Pinnacle Airlines Names Edward Christie CFO

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. PNCL has named Edward (Ted) Christie as its new vice president and CFO. Christie, a partner at Vista Strategic Group LLC in Denver, Colo., succeeds Peter D. Hunt. He is expected to begin his new duties by July 25, 2011. Christie was previously senior vice president and CFO of Frontier Airlines Inc. He worked with Sean Menke to help position Frontier as one of the lowest cost and most efficient airlines in North America.