Jean-Michel Vernhes (born in 1950 at

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) is a French public servant. He is the current President of French Airports (''Union des aéroports français'') and of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.

Biography

Graduate from ''

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(Toulouse) and from the ''

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'' (French civil aviation university, promotion 1971), Jean-Michel Vernhes starts his career in 1975 at the air traffic control center of

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. In 1980, he moves to Paris where he is responsible for the certification of

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equipment. In 1986, he became President of the

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air navigation center. He comes back to Paris in 1989 to work until 1993 at the

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certification department. In 1993, he became responsible for

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at the French air navigation service before being nominated President of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 1999. The 18 May 2011, in addition, he became President of the French Airports (''

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'').

Award

* Officier of the

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Jean-Michel Vernhes Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
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Citation

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Bibliography

* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vernhes, Jean-Michel 1950 births Living people French businesspeople Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat alumni École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni Aviation in France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur French aerospace engineers