SEATTLE, June 26 (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on
Tuesday it appointed veteran Raymond Conner as the head of its
commercial plane making unit, replacing another longtime Boeing
executive, Jim Albaugh.
Conner, 57, was most recently in charge of sales and
customer support for the unit.
The change is immediate. Albaugh, 62, is to retire on Oct. 1
after 37 years with the company. Albaugh took over the
commercial plane unit in September 2009 after running Boeing’s
defense unit, as the company looked for a steady hand to guide
the early production of the troubled 787 Dreamliner program.
The change comes just weeks before the Farnborough airshow,
one of the key events in the company’s calendar where it shows
off its latest planes and usually announces new orders.
