Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) announced the appointment of Captain Sabirin bin Haji Abdul Hamid as its new Chief Executive Officer on Friday.
Before his appointment, Captain Sabirin held the Acting CEO position since October 11, 2021.
He joined RB in 1988 under the airline’s cadet pilot programme. He was then seconded to AirUK airlines in London Stansted, flying the Fokker Friendship F27 as First Officer in 1989. He returned to Brunei in 1992 as First Officer on RB’s B757/B767 fleet.
In 2001, Captain Sabirin received his Command and joined the Flight Operations Quality section as Quality Assurance Officer.
In 2007, he was promoted to Vice President of Quality, Safety and Security Operations and from 2012 to Head of Quality, Safety, Security and Environment. Before becoming Acting CEO, he was appointed Chief Operations Officer in 2021.
