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2026 –<\/strong> Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

2025 – Mehmet Nane, Chairperson, Pegasus Airlines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2024 –<\/strong> Dr. Eng. David Ciceo, CEO, Cluj International Airport<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

2023 – Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council, ICAO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 – Pieter Elbers, President & CEO, KLM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2021 – Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2020 – Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2019 – Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the ICAO Council<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2018 – Jeff Poole, Director General, CANSO<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2017 – Dr Fang Lu, Secretary General, ICAO<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2016 – Vitaly Saveliev, Chairman and CEO, Aeroflot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 – Robert Deillon, CEO, Geneva Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014 – Dr Temel Kotil, CEO, Turkish Airlines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2013 – Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General, ICAO<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2012 – Dr Yiannis Paraschis, CEO, Athens International Airport<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026 – Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE 2025 – Mehmet Nane, Chairperson, Pegasus Airlines 2024 – Dr. Eng. David Ciceo, CEO, Cluj International Airport\u00a0 2023 – Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council, ICAO 2022 – Pieter Elbers, President & CEO, KLM 2021 – Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General, ACI 2020 – Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission 2019 – Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the ICAO Council 2018 – Jeff Poole, Director General, CANSO 2017 – Dr Fang Lu, Secretary General, ICAO 2016 – Vitaly Saveliev, Chairman and CEO, Aeroflot 2015 – Robert Deillon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/545\/revisions\/789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airtransportawards.aero\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}