Air France-KLM to name Jean-Marc Janaillac as new CEO: source

[April 30, 2016]  PARIS (Reuters) - Air France-KLM's <AIRF.PA> board is to appoint Jean-Marc Janaillac as the Franco-Dutch airline group's next chief executive on Tuesday to replace Alexandre de Juniac, a source close to the matter said on Saturday.

Frederic Gagey would remain as head of Air France, the source said.

Janaillac, CEO of private transport company Transdev, was considered along with Guillaume Pepy, the head of French state-owned railway company SNCF, and Jean-Francois Cirelli, a former CEO of GDF Suez, the websites of La Tribune and Journal du Dimanche reported.

The nomination committee on Friday decided to back Janaillac, the source said.

Air France-KLM declined to comment. Transdev was not immediately available for comment.

Juniac is leaving the group in the summer to become director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

(Reporting by Cyril Altmeyer; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

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