Air France – Netherlands
Paris, July 31, 2025
France-klm Air Force appointed Adriaan Den Heijer as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, effective September 1, 2025
France-KLM announces appointment today Adriaan Den Heijercurrently the executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of Air France. He will take over as Angus Clarke while retaining his responsibilities in the group cargo organization until further notice.
The nomination will take effect on September 1, 2025.
Adriian den Heijer will report to Benjamin Smith, CEO of France-KLM Group.
“I would like to warmly congratulate Adriaan Den Heijer on his new position in our group”, France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith says. “With 30 years of experience at KLM and France-KLM, Adriaan understands the ins and outs of our business. He has done an outstanding job with our cargo department heads and I am confident in his ability to lead our business team while ensuring our airlines continue to be an industry reference with innovative, customer-occupied products and services.”
About Adriaan Den Heijer:
Adriaan Den Heijer holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Eindhoven University and has a postgraduate degree accredited from the University of Amsterdam. He joined KLM in 1995 and gained commercial and operational experience working in various positions in the Netherlands, France-KLM and its cargo sector. Since 2000-2004, Adriaan served as KLM Cargo Nordic and Western Europe. He was appointed as the general manager of Hong Kong-based Greater China in 2004. He then served as Vice President Pricring & Tunarue Management KLM Europe Vice President European KLM Europe in 2007, and then became KLM Marketing & Brand in 2009. 2011. He was appointed KLM Senior Vice President KLM Ground Service in 2011, leading the ground for air passengers and leading the airport at Luggage and Airctercraft in Schiphol. Recently, Adriaan Den Heijer is the Senior Vice President of Pricing and Revenue Management at Air France-KLM, responsible for the development and implementation of pricing and implementation strategies for the Air France-KLM Group. He has held the position of EVP Air France-KLM cargo since January 2020.
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