JetBlue appoints first female CEO of a major US airline

Low-cost US airline JetBlue has announced the appointment of Joanna Geraghty, current president and chief operating officer, as the company’s next chief executive officer. Voted in unanimously by the board, she will succeed current CEO Robin Haynes as of February 12. Geraghty’s appointment marks the first time a female has held the role of CEO of a major US airline, notes investment banking company TD Cowen; highlighting that despite Southwest Airlines’ selection of Colleen Barrett as president in the 1990s, all US CEOs have been male. In a statement, Haynes explained he was stepping back to “put more focus on