Avianca announced the addition of Otto Gergye as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with the aim of continuing to strengthen its commercial strategy. Otto has more than two decades of experience in the aeronautical and tourism sector. He has led commercial processes in multiple companies in the areas of strategy planning, commercial development, sales and revenue optimization.
Throughout his career, he has held various positions in airlines around the world. He was Revenue Director at Thai Airways; Vice President of Consulting Services at Sabre; Commercial Sales Manager for Asia at Qantas; Chief Commercial Officer at Fiji AIRWAYS, among many other commercial roles at Air Berlin, British Airways, Amadeus and KLM.
“We are pleased to have Otto’s expertise, vision and professional career to continue strengthening our long-term commercial strategy, putting our customers at the center of our products and services, to ensure that they can choose how to fly. We know that his work will continue our goal of being a competitive, efficient airline with a flexible product that adapts to the needs of each trip,” said Frederico Pedreira, CEO of Avianca.
“I am very proud to land at Avianca to continue strengthening the company's strategy from different areas and with a top-notch team, ensuring the fulfillment of the value promise to all our customers, while providing each of them with an option aligned with industry trends and adapted to their preferences. We will continue to make it possible for Avianca to be for everyone: from those who want to fly at competitive prices, to those who prefer a premium product that integrates high value in product, service and loyalty benefits,” said Otto Gergye, COO of Avianca.
Otto Gergye and his team will continue to drive Avianca's growth, strengthening the customer experience and evolving the different contact channels so that passengers have control of their trips from start to finish.
Source: Avianca.