BOEING NAMES NEW SALES CHIEF AS JOHN WOJICK PLANS TO RETIRE

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.