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2011 BillAyer,AlaskaAirGroup |
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Airbus A Aeroflot andchief executive Vit associated impact on international associated impactoninternational the country’s carriers,withits caused widespreaddifficultiesfor the Russianroubleinparticular 2015. Thesharpdepreciationin political issuesinthecountry faced amidtheeconomicandgeo to thechallengesRussiancarriers by Aeroflot’s mainline operation. two-thirds ofwhichwerecarried to morethan43million,around the helm of the airline. than in2009whenSavelievtook billion –almostfivetimeshigher more thanafifthatnearlyRb496 was achievedonrevenuesup its first net profit since 2013. This accounting standards,andposted lion) in2016underinternational profit toRb63.3billion($1.1bil 43% rise in full-year operating series of segments. line strongpositioningacrossa aly Saveliev, whohasledtheair This provided a strong response This providedastrongresponse Passenger numbersrose11% a Aeroflot Groupgenerated Aer Lingus |
year for flag carrier year forflagcarrier this hasbeenabanner the Russian market, fter recentturmoilin 2010 EftichiosVassilakis,AegeanAirlines |
2005 TonyFernandes,AirAsia |
2014 MarkDunkerley,HawaiianAirlines - - - - on routes rights and assets. Transaero, leaving Aeroflot to take country’s secondbiggestoperator contributed tothecollapseof travel demand. This ultimately 2015: “We werejustcarryingpas Saveliev toldFlightGlobalin caring toomuchaboutservice,” to global carrier standards. uct offering and branding position sion hasbeenrevampingitsprod segments, keytoSaveliev’s mis group structuretotackledifferent ing the low-cost sector. most recent addition, Pobeda serv as itsregionaloperationand, former Transaero aircraft,Aurora ket charterbrandwhiletakingon ported by Rossiya as its mid-mar its premiumnetworkcarrier, sup line Aeroflot operation serving as the Russian airline sector. legacy ofearlierconsolidationin multiple brandsthatexistedasa ments, intheprocesstidyingup tions servingdifferentmarketseg structure withclearairlineopera egy has been toestablish a group At theheartofSaveliev’s strat “Six years ago, Aeroflot was not “Six years ago, Aeroflot was not While Aeroflothasadoptedthis That isbasedaroundthemain |
2004 PhilTrenary,PinnacleAirlines |
2009 BryanBedford,Republic |
2013 TewoldeGebremariam,EthiopianAirlines VITALY SAVELIEV ------| |
2008 JimFrench,Flybe 2003 JimReam,ExpressJet SECTOR LEADERSHIP within a market sector. vides strongtransportationlinks passenger orcargoairlinethatpro inleadinga strating excellence and managementteamdemon and recognisesthechiefexecutive ous RegionalLeadershipcriteria replaces the previ ship category Editor’s note:TheSectorLeader Graham Dunn ball side Manchester United. with EnglishPremierLeaguefoot keting initiatives,suchasitstie-up carrier, inpartthroughmajormar improve theformerimageof first of 14Airbus A350s. Aeroflot willnextyear addthe rowbodies andSukhoiSuperjets. A330s, AirbusandBoeingnar prises Boeing 777s, Airbus from 18typesin2009,nowcom years. Thatfleet,whittleddown average ageoffourandahalf ates afleetof189aircraftwithan shows theRussiancarrieroper to this.FlightFleetsAnalyzer to this long-established airline.” change thatandbringanewspirit sengers fromAtoB....We triedto Likewise it has worked to Likewise ithasworkedto Fleet renewalhasbeencentral flightglobal.com/airlines |
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