CHICAGO: United SVP and CCO Tony Cervone confirmed that he will leave the company upon close of the Continental-United merger, slated for early October.

The news follows a July announcement that Nene Foxhall, who oversees communications and government affairs at Continental, will do so for the joint airline once the process is complete.

Cervone, who joined the airline almost two years ago, said he will continue to work on communications surrounding pre-close integration planning as well as non-merger related, day-to-day ...