Silk Way West Airlines
Onno Pietersma currently serves as the COO and Accountable Manager at Silk Way West Airlines since May 2024. Prior to this role, Onno held various leadership positions at Cargolux Airlines from October 2011 to May 2024, including Executive Vice President Maintenance & Engineering and Accountable Manager. Onno also served as Vice President Maintenance & Engineering at KLM UK Engineering Ltd from September 2005 to October 2011 and has extensive experience with KLM Engineering & Maintenance in roles such as Vice President Marketing Sales & Customer Support and Controller Business Development & Deputy CFO from September 1999 to August 2005. Earlier career stages included managerial roles at KPMG Consulting Belgium and KPMG. Onno Pietersma earned a degree in Business Economics from the University of Groningen between 1987 and 1994 and completed secondary education at Stedelijk Gymnasium Leeuwarden from 1980 to 1986.
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Silk Way West Airlines
Founded in 2012 in Baku, at the heart of the Silk Road, Silk Way West Airlines operates around 350 monthly flights across the globe via its fleet of 12 dedicated Boeing 747-8F and 747-400F aircraft based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. On April 28, 2021, Silk Way West Airlines signed a strategic fleet expansion agreement with Boeing for the purchase of five state-of-the-art 777 Freighters. The airline's annual cargo turnover exceeds 500,000 tons, while its growing route network covers over 40 destinations across Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Asia, and the Americas. South Korea’s Incheon Airport honored Silk Way West Airlines with the prestigious ‘Cargo Airline of the Year 2020’ award.