By Staff Reports
(HONOLULU) – Hawaiian Airlines today announced the appointment of Eric Chen to the position of director – international pricing and revenue management. In this role, Chen oversees revenue generation of Hawaiian’s international network and manages strategies that drive revenue performance.
“Eric’s depth of knowledge in international pricing and revenue management strategies is wide-ranging,” said Brent Overbeek, vice president of revenue management and network planning for Hawaiian Airlines. “His breadth of experience and valued insight will help drive revenue results as we continue to grow in international markets.”
Chen joins Hawaiian from United Airlines, where he spent over eight years on the company’s pricing, inventory and revenue management teams. Most recently, he served as senior manager – Atlantic pricing joint venture at United where he directed and managed a team of pricing and fare analysts on the Atlantic Plus Plus Team (A++), the Joint Venture between six Star Alliance carriers: United Airlines, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Austrian, Brussels and Swiss International Air Lines.
Chen earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
About Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 11 years (2004-2014) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.
Now in its 86th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i’s biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. Mainland. Hawaiian offers non-stop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (11) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides approximately 160 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, with a total of more than 200 daily flights system-wide.
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