Members of the International Air Transport Association ratified former International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh as its new director general at their annual meeting on Tuesday. Walsh will step in when current director general Alexandre de Juniac steps down at the end of March. Members at the meeting also named JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and SAS Group CEO Rickard Gustafson as chairs of their Board of Governors. Hayes succeeds the current chair, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, and will serve through the association's 2022 annual meeting, after which time Gustafson will take over as chair through the 2023 annual meeting.