Robin N. Hayes (born 1966) is a British-American businessman who is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of JetBlue Airways Corp and current Chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. Robin Hayes was born in 1966 and grew up in London, United Kingdom, as the oldest of three children.

[1] Hayes earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in electrical and electronic engineering in 1988 from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.

[2][3] After university, his first job in the aviation industry was delivering duty-free items to passengers at Logan International Airport in Boston for a summer.

[4] He then designed military cockpit avionic systems for a year before starting a job at British Airways working as a gate attendant and at the ticket counter in Glasgow, Scotland.

[1] Hayes then joined British Airways, ultimately rising to the position of Executive Vice President for The Americas over nineteen years at the airline.