Atul Kumria is the Regional Director of North America for Kingfisher Airlines, one of the top leading airlines of India. He has shown his expertise in the Industry for two decades. He has a good understanding of both cultures and the dynamics of the relationship between the different countries and their people. He has worked in leadership positions with international airlines and was responsible for service delivery, policy, procedural development, performance metrics and the development of new customer focused initiatives.

He started his career with Pan Am World Airways, one of the leading airlines of North America, at that time, and then later with Delta and United airlines. He continued to develop his management skills while broadening his experience and exposure to different areas of the airline industry. As Station Manager, Jet Airways, he redesigned the organizational structure of the hub to improve effectiveness and inter-departmental corporation. In 2001, he joined United Airlines as their Delhi General Manager and coordinated their startup of the largest foreign airline station in Northern India in two months.

After one year he moved to Singapore as General Manager, United Airlines. He successfully achieved the goals and the company objectives, which required close coordination with the U.S and Singapore government. In 2004, he moved to Chicago and became one of the prime key member of the Chicago headquarter of United Airlines, where his team supported the International airport locations in over 30 countries worldwide. He was accountable for operational excellence and service standards at different locations all over the world, where United provided handling services to other airlines. He served as a leader of cross departmental teams on numerous station startups including Ho Chi Minh City, Nagoya, Kuwait, five cities in Mexico and Liberia in Costa Rica.