Havas Ground Handling
Mertkan Otunlu has extensive experience in the aviation industry, currently serving as the Station Manager and Ground Handling Manager at Havas Ground Handling Co. since January 2008, with responsibilities at Alanya Gazipaşa Airport. Previous roles include Saudi Arabia Country Manager, Ramp Manager, and Quality Assurance Specialist, focusing on quality management, Safety Management Systems (SMS), and audits. In addition, Mertkan held the position of Airport Manager at TAV Airports for TAV Gazipaşa Airport from October 2022 to February 2024. Earlier in the career, Mertkan worked as a Sales Specialist at Lecce Pen Turkey and as a Salesperson at Sports International, as well as Operations Agent roles at both Havas Ground Handling Co. and Celebi Aviation Holding. Educational background includes a degree from Istanbul Bilgi University and attendance at Akdeniz Koleji.
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Havas Ground Handling
Havaş, an affiliated company of TAV Airports, is the largest and the most experienced Istanbul, Turkey based ground handling services provider. Havaş provides ground handling services to more than 200 airline companies at 31 airports in Turkey, as well as Riga Airport in Latvia and Medinah Airport in Saudi Arabia. Offering passenger and baggage handling procedures, ramp, aircraft cleaning, load control and communication, cargo and mail, flight operations, transportation, representation and supervision services, Havaş provides service to more than 130 million passengers via handling approximately 465,000 flights, and carrying 860,000 tons of cargo and over 100 million baggage together with its subsidiaries. Furthermore, Havaş, a member of Airport Service Association (ASA) and IATA Ground Handling Council (IGHC) and awarded with the ISAGO certification, has also become the first Turkish company that was issued a ground handling services license in Saudi Arabia.