Rob Fyfe
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"Robert Ian "Rob" Fyfe" is a New Zealand businessman and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of New Zealand national airline Air New Zealand. Fyfe resigned as the airline's CEO as of 31 December 2012.

Fyfe was on the board of clothing designer and manufacturer Icebreaker (clothing)/Icebreaker from July 2012, and started as its executive chairman in September 2013.

On 28 November 2012 Fyfe was appointed to the board of Antarctica New Zealand. He took up the position in February 2013.

He was born in New Zealand and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) honours from the University of Canterbury in 1982. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand. He was previously General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Chief Operating Officer of ITV Digital (which went into bankruptcy while he was at the helm) and group general manager of Air New Zealand.

Fyfe succeeded Ralph Norris as CEO in 2005. He was awarded an List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Canterbury/honorary doctorate of commerce from the University of Canterbury in April 2015.

Fyfe is married with two children.

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I thought I'd worked in some challenging industries but I've reassessed that now that I've worked in the airline industry.

The issue for me is making sure whoever chooses to fly here actually, genuinely comes here to support our national interests.

This is a good decision for ANZES [Air New Zealand Engineering Services] and its staff, for Air New Zealand and for New Zealand itself.

If the unions and their members are able to commit to extensive across-the-board labor reform, there may be an opportunity to retain some wide body airframe maintenance capacity in-house.

By December 2006, the new long-haul product will be on all routes.

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Air New Zealand will become a nimble and fast moving airline, able to rapidly adapt to change more quickly than its competitors. I am determined to implement the necessary measures to ensure this happens.