Boet Kreiken of KLM Cityhopper new President of ERA

Boet Kreiken, managing director of KLM Cityhopper,has been appointed as the new President of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA). Kreiken has held several management positions at KLM across commercial and global account and pricing and revenue. He has also been KLM’s area manager for Asia Pacific and Central/South America.

Martin Isler, member of the executive management board of the Luxair Group has been re-elected Vice-President of ERA. Isler’s career spans 24 years and covers many aspects of airline business from sales and marketing to ground handling, operations and maintenance.

Other positions elected this year include Laurent Pierre from Snecma to an Associate 1 position, Tony Whitty from Cabot Aviation to Affiliate Category II and Bernard Lavelle from London City Airport to Associate Category III.

Simon McNamara, Director General of ERA, comments: “I am delighted to welcome a number of new board members to ERA and, in particular, Boet Kreiken as the association’s new President. I am very much looking forwards to working with Boet and other board members as we implement ERA’s future strategy.”