Caribbean Air­lines Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer Garvin Med­era has re­signed with im­me­di­ate ef­fect, end­ing an eight-year tenure that made him the longest-serv­ing CEO in the state-owned car­ri­er’s his­to­ry.

The res­ig­na­tion was con­firmed via me­dia re­lease a short while ago.

Chief Op­er­at­ing Of­fi­cer Nir­mala Ra­mai has been ap­point­ed Act­ing CEO un­til fur­ther no­tice. Ac­cord­ing to the air­line, she will work close­ly with the Se­nior Lead­er­ship Team un­der the guid­ance of the new Board of Di­rec­tors, led by Chair Rey­na Kow­lessar, to en­sure con­ti­nu­ity and sta­bil­i­ty.