Ukrainian Airport's Life: a War Scenario

Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev is a Chief Commercial Officer/Commercial Director at Odesa International Airport (ODS). Vyacheslav has a strong aviation background and rich managerial experience – 12 years on senior managerial positions at the largest Ukrainian airports. On a current position at ODS Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev is responsible for aeronautical and non-aeronautical commerce, marketing and PR. Vyacheslav is in charge of strategic marketing, management and planning, route development, running of duty-free, F&B, parking and other commercial businesses, PR and social activities.

Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev is striving for continuous professional development and education - holds PhD in Economics, MSc in Aviation Management (Transport and Telecommunications Institute, Latvia, 2021), Master`s Degree in Air Transport Management (Kyiv National Aviation University, 2016) etc.

In the meantime, Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev since 2021 is a lecturer at Transport and Telecommunications Institute (Latvia, Riga) and leading a course Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Multimodality.

Vyacheslav is a constant member and an active participant of ACI EUROPE Commercial Forum and Regional Airports` Forum, World and European Routes (Route development forum) and other significant aviation forums and conferences. In 2022 Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev was honored to be a speaker of ACI EUROPE Regional Airports` Forum (29-31 March, Palermo) and of ACI EUROPE Annual Congress & General Assembly (22-24 June, Rome).

Vyacheslav Cheglatonyev is married and has a daughter. Main hobbies of Vyacheslav are reading of self-development literature, football and running.