaning work.

2002

A three-day lock-out occurred in 2002 during the peak of the cutbacks.

The management team suggested to the principal shareholder, the Irish Government, a float of Aer Lingus on the stock market.

Stock floats are often rewarding to top management and this was opposed by the unions who feared a privatised Aer Lingus would impose even tougher working conditions.

2005

The Government eventually turned down the float, and Walsh resigned from the company in January 2005.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern subsequently described Walsh's offer of an MBO as "a time when management wanted to steal the assets for themselves through a management buy out, shafting staff interests".

Dermot Mannion, formerly of Emirates, succeeded Walsh as Aer Lingus chief executive officer in August 2005.

He went to British Airways, where he would replace Rod Eddington at the end of his contract.

Walsh was hired in May 2005, with a six-month shadowing period to get to know the business before the departure of Eddington in October 2005.

Walsh became CEO of British Airways in October 2005.

The major challenges for the airline industry were exacerbated by various natural events such as snow, fog and volcanic ash.

2010

He described the closure of European airspace in April 2010 over worries about the ash plume from an erupting Icelandic volcano as a "gross over-reaction to a very minor risk".

2011

Walsh oversaw the merger of British Airways and Iberia forming a new holding company International Airlines Group (IAG) in January 2011.

He also created a Joint Business Agreement with Iberia and American Airlines, meaning the three airlines now market and sell each other's seats and share revenue on trans-Atlantic routes.

On 24 January 2011, Walsh became chief executive of IAG, which is the parent company of BA and Iberia.

Both airlines are members of the Oneworld alliance.

2014

In March 2014, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine named Walsh as its 2014 Laureate for Commercial Aviation.

2020

Until 2020, he was CEO of International Airlines Group, and had previously been CEO of Aer Lingus and British Airways.

Walsh was born in Dublin, Ireland.

He attended his local secondary school Ardscoil Rís.

It was announced on 9 January 2020 that he would be stepping down as CEO in March 2020, however Walsh announced on 16 March that he intended to delay his retirement in order to help the airline trade through the outbreak of COVID-19.

Walsh officially retired from IAG in September 2020, and was succeeded by Luis Gallego.

On 24 November 2020, Walsh was appointed as the Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), effective from April 2021.