A US airline veteran has been drafted in to oversee Crystal Cruises fledgling aviation ventures.
Marc Cavaliere will oversee Crystal Luxury Air and Crystal AirCruises.
Cavaliere has spent 36 years in the airline business including spells with Pan Am, Spirit Airlines and American Airlines.
He was most recently executive vice president for the Americas for South African Airways.
He joins Crystal on July 1 as senior vice president of the line’s aviation activities.
He will be responsible for operations, sales and marketing efforts for the luxury air travel sector which features a 12-seat Bombardier Global Express XRS executive jet and an 88-seat Boeing 777-200LR that will fly 14- and 28- day around-the-world itineraries.
Crystal chief executive and president, Edie Rodriguez, said: “We are delighted to welcome Marc to the Crystal team and are confident that, with such a well-rounded expert in this leadership role, Crystal Luxury Air and Crystal AirCruises will mark an extraordinary new standard of luxury air travel.”