- Willie Walsh ya hau mukamin Darakta Janar na kungiyar a hukumance
- Walsh ya shiga cikin IATA bayan ya kwashe shekaru 40 yana aiki a masana'antar kamfanin jirgin sama
- Walsh tana da masaniya da IATA, kasancewar yayi kusan shekara 13 a Hukumar IATA
Transportungiyar Sufurin Jiragen Sama ta Duniya (IATA) ta sanar da cewa Willie Walsh ya hau kan matsayin Darakta Janar na ƙungiyar a hukumance. Ya gaji Alexandre de Juniac.
"Ina sha'awar masana'antarmu da mahimmin aikin da IATA yayi a madadin membobinta, ba fiye da haka ba yayin rikicin COVID-19. IATA ta kasance kan gaba a kokarin sake fara hada kan duniya, gami da bunkasa IATA Travel Pass. Kadan bayyane amma yana da mahimmancin mahimmanci, kamfanonin jiragen sama suna ci gaba da dogaro da tsarin sasantawa na IATA, Timatic da sauran muhimman ayyuka don tallafawa ayyukansu na yau da kullun. Ina godiya ga Alexandre da ya bar ƙungiya mai ƙarfi da kuma ƙungiya mai himma. Tare, kungiyar IATA ta maida hankali sosai kan maido da 'yancin zirga-zirga da kamfanonin jiragen sama ke samarwa ga biliyoyin mutane a duniya. Wannan yana nufin 'yancin ku na ziyartar abokai da dangi, haduwa da manyan abokan kasuwanci, don tabbatar da rike muhimman kwangiloli, da kuma binciken duniyar mu mai kayatarwa, "in ji Walsh.
“A lokuta na yau da kullun sama da matafiya biliyan hudu sun dogara ne da jirgin sama a kowace shekara kuma rarraba alluran rigakafi ya sanya darajar jigilar iska mai inganci a cikin haske. Kamfanonin jiragen sama sun himmatu wajen sadar da aminci, inganci, da ci gaba. Burina shine tabbatar da cewa IATA kakkarfan murya ce da ke tallafawa nasarar safarar jiragen sama a duniya. Zamu yi aiki tare da masu goyon baya da masu sukar ra'ayi iri daya don sadar da alkawuranmu ga masana'antar kamfanin jirgin sama mai dorewa. Aiki na ne in tabbatar cewa gwamnatoci, wadanda suka dogara da fa'idodin tattalin arziki da zamantakewar da masana'antunmu ke samarwa, suma sun fahimci manufofin da muke buƙatar isar da waɗannan fa'idodin, "in ji Walsh.
An tabbatar da Walsh a matsayin Darakta Janar na 8 na IATA ta hanyar Babban Taron Kungiyar IATA karo na 76 a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba Nuwamba 2020. Ya shiga cikin IATA bayan ya kwashe shekaru 40 yana aiki a kamfanin jirgin sama. Walsh ya yi ritaya daga Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Kasa da Kasa (IAG) a watan Satumbar 2020 bayan ya zama babban darakta tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a shekarar 2011. Kafin hakan shi ne Shugaban Kamfanin jirgin sama na British Airways (2005-2011) da Shugaba na Aer Lingus (2001-2005). Ya fara aikinsa a jirgin sama a Aer Lingus a 1979 a matsayin matukin jirgin sama.
Walsh tana da masaniya sosai da IATA, kasancewar ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Gwamnoni na IATA kusan shekaru 13 tsakanin 2005 zuwa 2018, gami da zama Shugaba (2016-2017). Zai yi aiki daga Babban Ofishin Kungiyar a Geneva, Switzerland.