Former Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson is going from planes to trains.
Amtrak said Monday it has named Anderson as the nationwide rail network’s next president and CEO. Anderson, former chief executive officer of both Delta (NYSE: DAL) and Northwest Airlines, will begin his role on July 12.
Anderson, 62, most recently was executive chairman of the Delta Air Lines board of directors after serving as the airline’s CEO from 2007 to 2016. He was executive vice president at Minnetonka-based…