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United Airlines Names Timothy Canavan Vice President of Maintenance and Aircraft Appearance
CHICAGO, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA),
the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today
announced that Timothy Canavan has been named vice president of Maintenance
and Aircraft Appearance for United Services. In this role, Canavan will lead
the company's line maintenance and aircraft appearance teams to improve the
reliability, workability and interior cleanliness of United's fleet.
"Tim's strong background and extensive experience in maintenance will
provide tremendous value as we work to improve our processes in the face of
escalating costs. His main focus will be on leading our maintenance team to
safely deliver our customers a reliable aircraft, with a clean and workable
interior," said Joe Kolshak, senior vice president of Operations for United.
Canavan joins United from Delta Airlines, where he spent 22 years in a
variety of leadership positions in maintenance and airport operations,
transforming a number of organizations and achieving immediate performance
improvements. Most recently, Canavan led Delta's worldwide cabin appearance
and ground support equipment operations, where he was responsible for the
successful implementation of several new initiatives, including programs that
focused on employee ownership to improve cabin appearance, and large scale
Lean improvements.
Canavan also led Delta's technical operations and quality division, where
he was responsible for Lean implementation that transformed the company's
base, engine and component maintenance groups to continuously identify and
remove waste while improving quality and customer value.
Canavan assumed his role on July 14 and is based at United's operations
center in suburbanChicago. He reports to Kolshak.
About United
United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,200* flights a day on
United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international
destinations from its hubs inLos Angeles,San Francisco,Denver,Chicago and
Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in theAsia-Pacific region,Europe
andLatin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based
inthe United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which
provides connections for our customers to 965 destinations in 162 countries
worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many
countries around the world. News releases and other information about United
can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.
*Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008.
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