Dow's aircraft lands in Baton Rouge the week of mass layoffs and CEO transition

Dow's Bombardier CRJ-900 (tail N892D) was tracked flying from Fitzgerald Field in Texas to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport on June 23, a 33-minute hop that touched down at 22:52 UTC. The flight departed from a private airstrip often used as a ranch base, arriving at the doorstep of Dow's Louisiana operations.

If the aircraft carried Dow executives, the arrival would come as the company proceeds with its Transform to Outperform restructuring, which includes eliminating approximately 4,500 global roles — roughly 13% of its workforce, per [business-news-today.com](http://business-news-today.com/why-dow-is-cutting-4500-jobs-before-karen-carter-becomes-ceo/). The layoffs are accelerating just days before COO Karen S. Carter is set to become CEO on July 1, 2026, succeeding Jim Fitterling as executive chair. The same week, Dow also faces a Texas Attorney General lawsuit over water pollution at its Seadrift complex, as reported by the Texas Tribune.

The flight continues a pattern of shuttle movements between Baton Rouge and Texas Gulf Coast airports, a route that mirrors Dow's supply chain between its Louisiana plants and the Seadrift manufacturing corridor. Recent flights show multiple rotations, consistent with moving engineering or management teams to manage both the restructuring and the legal pressure at the Texas site.