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Delta Air Lines: Delta Appoints Cyril J. Turner President of DAL
Global Services
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:04092008
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced that Cyril
Turner, 46, has been appointed president of DAL Global Services (DGS),
the airline's wholly owned subsidiary providing aviation services and
temporary staffing to more than 30 airline customers in more than 50
locations in North America. As president of DGS, Turner will develop
and execute a strategic plan that maximizes the value of DGS and
maintains strong partnerships with all of its customers.
"Cyril's successful track record in driving profitable initiatives,
achieving revenue growth, and identifying performance improvements at
Fortune 500 companies will serve DGS well," said Steve Gorman,
executive vice president of Operations. "As president, he will take
advantage of the dynamics of the airline environment to build a
successful business plan."
Turner most recently served as corporate vice president, Capital
Planning and Value Management for Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). Prior to
that, he served as vice president of Finance and chief financial
officer for the Eastern North America Group, as well as division vice
president and general manager with The Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling
Company. Turner also held leadership positions with The Coca-Cola
Company, Frito-Lay and Deloitte & Touche.
In addition to his extensive business experience, Turner is active in
the Atlanta community serving on the Board of Directors of Junior
Achievement, Camp Coca-Cola (now known as C5 Youth Foundation) and the
DeKalb County Schools Foundation. He also is actively involved in the
Georgia Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 100 Black Men of
Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta, and Habitat for Humanity.
Turner holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Morehouse College
and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia
Institute of Technology. He earned his Master's of Business
Administration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. He also studied at Harvard Business School and the London
Business School in London, England.
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than
any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 290 destinations
in 60 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any
major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across
the Atlantic with flights to 44 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin
America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 288 weekly flights to 42
destinations.
Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem
SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other
partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline
alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations,
flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare
partners, Delta offers flights to 500 worldwide destinations in 105
countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes,
check bags and flight status at delta.com.
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