Andre Viljoen
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Air Mauritius Ltd
Andre Viljoen is listed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Air Mauritius Ltd. Andre is scheduled to speak at Aviation Festival Asia 2027 on 16 March 2027.
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About
Andre Viljoen is a highly regarded global airline CEO with more than 45 years of senior airline leadership experience across CFO and CEO roles. A B.Com (Honours) Chartered Accountant (SA), he is renowned for leading complex airline turnarounds by combining disciplined financial management with a deep, practical obsession for customer experience, alongside values-based leadership and company culture. Andre has returned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Mauritius in October 2025. His previous roles include President & CEO of South African Airways (1997-2004), followed by 7 years as CEO of Air Mauritius (2008-2015) and, most recently, 10 years as Managing Director and CEO of Fiji Airways (2015–2025). Under his leadership, Fiji Airways transformed into a 2 billion $ airline, climbed from 102nd to 14th in the global Skytrax rankings, earned multiple APEX 5-Star airline awards, and in September 2025 became an APEX World Class rated airline - one of only 10 airlines in the world
Upcoming
Aviation Festival Asia 2027 16 March 2027 – 17 March 2027
- Keynote Interview: Leading an airline through change: Building leadership capability and better decision-making Speaker · 16 March 2027
- Keynote Panel: From Operations to Loyalty – Building the airline customers still choose by 2040 Speaker · 16 March 2027
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Andre at events on B2DB.
- Hong Wong Director General · Association of Asia Pacific Airlines 1 shared session
- Surain Adyanthaya President · PROS 1 shared session
- Tero Taskila Chief Executive Officer & Chairman · BeOnd 1 shared session
- Vipul Misra Acting Chief Executive Officer · SriLankan Airlines 1 shared session