Krešimir Kučko joined the Croatian National Carrier in 1992. At this early stage of the Company’s development, only six months after the first international flight, he was thoroughly engaged in establishment of commercial policy that involved almost all business aspects. At age of 29 Mr. Kučko was appointed the first country manager in the Company responsible for establishment of the Croatia Airlines Zurich Office. He was also the youngest manager at this position. In this extremely challenging period, he has set the entire business network, and in the very first year, doubled the market revenue. In order to create standards necessary to establish Company’s stable market position, primarily in the home market and then abroad, Mr. Kučko has also been deeply involved in the key financial and legal issues of the Company. In 2004 Mr. Kučko joined the Croatia Airlines Office in the Netherlands, as the Regional Manager for Benelux. As Croatia Airlines Sales manager he has actively participated in the local IATA bodies, particularly in the process of establishing local travel agents accreditation criteria, retention of IATA status and IATA agency investigations. In 2012 Mr. Kučko was appointed the CEO of Croatia Airlines. He has begun the process of restructuring Croatia Airlines, and positive business results were recorded after a long period of negative trends.
