ASL Airlines France chief executive Jean-François Dominiak is to retire at the end of the month, parent company ASL Aviation Holdings announced on Friday, without naming a replacement.
Dominiak, who ran the airline for over two decades, said he wants to "explore new fields of knowledge" after a long career which began at Air Inter, where he helped establish its cargo wing, ICS. He was later involved in the creation of L’Aéropostale, a joint subsidiary of the Air France Group and La Poste, where he went on to work as financial director and commercial director.
Dave Andrew, chief executive of Dublin-headquartered ASL Aviation Holdings, paid tribute to Dominiak's "remarkable" and "unusual" longevity running an airline, which he said showed Dominiak's "dynamism, flexibility and innovation in reacting to how the market has changed over the years".
ASL’s six airlines include ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Belgium, ASL Airlines France and ASL Airlines United Kingdom in Europe. It runs a fleet of 130 airctrafy and employs 3000 people worldwide. Dominiak's ASK Airlines France was known for its routes to former French possession Algeria.
