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Mr Stevan Sipka
Master of Economics, Macquarie University
Bachelor of Economics, Macquarie University
Stevan is currently the Executive Manager Aero-Partnerships for Western Sydney Airport. Stevan is responsible for developing aero relationships, acting as the primary liaison with commercial and cargo airlines, looking to expand their services and access to the growing population and economy of Western Sydney.
Stevan has over 28 years of Aviation Industry experience. He commenced his career in the airline industry as a Revenue Planning Analyst at Qantas Airways in Australia.
In his Qantas managerial positions, he developed a wealth of knowledge across revenue management, commercial sales, network planning, alliances and strategic planning.
Throughout his career Stevan has leveraged his economic knowledge and business experience to successfully launch new distribution channels, exceed all revenue, brand and PR targets and ensure excellent cost savings.
After 17 years with Qantas, Stevan joined Virgin Australia as General Manager Revenue Planning where he successfully formed a new department to drive the organisation’s commercial strategy through revenue forecasting and sales and distribution target setting.
Stevan joined Air Serbia in August 2013 as part of the transformation project from Jat Airways to Air Serbia, including the re-launch and rebrand of the airline. Stevan was PMO/Commercial Executive, tasked with reshaping the commercial functions of the airline to align with world best practice.
In September 2014, Stevan became the VP Asia Pacific for Air Serbia, with the responsibility of developing and implementing Air Serbia’s Sales and Distribution strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Stevan holds a Bachelor and Masters of Economics from Macquarie University, Sydney.
Since 2016, Stevan has also been lecturing Aviation students at University of NSW, School of Aviation.
“Being born and bred in Western Sydney, the opportunity to assist in the development and growth of Western Sydney Airport was simply too appealing to resist.
I aim to promote a great working environment at Western Sydney Airport based on passion, success and friendly working relationships. I hope that my 28 years industry experience will allow me to add significant value to the business.”
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Community Service Award, Fowler Electorate
Dean of Science's Staff Excellence Award, Collaboration and Partnership, UNSW
I am currently lecturing the AVIA2501 Airline Marketing Strategies UG Course.
I also facilitate the AVIA5006 Airport Planning PG Course.