Dr Kostas Iatrou is the co-founder, Managing Director of AirTransportNews.
He holds a PhD in Air Transport Management from Cranfield University, UK.
He is co-author of the book “Airline Choices for the Future: From Alliances to Mergers”.
He has participated both as moderator and as speaker in numerous air transport conferences
all over the world including ICAO, IATA, AFRAA, ATRS and ACI. He is Visiting Lecturer at
Cranfield University and at the Aviation MBA of LUISS business school and was
Assistant Visiting Professor at Daniel Webster Aviation College. His articles have featured
in numerous air transport publications, such as the Journal of Air Transport Management,
the Journal of Air Transportation, the Journal of Airport Management,
the Annals of Air and Space Law of McGill University, Aerlines and he is Associate Editor
of Journal of Air Transport Studies. He is a Member of the Networking Committee of ATRS
and was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 12th ATRS World Conference. Finally,
he is the Secretary General of Hellenic Aviation Society and co-founder
and Partner of AirConsulting Group. In 2009 was deputy Mayor of Ekali, Greece,
where he lives with his wife, Evgenia and his son, George.
Elliott Kefalas has a overview aspect of aviation industry including several levels. His passion for aviation leads him into aviation industry business since very young age. At the same time for the last ten years was also act as external journalist on popular worldwide aviation magazines. Hold a tremendous number of training certificates and seminal attendances for several issues such General Aviation, Airline Business, Aviation Safety & Security, ATC, Airport Operations. Hi is a co-owner of aviation group of companies. After uncounted hours and miles of worldwide research he can warranty that your PC screen value will rise spending hours on this portal.
Lida Mantzavinou holds a BS in economic science. Through her study years she has conducted numerous essays among which a thorough essay on the airline sector specialized on the effect of airline alliances in the economic and social field. On the same time she has acted as a marketing trainee in BIC VIOLEX S.A assisting in the direction of sales and marketing operations and being responsible for conducting thorough analysis of consumer survey data and recommending marketing strategies based on survey results. She has also been responsible for directing and coordinating PR activities on behalf of the Olympic Committee. Finally, she has acted as an administrator in management on behalf of the ministry of interiors, public administration and decentralization responsible for the management and coordination of districts.
David Grossman has been a journalist covering commercial aviation and business travel since 2002. Grossman’s Business Traveler column appears on USA Today.com and has been reprinted on ABC News.com. Grossman has written for many other publications including the Boston Herald, the ACTE Global Business Journal, ASTANetwork Magazine, InisdeFlyer, the NBTA Newsletter, the International Air Transport Association’s Airlines International magazine and the print edition of USA Today.
Grossman has appeared on numerous travel and news radio and television shows offering his insight into the outlook for business travel, airline consolidation, and current issues in commercial aviation. Grossman has also been a frequent a guest speaker at regional and local travel industry meetings across the U.S.A.
Grossman worked in the airline industry for 11 years as Director of Electronic Commerce for US Airways and for Galileo International, building and managing the products used by millions of travelers to book travel on airline web sites.
Grossman holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University, and a Masters in Library/Information Science and a Bachelors Degree in Journalism from the University of Michigan. Originally from New York City, Grossman currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area.
Manager owning 15 years experience in project management, sales and marketing. Philippe is an executive sale professional with a strong international background. With is experience in direct marketing combine with over ten years experience in sponsorship sales, he develop an expertise in Event strategic marketing. Wit is work in different organization such as IATA (International Air Transport Association) and IIR (Institute for International Research) Philippe became a reference in the Conferences and Tradeshow industry.
Philippe use to counsel top Fortunes 500 companies such as Oracle, IBM, Deloitte & Touche, SAP, Accenture, and GE on there conferences sponsorship strategies.
Graduated from University of Montreal and HEC, Philippe start his carrier in the communication and marketing Industry. From B2C to B2B, Philippe worked for Molson Brewery, Cossette Communication as well as NewAd Media.
Natalia Anemodoura is involved with aviation in many ways. She is co-owner of an aviation group of companies and publisher of a Greek Civil Aviation Magazine. She has graduated from the National Technological Institude of Athens where she studied topography and she got a full degree for her project “Designing airports on Greek Islands”. She is now graduating from the Architecture Technological University of Athens where her diploma project is involved with Airport Terminal Design. She also holds a JAA Commercial Pilot’s licence (CPL,IR,MEP) and a flight instructor’s licence (SEP).
Lefteris Xanthoudakis holds a DipH and BSc degree in Computing - University of Westminster, London, UK. During his career he was actively involved
as project manager on large information systems such as charter flight reservation systems, flight management systems for airline
representatives and more.
He is also the founder of Aquanet Ltd, a greek company that develops and runs with great success large web projects such as a search engine,
e-commerce applications and an online travel reservations website.
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