CHICAGO, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation (NASDAQ:UAUA), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today announced that Timothy Canavan has been named vice president of Maintenance and Aircraft Appearance for United Services. In this role, Canavan will lead the company's line maintenance and aircraft appearance teams to improve the reliability, workability and interior cleanliness of United's fleet.
"Tim's strong background and extensive experience in maintenance will provide tremendous value as we work to improve our processes in the face of escalating costs. His main focus will be on leading our maintenance team to safely deliver our customers a reliable aircraft, with a clean and workable interior," said Joe Kolshak, senior vice president of Operations for United.
Canavan joins United from Delta Airlines, where he spent 22 years in a variety of leadership positions in maintenance and airport operations, transforming a number of organizations and achieving immediate performance improvements. Most recently, Canavan led Delta's worldwide cabin appearance and ground support equipment operations, where he was responsible for the successful implementation of several new initiatives, including programs that focused on employee ownership to improve cabin appearance, and large scale Lean improvements.
Canavan also led Delta's technical operations and quality division, where he was responsible for Lean implementation that transformed the company's base, engine and component maintenance groups to continuously identify and remove waste while improving quality and customer value.
Canavan assumed his role on July 14 and is based at United's operations center in suburban Chicago. He reports to Kolshak.
About United United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAUA) operates more than 3,200* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 965 destinations in 162 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.
*Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008. DATASOURCE: UAL Corporation CONTACT: Worldwide Press Office of UAL Corporation, +1-312-997-8640 Web site: http://www.united.com/
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