Franck Goldnadel (born 14 August 1969) is a French

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and former director of

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Biography

Graduating from the ''

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'' (French civil aviation academy, promotion 1990), he started his career in 1993 at the

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department of

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where he was working on the

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training programs. From 1994 to 1997, he was commercial manager of ''Alyzia Airport Services'', subsidiary of '' Aéroports de Paris'' for ground handling services. He joins '' Aéroports de Paris'' in 1997 where he would become director of

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and then head of the Terminal 2 at

. On 1 March 2011 Goldnadel was appointed director of Charles de Gaulle Airport. He left his position in February 2018, replaced by

Marc Houalla Marc Émile Fouad Houalla (born 10 February 1961) is a French public servant. From 28 November 2008 to October 2017, he was the director-general of the ''École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university). From November ...

Awards

* Officer of the

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since 14 November 2016. He was knighted 24 June 2009Présidence de la République Ordre national du Mérite
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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

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