January 19th 2011

 

ATHENA AVIATION welcomes Antonis Simigdalas FRAeS to its Advisory Council. Antonis is a proven airline executive with over 23 years experience in airline management and aviation policy.

 

He co-founded and managed Aegean Aviation which broke the air transport monopoly in Greece in 1992 and grew into Aegean Airlines. He was also instrumental in the liberalisation of Ground Handling and in the founding of Goldair Handling in Greece. In 2009, as CEO, he led the creation of the new private sector airline, Olympic Air replacing the defunct Olympic Airlines.

 

Antonis is also a very active member of the aviation community having previously served as President of the European Regional Airlines Association for two terms. In addition to being well known for his research into competition matters, Antonis is currently a member of the European Aviation Platform at the European Commission, participating as expert advisor in long term Aviation and Air Transport Strategy and Policy to the Committee chaired by European Commission Vice President and Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas.

 

Antonis adds tremendous startup and restructuring experience and in this new role will provide guidance and advice on the overall development of Athena Aviation while being accessible to all Athena Aviation clients.

 

For further information or to get in touch with Antonis, please contact him on antonis.simigdalas@athenaaviation.com.