Virgin America has announced the appointment of John MacLeod as the airline’s new Senior Vice President of Planning and Sales. MacLeod will lead sales, revenue management, network planning and alliances for the airline.
"We're pleased to welcome John to Virgin America as we prepare to mark our fifth anniversary of operations next month," said Virgin America President and CEO David Cush. "John's depth of experience in revenue management and network planning will help ensure the successful growth of our route network as we take new aircraft deliveries in 2013."
MacLeod comes to Virgin America from WestJet, where he served for two and a half years as Vice President of Network Management and Alliances. At WestJet, MacLeod had responsibility for corporate development, network planning, revenue management and alliances during a period of significant revenue and network growth at the Canadian carrier. Prior to joining WestJet, MacLeod worked for Alaska Air Group for seven years, where he was Managing Director of Revenue Management and before that Managing Director for Planning and Alliances. Before coming to Alaska Air Group, MacLeod was a Vice President for Network Planning at Air New Zealand.
MacLeod name new SVP of sales at Virgin America
