BOEING NAMES NEW SALES CHIEF AS JOHN WOJICK PLANS TO RETIRE
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Boeing Co (BA.N) announced the new sales chief for its commercial airplanes division on Friday as the U.S. planemaker and Europe's Airbus battle over dwindling jet orders.The Chicago-based company named Ihssane Mounir as vice-president of sales and marketing, succeeding company veteran John Wojick who turned 60 this year and who plans to retire after overseeing record-quick sales of around 5,000 airplanes.The changeover will take effect early in 2017, Boeing said, confirming a decision first reported by Bloomberg News.