Vishal Pillai is Cathay Pacific regional cargo services manager for South Asia, ME, Africa

October 10, 2019: Vishal Pillai has taken over as the regional cargo services manager for South Asia, Middle East and Africa of Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific Airways.

Pillai will be responsible for the business of Cathay Pacific Cargo, handling the regional operations for cargo, safety, contracts, compliances, regulatory affairs and quality and will be based in Mumbai, India. He replaces Karthik Radhakanthan.

Pillai joined Cathay Pacific Airways in Hyderabad on May 2014 as a manager on duty. He moved to Mumbai in November 2018 as the airport operations manager. With experience of over a decade in the aviation industry, Pillai has worked with airlines such as British Airways, Lufthansa German Airlines and Kingfisher Airlines.

He started his career in the aviation industry in 2008 with Kingfisher Airlines in the guest services and RAMP division. Before joining Cathay Pacific Airways, he was a part of the on-ground operations team at British Airways.