Fred Reid has been appointed Global Head of Transportation at Airbnb, Inc.
A global aviation expert with more than three decades of experience, Fred joins Airbnb from his role as President of Cora Aircraft Program, a division of Kitty Hawk, where he oversaw the development of one of the most advanced autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts in the world.
Prior to that, he was President of Flexjet, an independent operating unit of Bombardier.
Fred was also the founding Chief Executive Officer of Virgin America, served as President of Delta Airlines, and helped format the SkyTeam airline alliance. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Lufthansa German Airlines in 1996 and was a co-architect of Star Alliance.
