Graduated Aeronautical Engineer in 1986 from ENAC, the French Civil Aviation School, Yannick MALINGE joined Airbus in November 1987 as Cockpit / Avionic Engineer in charge of cockpit/avionic/flight instrument systems, he was also the Chairman of several working groups with A330/A340 launching customers.

He joined the Flight Safety department in 1993 as Deputy Vice President Flight Safety. He led various accidents/major incidents investigations and represented Airbus in International meetings such as IATA SAC.

In 1998 he joined the Flight Test Division as Head of Airbus Flight Test Technical Coordination Team during the A340-500/-600 and A319 corporate jet flight test campaigns. Before taking over the Flight Safety Dept, he was Director Product Safety Process, in charge of reviewing the Airbus internal safety process.

In November 2003, he joined the Flight Safety department as Vice-President Flight Safety, with two main areas of focus: accident/major incidents investigation and
accident prevention. Since 1st October 2010, he has been appointed SVP & Chief Product Safety Officer
(today SVP - Head of Aviation Safety)