Christian Dumas
Vice-President Sustainable Development and Eco-Efficiency
Airbus
Building on his aeronautical engineering background, Christian Dumas spent his career in aeronautics, starting in 1981 as commercial manager with Aerospatiale, Aircraft Division. In 1985, he joined “Air Inter” airline, where he was involved in aircraft and engines acquisitions. He went back to Aerospatiale Group in 1989 holding several commercial and strategy positions within Aircraft Division, ATR and finally Sogerma. In 2000, he joined EADS Corporate as Vice President International Development.
In 2003, he became Vice President Air Traffic Management within Airbus, where he also acted as Project Director for the SESAR Definition Phase, a 50-companies project that delivered in May 2008 its “ATM Master Plan for Europe”. After having helped secure a sustainable growth for air traffic, by mid 2008 he moved to the Airbus position of Vice President, Sustainable Development and Eco-Efficiency.
Beyond aeronautics, Christian enjoys family life, reading and playing golf.
