Etihad Airways, has appointed Mansour Al Marzouqi a national of the United Arab Emirates, as its new general manager in Belarus. 

Al Marzouqi joined Etihad Airways’ graduate management program in 2007, subsequently holding several key positions in sales and business development in the UAE before being appointed general manager of the Maldives in 2011.  

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways' chief commercial officer, said: "Mansour has a proven record within the airline and has substantial knowledge and expertise of the travel industry and commercial airline operations. We are excited to have him on board and look forward to his assistance in further developing our presence in the Belarus market.” 

Al Marzouqi will replace the former general manager for Belarus, Paolo Greco, who is moving to Rome to take up the position of partnership alliance manager to Alitalia. 

This year Etihad Airways will mark five years of operations to Minsk and has carried 105,000 travellers between the Belarusian capital and Abu Dhabi to date.

Country Profile:
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. 
Capital: Minsk
Currency: Belarusian ruble
Population: 9.473 million (2011) World Bank
President: Alexander Lukashenko
Government: Presidential system, Republic
Official language: Belarusian language, Russian Language