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Gurgaon, February 7th, 2014: SpiceJet Ltd today announced the appointment
of Mr. Kaneswaran Avili (“Kanesh”) as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
Mr. Avili comes to SpiceJet with deep experience in the aviation sector. He has
worked for 12 years in the highly competitive world of low cost airlines in Asia,
and was part of the start up team of AirAsia in 2001.
At AirAsia, Mr. Avili played a pivotal role in the airline’s cross border brand
expansion into Thailand and Indonesia. He then partnered the founders of AirAsia
to start no frills hotel chain –TuneHotels-- and financial services business --Tunemoney.
After successful launch of TuneHotels and Tunemoney, Mr Avili moved to become an
independent aviation consultant and took up various consultancy assignments in Macau,
Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia, before joining Tigerair in Singapore as its
Commercial Director in 2012.
“His deep domain knowledge on airline commercial across sales & distribution, revenue
management, marketing, network planning, airline system and market penetration strategy
would be key in transforming SpiceJet commercial capability and improving overall
route and airline profitability,” said Mr. Sanjiv Kapoor, Chief Operating Officer,
SpiceJet Ltd.
“We are glad to welcome Kanesh to the SpiceJet family. Kanesh’s joining is part
of an ongoing refresh of SpiceJet’s management team, with further announcements
to be made in the coming weeks,” added Mr Kapoor.
“Having followed and admired SpiceJet since its inceptions, I am pleased to be given
the opportunity to serve in a commercial leadership role. The commitment shown by
the board and shareholders on the long term future and growth of the company convinced
me to take up the challenge of transforming SpiceJet. I am looking forward to work
with Mr. Sanjiv Kapoor, the rest of management team and the Board of SpiceJet.”,
said Mr. Kaneswaran Avili, who will be taking up the role with effective 1st April
2014.
SpiceJet was #1 in on-time performance (OTP) for the month of December 2013, as
per DGCA statistics. This is the result of SpiceJet’s renewed focus on delivering
superior operational and customer experience, based on the principle of SOCCH: Safe,
On-time, Clean, Courteous and Hassle-free.
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