Cargolux Airlines has appointed Christian Thiele as its new country manager Germany, taking over from Tony McNichol in October. The…
October 2015
Swiss gets new CEO in group realignment
06 / 10 / 2015
Swiss has announced the appointment of a new chief executive as part of a broader realignment of the Lufthansa Group….
Senior appointments at IATA
06 / 10 / 2015
IATA has made two new senior management appointments covering safety and flight operations, and airport, passenger, cargo and security (APCS)….
Jettainer appoints Trapp as IT director
06 / 10 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management subsidiary, Jettainer, has appointed Arnd Trapp as its new IT director as it looks to enhance…
Florea joins CHAMP
06 / 10 / 2015
Air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems has appointed Gabriel Florea as the new group chief financial officer, taking over from from Susan…
Zimmerman to lead Cargo 2000 change programme
06 / 10 / 2015
Ariaen Zimmerman is the new full time executive director of Cargo 2000 (C2K), an IATA interest group established to lead…
Allport lands Damco’s Kenning for supply chain role
06 / 10 / 2015
Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Alan Kenning as executive director of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) division from rival…
De Pauw re-joins DHL in Africa
06 / 10 / 2015
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Daniella de Pauw as chief executive, Sub-Saharan Africa. De Pauw will be based in Johannesburg…
Test Data + People news
06 / 10 / 2015
American chills out with Envirotainer’s e1 and e2 units
06 / 10 / 2015
American Airlines Cargo has added the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its fleet of temperature-controlled equipment for shipping healthcare products….
Freighters expected to win marketshare from bellyhold
06 / 10 / 2015
Freighters are expected to maintain and even grow their marketshare compared with bellyhold despite the increased cargo carrying capacity of…
IAG’s new 787-9 Dreamliner packs a punch
06 / 10 / 2015
IAG has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner, a pharma-friendly bellyhold aircraft. While by no means the largest aircraft in the…
Exclusive content: Handling tremors raise opportunities and service questions
06 / 10 / 2015
The cargo handling scene has undergone tectonic shifts this summer, with tremors that have involved the largest players. Dnata acquired…
Step forward the super-freighter
06 / 10 / 2015
DRONES have been grabbing all the headlines as last mile delivery options for the express and freight industry, but an…
Flight at the end of the tunnel for cargo screening
06 / 10 / 2015
Rapiscan Systems has launched a long tunnel cargo security screening scanner designed to meet the technology requirements of air cargo…
Forwarders welcome Transpacific Partnership agreement
06 / 10 / 2015
The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) and Boeing have welcomed the conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership negotiations. Yesterday, the US, Japan…
My Opinion
05 / 10 / 2015
Dirk Reich, President & chief executive, Cargolux In response to industry pessimism about the Chinese economic outlook “If you visit the Chinese hinterland, as I…
Economic volatility rocks TNT’s Q3
05 / 10 / 2015
Europe-based parcel and logistics operator TNT said that “economic volatility” in Brazil, China and Australia weighed on the takeover target’s…
Air Partner delivers 90 tonnes of food to the Central African Republic
05 / 10 / 2015
The cargo charter arm of UK-based Air Partner has arranged an urgent B747 freighter flight for nearly 90 tonnes of…
TIACA calls for solutions to EU migrant crisis
05 / 10 / 2015
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has called on world leaders to work together to find solutions to the ongoing…