Edinburgh Airport boss leaves for new BAA role
10.05.08
The boss of Edinburgh Airport announced yesterday he is leaving the after being offered a new role within BAA. David Johnston has been promoted to Group Procurement Director for the airport operator, and one of his first jobs will be to help sort the aftermath of the Heathrow T5 debacle. He will join the firm's executive committee in his new role on June 1.
Mr Johnston, 42, has been at the helm at Edinburgh Airport for a year, haing joined BAA in May 2007 from Thorn Lighting. In that time he saw the airport become the busiest in Scotland. He said: ‘There is a lot to be proud of. We have among the best security waiting times in the group, we have added dozens of new flights and we have secured significant capital funding for improvement plans.'
'I think the key challenge at Edinburgh has been to stop looking at ourselves as a regional airport and start acting and behaving like the airport for a major capital city. For example, progress has been made on the access road issues but it still only takes some minor incident to block the road and that will eventually start to turn passengers away.’
Colin Matthews, BAA's chief executive, said: ‘I am delighted that David has accepted my challenge to transform BAA's supply chain and its impact across the company as a whole and look forward to his contribution at the executive committee.'
‘In his short time at BAA, he has spearheaded the continued success of Edinburgh Airport and it is down to those efforts that his expertise is now in demand in other parts of the company.’ Gordon Dewar, currently managing director of Glasgow Airport, will be in charge in the Capital until a permanent appointment is made.
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