page_title: Álex Cruz (businessman)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Álex Cruz (businessman) / Career
caption_attribution_description: Airbus A320-214 Amsterdam schiphol [AMS / EHAM] 31-05-2009
context_page_description: Álex Cruz de Llano is a Spanish businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer of British Airways.
context_section_description: He started with American Airlines, working for them in London for five years from 1990–1995. From 1995 to 2000, he worked for Sabre Corporation, a technological division of American Airlines.
caption: Vueling Airbus A320
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