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Aug 14, 2009 (newstodate): Taking effect from October 1, 2009, Finnair has announced a thorough re-shuffle and streamlining of its Group organization.
The objective of the planned change is to centralize the Group's Scheduled Passenger Traffic and Leisure Flight operations into an integrated Flight Traffic organization under the President & CEO of Finnair Plc, and in addition closer cooperation is sought between Flight Operations and Group Administration.
The reorganization is expected to reduce the need for personnel by around 200 employees.
In the new structure, Commercial Operations will be led by Mika Perho,
Production by Erno Hilden, Customer Service by Timo Riihim�ki and Travel
Services by Kaisa Vikkula, while the Resources Management Unit will be led by Ville Iho.
The Aviation Services business units, Finnair Catering, Finnair Technical Services and the ground handling company Northport Oy, as well as the cargo companies, will continue within Deputy CEO Lasse Heinonen's area of responsibility.
By the implementation of the organizational changes a review of units and departments belonging to each area will also be completed.
The objective of the planned change is to centralize the Group's Scheduled Passenger Traffic and Leisure Flight operations into an integrated Flight Traffic organization under the President & CEO of Finnair Plc, and in addition closer cooperation is sought between Flight Operations and Group Administration.
The reorganization is expected to reduce the need for personnel by around 200 employees.
In the new structure, Commercial Operations will be led by Mika Perho,
Production by Erno Hilden, Customer Service by Timo Riihim�ki and Travel
Services by Kaisa Vikkula, while the Resources Management Unit will be led by Ville Iho.
The Aviation Services business units, Finnair Catering, Finnair Technical Services and the ground handling company Northport Oy, as well as the cargo companies, will continue within Deputy CEO Lasse Heinonen's area of responsibility.
By the implementation of the organizational changes a review of units and departments belonging to each area will also be completed.