Etihad Airways has appointed IainBurns as its new VP-corporate communications.He will report to the airline’sCEO, James Hogan, at Etihad’s AbuDhabi headquarters. Burns previouslyheld the same position for five years atBritish Airways in London.

He joined BA in September 2001from the public relations firm BellPottinger, where he handled Europeanand North American PR programmesfor Dubai-based Emirates.