Caribbean Air­lines (CAL) has de­nied claims that CEO Garvin Med­era has been sent on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave. On Wednes­day a mes­sage be­gan cir­cu­lat­ing on­line ti­tled “Caribbean Air­lines An­nounces Lead­er­ship Tran­si­tion and Sta­bil­i­ty and Growth Strat­e­gy”.

The mes­sage claimed that Med­era had been “placed on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave, ef­fec­tive im­me­di­ate­ly, pend­ing the out­come of an in­ter­nal re­view.”

The mes­sage al­so claimed the air­line’s Chief Op­er­at­ing Of­fi­cer Nir­mala Ra­mai would take over as act­ing CEO un­til fur­ther no­tice.