WSir Reginald Myles Ansett KBE was an Australian businessman and aviator. He was best known for founding Ansett Transport Industries, which owned one of Australia's two leading domestic airlines between 1957 and 2001. He also established a number of other business enterprises including Ansett Pioneer coachlines, Ansett Freight Express, Ansair coachbuilders, Gateway Hotels, Diner's Club Australia, Biro Bic Australia and the ATV-0 television station in Melbourne and TVQ-0 in Brisbane which later became part of Network Ten. ATI also bought out Avis Rent a Car and had a 49% interest in Associated Securities Limited (ASL). In late 1979, mainly due to the collapse of ASL, Ansett lost control of the company to Peter Abeles of TNT and Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation who became joint managing directors.
WAkbar Al Baker is the Group CEO of Qatar Airways and Secretary-General of Qatar Tourism Al-Baker also served as one of the lead developers for Hamad International Airport which opened in 2014. In May 2021, Al-Baker was appointed as chairman of Oneworld.
WJóhanna á Bergi is a Faroese businesswoman. On 3 June 2015, she became CEO of Atlantic Airways. She is the first woman to become the CEO of a Nordic airline. She officially assumed the position on September 1, 2015. Bergi had previously served as the CEO of P/f Faroe Ship, from 2006 until 2015. She began her business career as the sales manager of Faroe Seafood France, a position she served from 1994 until 1998. In that year, she became a sales director of JFD and Kósin Seafood, where she remained until 2006; during the same period she served as sales and marketing director for JFK. Bergi received her degree in Export and Marketing from the Danish School of International Marketing and Export in 1994, following by a master's degree in management from Robert Gordon University in 2004.
WCho Yang-ho was a South Korean businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air, chairman of the Hanjin Group, and a founding member of SkyTeam alliance.
WLuis Gallego Martín is a Spanish engineer and businessman who succeeded Willie Walsh as the chief executive officer (CEO) of International Airlines Group in 2020. He is the former CEO of Iberia.
WBirkir Hólm Guðnason was the CEO of Icelandair, the flag carrier airline in Iceland, from 2008–2017.
WJames Reginald Hogan, is an Australian airline executive. Between 2006 and mid-2017, he was the President and CEO of Etihad Airways, one of the national airlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
WAli Mohammad Khademi was the general manager of Iran Air from 1962 until 1978.
WAndreas Nikolaus Lauda was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time F1 World Drivers' Champion, winning in 1975, 1977 and 1984, and is the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport's two most successful constructors.
WVitaly Gennadyevich Savelyev is a Russian businessman and politician, who has served as Minister of Transport since 10 November 2020. Previously, he served as the chairman and CEO of Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, since 2009 to 2020.
WAluf Eliezer Shkedy is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force from 4 April 2004 until 13 May 2008. He is also a former CEO of El Al, the flag carrier of Israel.