United Airlines Names New Chief Administrative Officer, COO

United Airlines has named Pete McDonald as chief administrative officer and John Tague as chief operating officer -two key appointments that will streamline the organization and enable the company to accelerate improvement in both revenue and cost performance, while combining critical corporate functions to capture internal synergies and better enable execution of its business strategy.

McDonald, who has held numerous senior leadership roles at United in his 39-year career and most recently was chief operating officer will be responsible for corporate policy and strategy regarding customer and employee experience, technology, communications, safety and security, and maintaining key internal and external relationships in the foregoing areas.