Air New Zealand appoints new GM Japan

Air New Zealand has appointed Scott Carr to the position of General Manager Japan.

Mr Carr has more than 20 years experience at Air New Zealand having joined subsidiary Mount Cook Airline in 1989. Since then he has held a number of senior leadership roles at Air New Zealand including General Manager UK/Europe and most recently General Manager New Zealand.

Air New Zealand Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Sales Officer Norm Thompson says Mr Carr brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to what is a key offshore role.

“Japan has long been an important market to Air New Zealand and continues to be under our Go Beyond strategy which is focussed on market development and growth in the Pacific Rim.

“Scott has proven experience across a number of the airline’s key markets and while the Japanese market is still in recovery mode, we are seeing positive signs of growth and under his leadership I believe we are poised to take our Japanese operation to the next level of commercial success,” says Mr Thompson.