President
Chief Executive Officer

Nicolae Petrov

Nicolae Petrov is the founder of Carpatair and Moldavian Airlines. He started his career in aviation as air force instructor pilot after graduating in 1987 “Kacha”, the most famous fighter pilots school in Soviet Union. He gained experience in both commercial and operational areas being involved in early stages of creation of the civil aviation state structures of Republic of Moldova and also while representing the newly established state airline Air Moldova in Bucharest, Romania.
In 1993 Nicolae Petrov and a few fellow pilots set up Moldavian – Air Service™ travel agency and thereafter in 1994, the airline Moldavian Airlines.
In 1999, the sister airline Carpatair was set up in Romania. Nicolae Petrov's vision was instrumental in consolidating the company position on the southeast European market.

 

Born in 1972, Paula Ardelean joined Carpatair in 2000 after acquiring experience in marketing and ticketing as a travel agency manager. She has a degree in economics and marketing. As Vice-President Sales and Marketing, Paula Ardelean is in charge with the network planning and schedules, flight services, market research, marketing and pricing, income and revenue management, interline agreements, sales department (call center, ticketing offices). Paula's exceptional service mentality, solid commercial knowledge accompanied by dedication and hardworking, are essential to Carpatair success.

Vice President Finance
Chief Finance Officer

Victor Mitrofan

Born in 1974, with an MBA at Newport University USA, International Study Centre Benelux, and several additional training courses on competitiveness and productivity, business valuation attended in USA, Japan, Belgium and Moldova, Victor Mitrofan is appointed Vice-President Finance with Carpatair in 2005. Although a relatively young member of the Carpatair managerial team, he comes with an already strongly built regional work experience in countries like Bosnia, Armenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, being specialized in financial analysis, business planning, financial forecasting/modeling, financial management & control systems. Before joining Carpatair, Victor worked as financial director, deputy executive director, project manager and financial manager. Within Carpatair, Victor Mitrofan is responsible for the corporate budgeting, organization and activities of the financial department among others including revenue accounting. Victor brought necessary rigor and precision to company's budgeting and reporting. 

 

Vice President Operations
Chief Operations Officer

Dan Andrei

Born in 1942, Dan Andrei has an extensive career in the civil aviation industry. He is a founder member of the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority, where he was also appointed General Director in 1997. Before that, he worked as Director Flight Operations in the department of Civil Aviation at the Ministry of Transportation. In 2005 he was appointed Vice-President Operations at Carpatair, providing integral support for the complex safety and operational aspects such as flight safety and training standards, as well as ensuring the necessary provision of flight personnel. Dan Andrei is truly one of the most experienced and respected names in Romania's Civil Aviation. 

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Vice President Fleet Management
Chief Legal and Asset Officer

Valeriu Harcovei

Born in 1965, Valeriu Harcovei joined Carpatair in 1999 as a legal counsel. Since 2005, Valeriu acts as Vice-President Fleet Management. Since July 2008, Valeriu Harcovei is also appointed Vice-President Maintenance / Accountable Manager for PART 145 and Part M organizations. He is licensed in Law and worked as Legal Adviser for 4 years before joining Carpatair. He further studied in New York at the School of International Aircraft Finance, Willis London, and Open University UK. As Chief Legal and Asset Officer, he is in charge of all legal and compliance matters. His business and legal judgment is a valuable asset to the company.

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