The Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation (IATA) has introduced that Roberto Alvo, CEO of LATAM Airways Group, has assumed the place of Chairman of IATA’s Board of Administrators. His one-year time period started on the finish of the IATA’s 82nd Annual Normal Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 8, 2026.
Alvo is the 84th Chairman of the IATA Board of Administrators, the place he has been a member since 2020. Alvo succeeds Luis Gallego, CEO of Worldwide Airways Group (IAG). Gallego will stay a member of the Board of Administrators.
“Aviation is at a defining second, with an more and more vital function in connecting folks, enabling commerce and supporting financial growth all over the world. Chairing IATA’s Board of Administrators right now is a duty I tackle with nice dedication. As we navigate a extra complicated setting, our business should proceed to work collectively to strengthen security, enhance effectivity, promote sustainability and unlock the advantages of connectivity to extra folks and communities. I sit up for working collectively to work with IATA’s members, governments and business companions to make sure aviation stays a power for alternative, resilience and development,” mentioned Roberto Alvo, CEO of LATAM Airways Group.
Alvo has over 25 years of expertise within the aviation business. He joined LAN Airways (now LATAM Airways Group) in 2001 and held varied management positions in monetary, industrial and strategic capabilities earlier than being appointed CEO in 2020. Shortly after turning into CEO, Alvo led LATAM by the Chapter 11 restructuring course of and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the group’s profitable transformation and emergence in 2022.
Beneath Alvo’s management, LATAM has strengthened its place because the main aviation group in Latin America, expanded connectivity within the area and to worldwide markets, superior its sustainability agenda and delivered robust operational and monetary efficiency. Right this moment, LATAM serves greater than 161 locations in 27 nations and performs a key function in connecting South America inside the area and to the world.
“Luis Gallego has been a diligent and tireless Chairman of the IATA Board of Administrators, particularly as we navigated the complicated problems with modernizing IATA’s governance. I personally thank him for his robust assist. The Board of Administrators shall be in very protected palms as management transitions to Roberto Alvo. Having led LATAM Airways Group by important challenges to realize earnings, he has the expertise we have to assist IATA meet the wants of its members in tough instances. We’ve got already seen an instance of his assist for IATA’s work in generously internet hosting and chairing a profitable AGM in Rio de Janeiro,” mentioned Willie Walsh, Director Normal of IATA.