October 2015

Thiele joins Cargolux in Germany

Cargolux Airlines has appointed Christian Thiele as its new country manager Germany, taking over from Tony McNichol in October. The…

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Swiss gets new CEO in group realignment

Swiss has announced the appointment of a new chief executive as part of a broader realignment of the Lufthansa Group….

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Senior appointments at IATA

IATA has made two new senior management appointments covering safety and flight operations, and airport, passenger, cargo and security (APCS)….

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Jettainer appoints Trapp as IT director

Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management subsidiary, Jettainer, has appointed Arnd Trapp as its new IT director as it looks to enhance…

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Florea joins CHAMP

Air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems has appointed Gabriel Florea as the new group chief financial officer, taking over from from Susan…

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Zimmerman to lead Cargo 2000 change programme

Ariaen Zimmerman is the new full time executive director of Cargo 2000 (C2K), an IATA interest group established to lead…

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Allport lands Damco’s Kenning for supply chain role

Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Alan Kenning as executive director of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) division from rival…

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De Pauw re-joins DHL in Africa

DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Daniella de Pauw as chief executive, Sub-Saharan Africa. De Pauw will be based in Johannesburg…

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American chills out with Envirotainer’s e1 and e2 units

American Airlines Cargo has added the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its fleet of temperature-controlled equipment for shipping healthcare products….

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Freighters expected to win marketshare from bellyhold

Freighters are expected to maintain and even grow their marketshare compared with bellyhold despite the increased cargo carrying capacity of…

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IAG’s new 787-9 Dreamliner packs a punch

IAG has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner, a pharma-friendly bellyhold aircraft. While by no means the largest aircraft in the…

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Exclusive content: Handling tremors raise opportunities and service questions

The cargo handling scene has undergone tectonic shifts this summer, with tremors that have involved the largest players. Dnata acquired…

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Step forward the super-freighter

DRONES have been grabbing all the headlines as last mile delivery options for the express and freight industry, but an…

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Flight at the end of the tunnel for cargo screening

Rapiscan Systems has launched a long tunnel cargo security screening scanner designed to meet the technology requirements of air cargo…

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Forwarders welcome Transpacific Partnership agreement

The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) and Boeing have welcomed the conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership negotiations. Yesterday, the US, Japan…

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My Opinion

Dirk Reich, President & chief executive, Cargolux In response to industry pessimism about the Chinese economic outlook “If you visit the Chinese hinterland, as I…

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Economic volatility rocks TNT’s Q3

Europe-based parcel and logistics operator TNT said that “economic volatility” in Brazil, China and Australia weighed on the takeover target’s…

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Air Partner delivers 90 tonnes of food to the Central African Republic

The cargo charter arm of UK-based Air Partner has arranged an urgent B747 freighter flight for nearly 90 tonnes of…

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TIACA calls for solutions to EU migrant crisis

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has called on world leaders to work together to find solutions to the ongoing…

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