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Up for sale a RARE! "Air France" Jean-Cyril Spinetta Hand Signed 5X8 Color Photo.
is a French businessman and former chairman of the airline holding company Air France-KLM Group and
chairman of the nuclear company AREVA. Spinetta
was born in the 15th arrondissement of
Paris, the son of Corsican and Italian parents. He
attended the Lycée Hoche in Versailles; then the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris. He
was also graduated from Sciences Po (Institute
for Politics Studies), entering after his degree at the École Nationale of Administration) in 1972. After several jobs in different ministries, he became the chairman and CEO of the former
airline Air Inter in 1980. In 1997, Spinetta was appointed
chairman and CEO of Air France; then of the holding company Air France-KLM Group in
2003. He was also chairman, in 2004–2005, of the International
Air Transport Association (IATA). Spinetta is also member of
the board of directors of Alitalia, Italy's main airline and SkyTeam member, in which Air France owns a 25% stake. Jean-Cyril
Spinetta was replaced by his COO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon on 1 January 2009, and
was elevated to the post of CEO. Spinetta retired from Air France on 1 July
2013. He bears primary responsibility for Concorde's premature retirement, in
CY2003.
