El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. announced that its board of directors has appointed VP trade and aviation relations David Maimon as CEO to succeed Elyezer Shkedy. He will take up his new post on March 20, 2014. Maimon has held various positions at El Al since joining the airline in 2005.

He is a colonel (res.) in the IDF, where his last command was the induction center. He retired from the IDF in 2000.