Bajić remains at the helm of Croatia Airlines for a maximum of six months

The Supervisory Board of Croatia Airlines on Wednesday reappointed Jasmin Bajić as the director of the company for a period of up to six months, until the procedure for the election and appointment of management based on a public tender is completed.

The Supervisory Board of Croatia Airlines today made a decision to appoint Jasmin Bajić as the director of the company for a mandate period until the procedure for the election and appointment of management based on a public tender is completed, and for a maximum of six months. The mandate begins on May 4, 2018, according to a brief notice published by Croatia Airlines via the Zagreb Stock Exchange.

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Jasmin Bajić has thus been appointed director of Croatia Airlines for the second time, again for a maximum of six months.

Namely, after the former president of the Management Board of Croatia Airlines, Krešimir Kučko, resigned from that position at the beginning of October last year, the Supervisory Board appointed Jasmin Bajić as director on October 23, 2017, for a period of up to six months, until the procedure for the election and appointment of management based on a public tender is completed.

Bajić, previously the director of controlling and internal audit at Croatia Airlines, took over the position of director on November 4 of last year.

About ten days ago, on April 22, the Croatian Union of Air Traffic Pilots sent a second open letter to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, in which they again warned him about the alarming situation in the company and the “debacle” with the selection of a new director.

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In addition to problems with unrealistic planning of deadlines for winter aircraft maintenance, which caused the Croatian national airline to start the summer flight schedule without two of its own aircraft, and issues with leasing the necessary number of aircraft, the union also warned that Croatia Airlines has not had a fully mandated Management Board for a year and a half.

The third repeated tender is still inexplicably prolonged, the union pointed out, emphasizing that for Croatia Airlines, the selection of a new director is a choice between two options: bankruptcy or possible recovery of the company.