Overview

Gender

male

As president, Sean Menke is responsible for the overall performance of Sabre Travel Network, the world’s leading provider of high-performance travel solutions.

Before joining Sabre, Menke served as the chief operations officer and executive vice president of Hawaiian Airlines overseeing the airline’s flight operations, in-flight services, customer service, maintenance and engineering, safety and regulatory security, operations planning and scheduling, and performance engineering and operations analytics. Previously, he was executive vice president of resources at IHS Inc., a global information technology company.

Menke’s career in the travel industry spans more than 20 years in executive leadership for the areas of marketing, customer experience, strategy, planning, sales, distribution and revenue management with Air Canada, United Airlines, Western Pacific Airlines and America West Airlines. He has served in the role of president and CEO for both Pinnacle Airlines and Frontier Airlines using his experience in commercial, operational and financial areas of the business.

Menke is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys participating in marathons, ultra-marathons, cycling, snow skiing and spending time with his wife and three boys. He earned his MBA from the University of Denver and dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Aviation from Ohio State University.

Sean is the incoming CEO and President of Sabre, effective December 31, 2016.