Interviewed: United's Brian Znotins
Destination focus: The Bahamas
Talking point: Carbon taxes
Airport features: Santiago and Edmonton
Plus: Social media and Start-up airlines
Russia’s Yemelyanovo International Airport in Krasnoyarsk has hired Lufthansa Consulting to help it develop its route network and attract new airlines.
Gulf Air will shed routes to Damascus, Athens, Milan and Kuala Lumpur from next month as it seeks to deal with a “challenging business environment” and concentrate on its high yield markets.
Privately-owned Indonesian carrier Lion Air has finalised a record order for 230 aircraft from Boeing, including 201 B737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation B737-900ERs, as it seeks to expand within the Asia-Pacific.
Malaysia Airlines has appointed AirAsia’s Rozman bin Omar as its new chief financial officer (CFO), who will take up his new role with effect from tomorrow (February 14).
Name: Guy Stephenson
Company: Gatwick Airport
Designation: Commercial director
Home town: Wimbledon
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Name: Daniel Skjeldam
Company: Norwegian
Designation: Chief operating officer
Home town: Oslo
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Name: Stewart Steeves
Company: Nassau Airport Development Company
Designation: President & CEO
Home town: Vancouver, Canada; now living in Nassau, Bahamas
Name: Frank Satusky
Company: Air Canada
Designation: Manager, Network Planning – International
Home town: Montréal
Name: Pamela Griffith-Jones
Company: Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA)
Designation: Chief marketing & commercial development officer and vice president of GTAA
Home town: Toronto, Canada
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Name: Christina Foerster
Company: Lufthansa German Airlines
Designation: Vice president network & fleet development
Home town: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Name: Simon Miller
Company: Berlin Airports
Designation: Senior consultant, airline marketing
Home town: Berlin, Germany
Name: Michael Klee
Company: Germanwings
Designation: Senior vice president commercial and network
Home town: Cologne, Germany
Name: Ken Murayama
Company: Narita International Airport Corporation
Designation: Vice president corporate strategies & planning
Home town: Tokyo, Japan
Name: Nikos Gitsis
Company: SEAIR (South East Asian Airlines)
Designation: Co-founder
Home town: Rochester, New York
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