Press Release 2005

Star Alliance appoints Aman Khan as new Vice President, Information Technology

Star Alliance, the airline network for Earth™, has appointed Aman Khan as Vice President Information Technology (IT). Reporting directly to the Star Alliance CEO, Mr. Khan holds responsibility for all IT functions at Star Alliance Services GmbH, the project and brand management company, working on behalf of the 15 member airline alliance.

Overall, Mr. Khan is in charge of planning, development and operations of the Star Alliance IT infrastructure, including applications, networks and service management. His tasks also include such items as strategic sourcing and alliance purchasing, along with improving service levels with infrastructure and system suppliers. Moreover, as a member of the IT management board, he works with the CIOs of the 15 member carriers to develop, coordinate and implement key IT strategies, which support both the alliance business objectives and create value for the alliance members.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Khan has accumulated a wealth of experience in the IT & Telecommunications industry, having held various senior management positions in technical as well as commercial areas, both at European and International levels. He has worked for joint ventures in the Telecommunications world, such as Global One (Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint) and Unisource (Swisscom, KPN of Netherlands and Telia of Sweden). At Global One, Mr. Khan headed the business in Central & Nordic Europe and at Unisource he held the post of VP Sales & Marketing, with worldwide responsibility. He also managed businesses of ICT (Information, Communications and Telecommunications) Solutions and Services at companies such as GE (USA), TI, and RSLCom. Prior to moving to Star Alliance, Mr. Khan had been heading the PSINet business in Germany since 1999.

Originally from Pakistan, Mr. Khan is now a German citizen and married. He holds an MBA from Chelsea University, UK, and has lived in France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK, during his professional life.

Star Alliance was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer customers global reach and a smooth travel experience. The members are Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, bmi, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Spanair, Thai Airways International, United, US Airways and VARIG Brazilian Airlines. South African Airways and TAP Air Portugal are scheduled to join the alliance within the next twelve months. Overall, the member carriers offer more than 14,000 daily flights to 772 destinations in 133 countries.

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