Malaysia poaches Ryanair’s Peter Bellew

Malaysia Airlines has poached Peter Bellew of Ryanair to serve as its chief operations officer.

The appointment of the Ryanair director of flight operations extends a remarkable rate for personnel with connections to Ireland securing top aviation jobs around the world.

Mr Bellew will be second in command at Malaysia under the new chief executive, Christoph Mueller, who left as boss of Aer Lingus earlier this year to help turn around the troubled Asian carrier.