GoAir CEO departs

Cornelis Vrieswijk, chief executive of GoAir, has resigned just nine months after taking over the helm, citing personal reasons. “It is unfortunate that despite best efforts, my family did not shift to India but rather wants me to be back with them in Amsterdam,” Vrieswijk said in a statement issued by the airline. The former easyJet executive, joined GoAir six months after the departure of then chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer. “At the nominations and remunerations committee meeting held by the board on February 8, Vrieswijk expressed his desire to relocate to Amsterdam since his family was not wishing to settle