Former Polar Air Cargo veteran Kersti Krepp has moved to Atlas Air as head of global scheduled service.
Krepp announced her new role in a LinkedIn post on 27 May, after revealing on 1 January that she would be moving onto a new career opportunity following nearly 24 years working for Polar Air Cargo.
Her announcement in January came 10 months after the end of the Polar joint venture (JV) between Atlas Air Worldwide and DHL was announced.
According to Krepp’s LinkedIn profile, she started her new role as the head of global scheduled services in April.
Krepp said: “The role carries a global transformation mandate — elevating Scheduled Services into a unified, cross‑regional operating platform across Asia, the US, Central and South America, with clearer governance, stronger commercial‑operational integration, and disciplined network contribution management.
“Having worked closely with Atlas over many years, it is both familiar and energising to now contribute from within — partnering across regions and functions to strengthen alignment, execution, and long‑term enterprise value creation. I look forward to what we will build together.”
Krepp has nearly 30 years of global air cargo leadership experience across Asia, the US and South America.
At Polar, she had most recently worked as senior vice president and chief management officer.
Earlier in her career at the carrier, she had been senior vice president and chief commercial officer and also vice president sales & marketing, Asia Pacific.
In February last year, Atlas Air Worldwide and DHL announced they would end their Polar Air Cargo JV after 17 years of joint operations. The companies said they had decided that the JV was no longer a strategic business interest, according to an Atlas Air Worldwide spokesperson.
Polar will continue providing airline operations in some locations for certain services. Atlas Air continues to hold the Polar certificate.
Krepp had told ACN in 2024 how Polar had moved forward with a robust company culture one year on from the announcement of a major fraud case, which saw 10 people charged with allegedly defrauding the airline.
The last of the 10 defendants charged was handed a two-year prison sentence in May last year.
