Sir John Ross Stainton CBE (27 May 1914 - 5 December 2011) was a British businessman, and a former chief executive of British Airways and BOAC in the 1970s.
He attended independent school in Worcestershire.
He served in the Royal Air Force from 1940.
BOAC became British Airways in 1974.
He was awarded the CBE in the 1971 Birthday Honours.