Air Malta has appointed Paul Sies as chief commercial officer.

Sies takes his position with immediate effect and will be responsible for leading all commercial activity on a day-to-day basis.

He joins Air Malta with a strong track record after having worked for over 25 years at senior management level developing businesses for large organisations including British Airways, Virgin, Centerparcs, and selected Sabre airline and (on-line) customers.

He has successfully transformed and launched new airlines and resorts in Belgium, Kuwait, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Libya, Cameroon, Tunisia and most recently in The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, England and La Runion.

Sies has been engaged by Air Malta to continue on the path of innovative commercial developments launched by Ursula Silling who left her post at the end of last year.

“Paul brings with him a wealth of knowledge of international airline commercial business.

“His expertise in e-commerce, marketing, network development and turnaround management in the aviation industry will be an asset to Air Malta.

“It is not easy to attract talent with this international exposure and this appointment continues to show the good reputation of Air Malta in the international aviation business,” said Joseph Galea, Air Malta acting chief executive.