PHOENIX, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MESA) (the 'Company') today announced the appointment of Paul Foley
as Chief Operating Officer Mesa Air Group. Michael Lotz remains President and
Chief Financial Officer Mesa Air Group.
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'Paul brings to Mesa a wealth of operational and leadership experience
from his years as CEO of Mesaba Holdings, the parent company of Mesaba
Airlines,' said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO. 'I have
known Paul for many years and am confident he is the ideal person to bring the
needed skills, leadership and oversight to our operations at a time when Mike
Lotz must remain focused on the restructuring of our business,' added
Ornstein.
Since September 1999, Paul was President and Chief Executive Officer of
MAIR Holdings Inc., a member of its Board of Directors and on the Executive
and Safety Committees. From September 1999 until October 2002 Paul also served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mesaba Aviation.
Paul was previously employed as Vice President Operations at Atlas Air, a
global cargo operator of 747 aircraft. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice
President Operations at LSG/Sky Chefs. He also served as President of
Continental Airlines' Chelsea Catering Corporation.
Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and an MBA
from the Edwin L. Cox Graduate School of Business at Southern Methodist
University, Dallas.
Mesa currently operates 159 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures
to 126 cities, 38 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, the Bahamas and
Mexico. Mesa operates as Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United
Express under contractual agreements with Delta Air Lines, US Airways and
United Airlines, respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines and go!. In
June 2006 Mesa launched inter-island Hawaiian service as go! This operation
links Honolulu to the neighbor island airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and
Lihue. The Company, founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982,
has approximately 5,000 employees and was awarded Regional Airline of the Year
by Air Transport World magazine in 1992 and 2005. Mesa is a member of the
Regional Airline Association and Regional Aviation Partners.
SOURCE Mesa Air Group, Inc.
