Sandeep Bahl

Sandeep joined Air New Zealand on 1 March 2012. He is responsible for all of Air New Zealand’s Asia operations, providing leadership and support for the carrier’s flights from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Osaka.

Sandeep has over 25 years of aviation experience, much of which has been in the Asia Pacific region. He has held key leadership roles in sales and marketing, in-flight services and operations for a number of major carriers in India, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

Prior to joining Air New Zealand, Sandeep was Director – Hong Kong & China with Delta Airlines (previously Northwest) where he was instrumental in driving sustainable profit growth, establishing strong industry and regulatory relationships, and ensuring a seamless merger of Delta and Northwest.

Sandeep holds an MBA and post graduate degree from Oxford Brooks University in the U.K, as well as an undergraduate degree from the Institute of Hotel Management in New Delhi,India. He has also completed the China Managers Development Program from prestigious Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business School in Beijing.

Sandeep is Chairman of Board of Airlines Representative in China, and was the International Advisory Chair for China for Travel Industry Association of USA and was Co-Chair of subcommittee on aviation economic regulation – US China Aviation Program. He is a visiting speaker at Civil Aviation University of China and China Aviation Management Institute.