Management Change at Air France KLM

Air France KLM has appointed Warner Rootliep as general manager for the UK and Ireland market. He succeeds Henri Hourcade who joins the French market as vice president of sales.

Reporting into Henri de Peyrelongue, senior vice president of Air France KLM Europe and North Africa, Warner will be responsible for the overall passenger activity, including ground services.

He will be focused on ensuring that Air France KLM confirms its already strong position in the industry.

With more than 20 years’ experience working in the airline industry, Warner has held a variety of key management positions and for the past five years has been general manager of Air France KLM in Germany.

Warner started his career with KLM in 1990 and spent time in a number of different departments, including finance, alliances, pricing and revenue management.