In 2009 , Mueller was appointed CEO of Irish airline Aer Lingus where he repositioned the loss making company as a service airline to compete with low budget alternatives , such as Ryanair . Mueller successfully expanded the airline 's transatlantic services , repositioning it as a more service oriented carrier . During his time in Ireland , he was also named on the managing board of Tourism Ireland and as chairman of An Post . In 2015 , he left Ireland to take up the CEO position at Malaysia Airlines ; a company struggling after two air incidents , the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , as well as competition from low budget airline Air Asia . Mueller joined the airline after it was privatized and subsequently announced 6000 job cuts , roughly a third of the workforce . Less than a year later however , Mueller resigned from the company , citing changing personal circumstances
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Christoph Mueller