Bander Abdulrahman Al-Mohanna has been the chief executive officer and managing director of flynas Company since February 2018.

flynas is a domestic and international low-cost airline based in Saudi Arabia. It was established in 2007.

Under Al-Mohanna, the airline has won several prestigious international awards including the Middle East’s Leading Low-Cost Airline by World Travel Awards, the travel industry’s prestigious award program for four consecutive years. It was won Skytrax award for Best Low-cost Airline in the Middle East in 2017 and 2018.

Al-Mohanna joined the National Private Air Transport Services (NAS) in 2006 as the chief financial officer. Moving up the corporate ladder, he was elevated to the position of vice president in 2008 and in 2015, he became the CEO of flynas.

Before joining flynas, Al-Mohanna worked as the chief financial analyst at Makshaff Services and Investments Ltd. He also held several positions at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency between 1993 and 2002.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from King Saud University, Riyadh and a master’s degree in actuarial and financial mathematics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the US. 

Al-Mohanna also obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the American University in Washington, DC and attended the advanced management program at the Harvard Business School. 

The Indian airline Jet Airways recently signed a codeshare agreement with flynas. The arrangement will facilitate around 6 million passengers who travel between Saudi Arabia and India for religious tourism and business purposes.

According to Al-Mohanna: “This partnership is an important step in-line with flynas’ expansion and development strategy. Through such agreements, we aim to offer an improved service to our passengers by adding more travel routes and expanding our reach regionally and internationally, in particular to key markets such as India.”

SOURCE : ARABNEWS