CEO Capt Voo resigns from Civil Aviation Authority

PUTRAJAYA: The chief executive officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has resigned, just two months after leading Malaysia’s civil aviation regulator to regain its Tier 1 status from the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

CAAM chairman Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Abdul Rahman said Capt Chester Voo, 47, had expressed his intent to shorten his tenure as CEO in October, the same month CAAM was reinstated as a Tier 1 regulator by FAA.