Former Aer Lingus chief executive and head of IATA will take up role in the summerWillie Walsh, right, and former IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, at the IATA annual general meeting in New Delhi last yearWillie Walsh has been named the new chief executive of India’s IndiGo airline, following the fiasco in which thousands of its flights were cancelled last December. This led to the resignation earlier this month of IndiGo’s chief executive Pieter Elbers. Mr Walsh, a former Aer Lingus chief executive who is head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), is expected to take up the role at the Indian airline this summer. He had joined Aer Lingus straight from school, as a cadet pilot. He became one of its youngest ever captains, in 1990He was appointed chief executive in 2001 – the year of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2026 14:54 UTC