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Travel industry stalwart joins CityJet

Tuesday, 29 July 20143 min read

CityJet has appointed Carlson Wagonlit Travel senior director Patrick Lukan as chief commercial officer.

Lukan has more than twenty-five years of global travel and technology industry experience, having started his career at American Airlines and transitioned to Sabre where he held a variety of senior positions in the US, Asia and Europe.

In 2005, Lukan joined Travelport as general manager UK & Ireland and was later promoted to vice president of global e-commerce sales.

He joins CityJet from Carlson Wagonlit Travel where he was senior director of global operations.

CEO Christine Ourmières said: "This is a key role at CityJet, particularly now as we build on the existing business to ensure our future success as a newly independent regional airline, and Patrick’s experience in airline, technology, distribution and e-Commerce roles will be extremely beneficial to the company."