United Airlines today announced the promotion of Ankit Gupta to Senior Vice President of Domestic Planning and United Express, and Patrick Quayle to Senior Vice President International Network and Alliances. Both Gupta and Quayle will continue to report directly to Andrew Nocella, United’s Chief Commercial Officer.
In addition to these promotions, United also named former United Express Senior Vice President Sarah Murphy to lead the airline’s new Global Sourcing organization as Senior Vice President of Global Sourcing and Chief Procurement Officer. Murphy will now report to Gerry Laderman, United’s Chief Financial Officer.
Ankit Gupta
«As we work to deliver the best customer experience in North America with a dramatic increase in premium seats, Ankit’s leadership in developing the United Next vision has us poised to exceed our customers’ expectations as we meet the resurgence in air travel,» said Nocella. «He has helped us execute network strategies that would ordinarily take years to develop in a matter of months. And as we play an ongoing and key role in the U.S. economic recovery, we will continue to shape our domestic network with a fleet that spans the CRJ-550 to cutting-edge mainline narrowbody aircraft.»
Gupta, formerly Vice President of Network Planning and Scheduling, will now assume responsibility for the operation and strategy of the United Express network in addition to leading the domestic planning team. By linking the United Express operation more closely with the airline’s domestic planning team, United expects to better optimize its network and deliver a better, more consistent experience with the products and services it offers.
Patrick Quayle
«Patrick continues to be instrumental in enhancing the alliances that benefit both United and our partners by helping us reach destinations each carrier is unable to serve with its fleet alone,» said Nocella. «He led the design and interior configuration for more than 1,000 of our aircraft, including United Polaris, United Premium Plus and our high-premium Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and continues to reshape our network in the midst of a radically different demand environment, making the most of rapidly changing economic and passenger trends.»
Quayle, also a former Vice President on United’s network planning team, played a key role for the airline through the pandemic, leading the airline from just 10 daily international flights in early 2020 to now becoming the flag carrier of the U.S. as the largest international carrier in the country, with the largest trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific networks, as well as holding the position as the number one carrier to Central America.
Sarah Murphy
As the new leader of the Global Sourcing team, Murphy will leverage her experience leading teams in United’s finance and operating groups and will build upon the procurement team’s track record of success in driving efficiencies among the airline’s vendors and suppliers to deliver for United’s employees, customers and the communities it serves.
«With Sarah’s extensive operating and capital budget expertise, and her deep knowledge of our operations, she is uniquely positioned to enhance our ability to source the goods and services we need in order to transform the customer experience and change the way people think about United while protecting the company’s bottom line,» said Laderman.
