El Al CEO Gonen Ussishkin is ending his term - Uri Sirkis, CEO of Israir, is one of the candidates to replace the CEO

El Al CEO Gonen Ussishkin is ending his position. The company informed the stock exchange that his retirement will take place during January 2021. Ussishkin wrote to his employees this morning: "I am ending my position. This is not a farewell letter, we still have many challenges ahead of us. "A search committee of the board is looking for a replacement.
Since the acquisition of control of El Al, the buyer, Eli Rosenberg, has announced his intention to make changes in management - led by the CEO. , Is one of the candidates for the position. Uri Sirkis, CEO of Israir, is one of the candidates for the position.

Gonen Ussishkin, a pilot, has served as CEO of EL AL for the past three years, having served as VP of Trade and Aviation Relations for a year and before that as Director of Strategy and Business Development. Before moving to management positions he was a pilot at El Al. The cost of his salary for the first quarter of 2020 was NIS 492,000.
The last year has been one of his most difficult years in office, when he asked about having run into a serious crisis, and had to seek assistance from the country amid a global aviation crisis. Thousands of EL AL employees are still in the IDF until November 30, and so far the issue of assistance has not been completed. A $ 250 million state-guaranteed loan has been granted.