James French CBE DL (born 4 July 1953) is the former chairman and CEO of the airline Flybe.
[1] French began his aviation career in 1970 with Caledonian Airways, before joining AirUK in 1980 French first joined Flybe in 1990, when it was known as Jersey European Airways;[2] becoming commercial director shortly after.
In 2001, French became chief executive of Flybe and became chairman in 2005.
[2] French retired as CEO of Flybe in August 2013 and became non-executive chairman.
[3] Saad Hammad, formerly of EasyJet airline, became CEO[3] and Simon Laffin became Chairman.