Ryanair has announced the appointment of Chiara Ravara as its new senior sales and marketing manager, promoting her from her previous role as sales and marketing manager for Greece and the East Mediterranean market.

Ravara has worked in Ryanair since 2014, joining from Aviareps in Italy.

Ryanair marketing operations director, Matthias Wenk, said: “We are pleased to appoint Chiara Ravara as our new senior sales and marketing manager, and she will bring considerable experience and industry knowledge to this key role.

Ravara will oversee Ryanair’s sales team and activities across 34 countries in Europe and North Africa.

She said: “I am delighted to be appointed senior sales and marketing manager for Ryanair.

“These are exciting times for Ryanair with new digital innovations being rolled out, alongside extensive passenger growth, the on-going expansion of the Ryanair fleet and continued customer service experience improvements.

“I have really enjoyed my time in Ryanair to date and I’m looking forward to this new challenge.”