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Have more than 30 years of hardcore airline top management experience in all areas of the Airline business.Presently General Manager-India,Sri Lanka & Bangladesh for AirAsia involved in the International operations of the airline in this region. Has been with AirAsia since 2009 with the start of Indian operations of the airline.Played a key role in starting operations to 9 stations in India for AirAsia.Was previously Vice President Commercial for the boutique airline-Paramount Airways.Starting my airline career with Cathay Pacific as Manager-North India and Nepal moved on to take up the challenging role of General Manager-North India,Nepal and Pakistan for Jet Airways when Jet expanded from 1 online station in North India to 10 stations.Went on to set up the Delta Airways operation to Dubai in 2001.An expert in start up airlines with a very special interest in Low Cost Airlines.
Did my MBA from Cochin University School of Management Studies and then got a Chevening Scholarship to do Advanced Management at Manchester Business School. Married to Sumi Nair and have 2 sons Gautam doing his Doctorate at Yale and Arjun working in Mexico. (Terrapinn should be having my Bio as I was a speaker at Aviation Outlook Africa in 2011 and at Aviation Outlook Asia Pacific in Sydney in 2009)
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