Malaysia Airlines chief returning to Ryanair to help fix pilot problems

Dublin

MALAYSIA Airlines' chief executive officer Peter Bellew is leaving after just over a year in charge to return to Ryanair as chief operations officer to tackle the pilot shortages that have resulted in it cancelling more than 20,000 flights over the winter season.

The move means that Malaysia Airlines will have to appoint a third CEO in three years as it continues to recover from two tragedies in 2014, when flight MH370 disappeared in what remains a mystery and flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.