- Hoʻolaha nā hoʻololi alakaʻi i ka Southwest Airlines.
- Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Tom Nealon e haʻalele i kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena.
- Ua koho ʻia ʻo Mike Van de Ven ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka Hui, e hoʻokō koke ʻia ana.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Southwest Airlines Co.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Tom Nealon, 60, e haʻalele i kāna mau kuleana ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena, akā e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo, e kia nui ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke kaiapuni a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻemi hoʻēmi ʻana o ke kalapona. Ua mālama ʻo Nealon i nā kūlana alakaʻi he nui i kona noho ʻana me ka airline, e like me Executive Vice Pelekikena Strategy & Innovation mai 2016 a 2017, Luna Hoʻokele ma ka Papa Hema Komohana mai 2010 a 2015, a ma kahi mākaukau aʻoaʻo ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena a Luna Hoʻokele Nui mai 2002. i ka 2006.
"Hoʻohanohano wau i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ka Hema Hema ma nā makahiki he nui i nā mana like ʻole, a ʻoi loa hoʻi he Pelekikena o ka mokulele maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻoihana," wahi a Nealon. "Ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka aʻoaʻo ʻana iā Southwest ma nā hoʻolālā kōkuhi, a ʻo ka mea nui loa, ma nā hoʻolālā kūpaʻa ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻolele mokulele."
ʻO Gary Kelly, ka luna a me ka luna nui o Southwest, kukalaia ma ka aoao o ka Hawaiian Airlines ʻO ka Papa Hoʻokele i koho ʻia ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻO Mike Van de Ven, 59, ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka Hui, e hoʻokō koke ʻia ana. Lawe ʻo Van de Ven i nā kuleana hou aʻe o ka ʻĀpana Kūloko o ka ʻOihana, Hoʻomau ʻOihana, Pane Pilikia, a me nā hana hoʻokele kūpilikiʻi ʻoihana.
"Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Tom no kāna mau hāʻawi lehulehu i ke kumu ʻo ia ʻo Southwest Airlines i nā makahiki i hala aku nei-he nui a hiki ʻole ke helu ʻia. Mahalo wau e hoʻomau ʻo Tom i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo. Ua hauʻoli wau no Mike i kona lilo ʻana i kāna kuleana hou ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena, a he hui pū me COO. He kālena a hoʻolaʻa hoʻi ʻo Mike i alakaʻi e like me ka mea e ʻike ai, a ua hāʻawi pololei ʻo ia i ka kūleʻa o Southwest i loko o kāna mau makahiki 28 e lawelawe ana i ka Hui a me ko mākou People.
"Ke holo pono nei nā hana hoʻololi e alakaʻi ʻia e ka Hope Pelekikena Executive a me CEO CEO Bob Jordan, a ke hoʻomau nei kēia, ke hana nei mākou i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻohuli i nā kuleana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no Bob e lawe i ka hana ʻo CEO ma ka lā Pepeluali 1, 2022," i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻO Kelly
Ke holo nei ka hoʻololi, nā pūʻulu Waiwai, ʻElepa, Kānāwai & Hoʻoponopono, nā hana, a me nā ʻenehana e hōʻike nei iā Kelly a me Nealon e hōʻike iā Ioredane i kēia manawa.
"Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Papa Hoʻokele, makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Tom no kāna hana he ʻelima mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena a ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 mau makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana i kā mākou mau limahana ʻo Southwest Airlines, nā mea kūʻai aku, nā mea kuleana, a me nā kaiāulu a mākou e lawelawe nei," wahi a Luna Hoʻokele o Southwest Airlines ʻO William Cunningham. "Haʻaheo loa mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kūlana alakaʻi loea a ikaika hoʻi ma Southwest Airlines, a hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Mike Van de Ven ma ke ʻano ʻo Tom."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Tom Nealon, 60, has decided to retire from his duties as President effective immediately, but will continue to serve the Company as a strategic advisor, focusing primarily on the airline’s environmental sustainability and carbon emissions reduction plan.
- Mike is as talented and dedicated a leader as one will find, and he has directly contributed to Southwest’s success during his 28 years serving the Company and our People.
- “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’d like to thank Tom for his nearly five-year tenure as President and more than 15 years of service to our Southwest Airlines Employees, Customers, Shareholders, and the Communities we serve,”.
