

Law graduate of the University of Oslo, graduate of the Air Force pilot academy and officer training school. Kjos was a fighter pilot in the 334 squadron for six years. Kjos has 20 years experience of legal practice, and was granted right of audience in the Supreme Cour…more ›

He was born in Adana in 1969. After specialising on Politics and Economics at Tufts University, US between the years 1987 – 1991, he worked as a Financial Analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated until the year 1993. He received his MBA degree with a major on I…more ›

József Váradi is the founder and CEO of Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest airline. The company’s low-cost leader strategy has taken the airline from one of the many start-ups in 2004 to one of the major European players today. Wizz Air carried mor…more ›

Christoph Mueller joined Aer Lingus as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in September 2009. He previously held the position of Aviation Director at TUI Travel plc, a leading international leisure travel group operating a pan-European airline where he managed a total of …more ›

Cath Lynn (roup Commercial Director) Cath spent 12 years in retail for J Sainsbury before being head hunted in 1998 by Barbara Cassani for the startup of Go where she was part of the the management buyout team and headed up cabin services and on board product develop…more ›

Leonardo Pereira is GOL’s vice-president in charge of finance, planning, business development and IT. Prior to joining GOL, Pereira served two years as the Director President of Companhia do Vale do Araguaia, a Brazilian commercial foresting company, and six years as th…more ›

Robin Hayes is JetBlue’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for the New York-based value airline's revenue, network, sales and marketing strategy. He also oversees the customer experience teams within reservations and inflight, as wel…more ›

Alex started his professional career with American Airlines in variety of management roles in Dallas, and later on, London. Later on, he initiated the consulting phase of his career with Arthur D. Little and in 2002, created his own aviation consulting company. As a c…more ›

Edmond Rose is Director Commercial and Revenue Planning at Virgin Atlantic Airways, responsible for fleet and network planning, alliances, pricing, revenue management and strategic business development. Edmond spent 11 years as a British diplomat. He spent two years…more ›

Adel Ali, awarded world’s Low Cost Airline “CEO of the year” 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 has been given credit for setting up the Middle East and North Africa’s first low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Arabia. Adel has brought over 28 years of strategic aviation, tourism and mar…more ›

Campbell, 40, helms the budget airline as its Chief Executive Officer, and also serves on the Company's Board. As CEO, he is responsible for the direction, growth and leadership of the new Airline. Having been with the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group for more than 1…more ›

Pete McGlade’s career has evolved from management trainee to executive leadership. Although born in Newry, Co. Down, Ireland, Mr. McGlade grew up in New York City and Yonkers, New York. After earning a BS in General Management from Purdue University in 1975, Mr. McGla…more ›

Kevin joined Monarch Airlines in January 2007 as Director of Customer Services where he was responsible for Pre Flight Customer Services, Customer Relations, Airports Services and In-Flight Product. In October 2008 he became Operations Director, overseeing the entire ai…more ›

Ms Zhang Xiuzhi is the Chief Executive Officer of Spring Airlines. Ms Zhang co-founded this Airline, one of China's first private Airlines with Chairman Wang Zhenghua in 2004 A very dynamic lady aged 45 yrs, who has tremendous energy and of course great amounts of…more ›

Stefan Pichler joined Jazeera Airways K.S.C., a public listed airline on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, in June 2009 as the CEO. He launched a successful turn around program in the same year and since July 2009 has returned to sustainable profitability, exceeding analyst’s …more ›

Julian Carr is Commercial Director of bmibaby, the low fares airline which is part of the bmi group. Prior to this role, which he commenced in May of 2008, he spent two years working for IATA in Montreal, Canada where he was responsible for marketing and business develo…more ›

David Lenigas holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering from Australia. He has extensive experience operating in the public company environment and is currently the Executive Chairman of Lonrho Plc, Leni Gas & Oil Plc and Solo Oil Plc.

Tero Taskila, 37, has been working in the aviation industry for 14 years. Education London City University, United Kingdom Pursuing Ph D in Aeronautical Engineering (Air Transport Management) Thesis: Optimal Business model for short and medium haul carriers (not compl…more ›

Yevgen Treskunov obtained his initial aviation experience at the Airports Authority of Ukraine as Economics and Planning Manager and then at the Ukrainian State Aviation Administration as Deputy Head of Strategic Development and Standards Support Directorate. Mr. Tresk…more ›

Currently Deputy Director at Ryanair, the world’s largest international scheduled airline. Responsible for managing 2,500 pilots across 44 base locations and managing the internal training company. Prior to Ryanair was General Manager at Kerry Airport - Ireland where …more ›
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