{"id":77189,"date":"2018-08-16T20:25:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=77189"},"modified":"2022-07-28T13:44:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:44:38","slug":"ben-smith-air-france-klm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ben-smith-air-france-klm","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Smith takes the helm at Air France KLM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Il y a bien un pilote chez <strong>Air France KLM<\/strong>. Ou du moins, son arriv\u00e9e ne saurait tarder. Comme pressenti depuis quelques jours, <strong>Ben Smith<\/strong>\u00a0a bien \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi pour prendre les commandes du groupe a\u00e9rien, sans r\u00e9elle gouvernance depuis la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/air-france-demission-pdg-20180504.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">d\u00e9mission de son Pdg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/decideur-jean-marc-janaillac-president-directeur-general-air-france-klm-20160920.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Marc Janaillac<\/a>, trois mois plus t\u00f4t.<\/p>\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-france-klm-strategie\">A lire aussi : Air France-KLM confirme sa strat\u00e9gie autour de trois marques<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00c2g\u00e9 de 46 ans, Ben Smith occupe actuellement le poste de \u00ab\u00a0President, Airlines and Chief Operating Officer\u00a0\u00bb chez <strong>Air Canada<\/strong>, dont le site Internet publie une biographie \u00e9logieuse\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0<em>Ben est le visionnaire derri\u00e8re l&rsquo;expansion strat\u00e9gique et diversifi\u00e9e du r\u00e9seau mondial d&rsquo;Air Canada (\u2026). Il est \u00e9galement l&rsquo;architecte principal du d\u00e9veloppement de [l\u2019a\u00e9roport] Toronto Pearson comme principale plaque tournante mondiale d&rsquo;Air Canada en plus de Vancouver <\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77251\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-smith-af-klm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-smith-af-klm.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Smith\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-smith-af-klm.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ben-smith-af-klm-300x169-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La d\u00e9signation de Benjamin Smith est officielle depuis le 16 ao\u00fbt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>D&rsquo;apr\u00e8s le communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 jeudi soir par Air France KLM, \u00ab\u00a0<em>D\u00e8s son arriv\u00e9e, Benjamin Smith prendra la <strong>direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale ex\u00e9cutive<\/strong> du Groupe Air-France-KLM et en d\u00e9terminera l&rsquo;organisation. Il sera charg\u00e9 en priorit\u00e9 de <strong>redynamiser Air France<\/strong>, de donner une profonde impulsion strat\u00e9gique au Groupe, et de travailler avec les \u00e9quipes \u00e0 <strong>une nouvelle approche manag\u00e9riale\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>gagner la confiance et le respect des \u00e9quipes d&rsquo;Air France-KLM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dans ce m\u00eame communiqu\u00e9, Benjamin Smith d\u00e9clare notamment : \u00ab\u00a0<em>Je suis plus qu&rsquo;enthousiaste face \u00e0 cette nouvelle mission. Air France et KLM sont deux tr\u00e8s grandes compagnies a\u00e9riennes, reconnues dans le monde entier pour le professionnalisme et l&rsquo;engagement de leurs \u00e9quipes. Je suis conscient que le Groupe fait face actuellement \u00e0 des <strong>enjeux de comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9<\/strong>, mais je suis convaincu que les \u00e9quipes de toutes les compagnies du Groupe ont tous les atouts pour r\u00e9ussir dans le grand march\u00e9 mondial du transport a\u00e9rien <\/em>\u00bb. Et d&rsquo;ajouter : \u00ab\u00a0<em>Je souhaite gagner la confiance et le respect des \u00e9quipes d&rsquo;Air France-KLM pour que nous travaillions et r\u00e9ussissions ensemble dans cette industrie fortement comp\u00e9titive et en \u00e9volution tr\u00e8s rapide\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>un dirigeant \u00e9tranger dont la candidature serait pouss\u00e9e par un groupe industriel concurrent<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reste \u00e0 savoir quel sera l\u2019accueil r\u00e9serv\u00e9 au nouveau patron d\u2019Air France KLM, dans un climat social toujours tendu. D\u2019autant que, quelques heures avant la nomination de Ben Smith, l\u2019<strong>intersyndicale<\/strong> avait pr\u00e9venu\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0<em>Il est <strong>inconcevable<\/strong> que la compagnie Air France, Fran\u00e7aise depuis 1933, tombe dans les mains d\u2019un <strong>dirigeant \u00e9tranger<\/strong> dont la candidature serait pouss\u00e9e par un <strong>groupe industriel concurrent<\/strong> (Delta Airlines pour ne pas la citer)<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb, s&rsquo;insurge-t-elle dans un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 le 16 ao\u00fbt au matin&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>une chance pour Air France-KLM d\u2019attirer un dirigeant de cette dimension<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dans un communiqu\u00e9 conjoint, les Ministres <strong>Elisabeth Borne<\/strong> et <strong>Bruno Lemaire<\/strong> saluent pour leur part \u00ab\u00a0<em>le choix d\u2019<strong>un grand professionnel du transport a\u00e9rien<\/strong>, dont le parcours t\u00e9moigne d\u2019une <strong>connaissance approfondie<\/strong> du secteur \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale \u00a0et de grandes qualit\u00e9s manag\u00e9riales\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb, et estiment que \u00ab\u00a0<em>c\u2019est <strong>une chance<\/strong> pour Air France-KLM d\u2019attirer un dirigeant de cette dimension\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Sur Twitter, l&rsquo;ancien Pdg du groupe <strong>Jean-Marc Janaillac<\/strong> a quant \u00e0 lui pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ses \u00ab\u00a0<em>v\u0153ux de succ\u00e8s \u00e0 Benjamin Smith, grand professionnel du transport a\u00e9rien, pour permettre \u00e0 AFKLM, forte de ses personnels, de ses diff\u00e9rentes compagnies et de ses alli\u00e9s internationaux, de s\u2019inscrire durablement dans le d\u00e9veloppement du secteur<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air France KLM Board of Directors confirmed on Thursday afternoon the appointment of Benjamin Smith as the group's new Chief Executive Officer. The current number two at Air Canada will take up his post \"no later than 30 September 2018\". 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