Why It's So Hard to Find a New CEO for Air France

  • Top boss at the Franco-Dutch airline is paid less than peers
  • Recruit would have to deal with labor conflict, divisions
Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg
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Air France-KLM is scrambling to find a new top boss.

The future recruit would be charged with resolving a bitter labor dispute, healing deep divisions between the carrier’s French and Dutch arms and improving profitability -- all on a salary that lags far behind peers.