PARIS (Reuters) - Air France-KLM's (PA:AIRF) new chief executive Benjamin Smith will also head the airline's French division for a transitional period, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Smith replaces Franck Terner, who is resigning, and will head the French unit until Dec.31 at the latest, Air France's board of directors decided.
Smith, a Canadian national, took over the group last week with the mission to reduce the French unit's swollen cost base while keeping increasingly frustrated Dutch staff on side.