Jet Aviation announced the appointment of Hakan Tin as managing director in Vienna, Austria, effective March 1, 2017.
Tin has graduated in Political Sciences from Bosporus University in Istanbul, Turkey, and holds various airline certificates from Lufthansa Business School. He will be responsible for overseeing the company’s operations in Vienna, and will report directly to Stefan Benz, Jet Aviation’s senior vice president of operations for EMEA and Asia.
Tin has served as Sales director in Vienna since September 2015. He began his aviation career as a passenger handling agent with Lufthansa German Airlines in Vienna more than 25 years ago. In 2003, he became Head of Sales & Ground Operations and moved to the Upper Volga Region in Russia. Later he was appointed as MD in Azerbaijan & Turkmenistan. Tin returned to Vienna in 2012 as Head of Sales with Jet Alliance, where he remained until joining Jet Aviation in September 2015.
“Hakan has a deep understanding of Jet Aviation’s operations in Vienna and has developed good working relationships with our client base,” says Stefan Benz, senior vice president, EMEA and Asia. “He has demonstrated a keen customer focus and I have every confidence in his ability to continue growing service capabilities for the benefit of our clients.”
