Christian Hein new Head of Sales & Marketing at Corendon Airlines

Christian Hein (58) is taking over the newly created position of Head of Sales & Marketing at Corendon Airlines. In this role, he will be responsible for all sales, marketing and communication activities of the holiday airline across all markets. Hein will operate from both the company headquarters in Antalya and from his location near Frankfurt Airport.

Yıldıray Karaer, CEO of Corendon Airlines, emphasizes the importance of Hein for the company: "We are in a challenging market environment and want to consolidate first in order to grow sustainably. With Christian Hein, we have gained an experienced sales professional who will support our medium and long-term goals."

Hein brings extensive experience from the aviation and tourism industries. Originally from Hamburg, he began his career in route planning at the Swiss airline Crossair. He later worked in revenue management at Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines before working at Lufthansa as General Manager for Northern Europe and then as Director of Global Key Account Management. From 2013 he worked at Eurowings and, as Senior Vice President Sales, played a key role in the airline's transformation. In the meantime, he also worked for the insurance group AXA before heading the German office of MSC Cruises in Munich as Managing Director from 2019 to 2024.

As a European holiday airline, Corendon Airlines serves important holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. The German-speaking market is particularly important for the airline, which serves 20 airports from Germany alone.

Hein commented on his new role: “Corendon Airlines is a very interesting airline with great potential. I look forward to contributing my experience and driving the company’s growth.”