Candela will replace Vincent Hodder at Level and will take up the new role on Sept. 9, the company said.

Level is IAG's low cost brand with long haul bases in Barcelona and Paris Orly airport and short haul bases in Vienna and Amsterdam.

IAG also said that Candela has been the top boss at Iberia Express for six years and was previously director of planning and management control at Air Nostrum.

(Reporting by Samantha Machado in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)