Etihad Airways has expanded its commercial team in Saudi Arabia with the addition of two new sales positions in the Riyadh and Jeddah offices. The new appointments are Aiyaz Khot, manager central province, who is based in Riyadh and Imran Rakhangi, manager western province, based in Jeddah. Both Khot and Rakhangi recently took up their new appointments and report to Fareed Al Alawi, area general manager Saudi Arabia.
Based in Riyadh, Khot joined Etihad Airways in 2007 and has held a number of sales positions in India. He brings over 10 years of experience in the airline and travel industry with extensive knowledge working in sales and business analysis.
Rakhangi joined Etihad Airways from Jet Airways where he held the position of country manager – KSA, Western Province. He has more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience, having previously served as Country Customer Service Manager - TNT, with British Midland and British Airways. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce.