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Freighter operators can minimise price war impact through a balanced business
Freighter operators should look to niche markets and block space agreements in order to minimise the impact of rate wars on their business.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Silk Way West Airlines senior vice president Pierre Wesner said that all-cargo airlines existed in an overcapacity market but ...
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Platinum Equity completes WFS takeover
Investment fund Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of global airport cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) from LBO France. Financial terms were not disclosed.Platinum’s takeover of WFS – first disclosed in April this year – adds to its aviation portfolio a company present at over 145 major airports in ...
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Cargolux Italia in NCA codeshare to Japan
Cargolux Italia and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have entered into a partnership agreement for codeshare cargo flights from Italy's Milan Malpensa Airport to Kansai International Airport in Japan, and from Malpensa to Tokyo's Narita airport, subject to approvals from the aviation authorities.A statement from the carriers said that the cooperation ...
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Jacobs joins CHEP Aerospace Solutions
Don Jacobs will join ULD outsourcing specialist CHEP Aerospace Solutions as director, sales, marketing and key account management from October.Jacobs brings over 25 years of international experience and has held roles with Deutsche Post, DHL Express, DHL Global Mail, Aberdeen Airport, and most recently as sales director with Jettainer, a ...
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Noble appointment for CEVA
Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics has appointed Clayton Noble as the new managing director of its Australia and New Zealand (A&NZ) operations.Noble joins CEVA from Fuji Xerox Australia, where as chief operations officer he was responsible for running the business’ operational functions, including supply chain, customer support, managed services, professional services and ...
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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 European all-cargo carrier said: "Christian Thiele is a proven cargo specialist and executive in the cargo industry. In over 30 years, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the business by building ...
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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.Thomas Klühr, currently a member of the executive board of Lufthansa German Airlines, will succeed Harry Hohmeister as chief executive of Swiss in February 2016, with the position of chief operating ...
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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).The first appointment sees Nick Careen take up the role of senior vice president of APCS. He replaces Tom Windmuller, who retired from IATA after almost 25 years.IATA said the 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 its container track and trace capabilities.Trapp has worked in the airfreight sector for more than 20 years, holding various management positions within the Lufthansa Group. Most recently head of the ...
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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 Boulton."Gabriel brings a wealth of knowledge in finance & controlling as well as multi-cultural competence to our organisation. He is a great addition to the CHAMP team and ...
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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 the drive towards “enhanced quality throughout the air cargo industry”.Zimmerman is leading the group’s change programme, which will see C2K adopt a new auditing system, neutral benchmarks, and “embrace a ...
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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 forwarder Damco.Kenning has worked in logistics and supply chain management for more than 23 years, starting as a management trainee with Maersk in 1992 and working his way up through ...
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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 passenger planes that are joining the market.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Atlas Air Worldwide executive vice president and chief commercial officer Michael Steen said that since ...
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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 Anglo-Spanish carrier's fleet, the dash 9 variant of the Dreamliner will offer one of the largest cargo capacities — 22 tonnes over seven pallet positions — larger than a ...
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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 and 10 other Pacific rim nations reached an agreement on what is set to become the world’s largest regional trade agreement.However, the agreement, described as a first step, now needs to ...
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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 third quarter performance.TNT, which is the subject of a $4.8bn takeover bid by US parcels giant FedEx, said in its latest trading update that the management team “remains focused” on ...
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Aeroflot's takeover of troubled Transaero falls apart
Aeroflot’s proposed takeover of debt-laden Russian airline Transaero has fallen apart because the airline’s shareholders failed to submit a formal proposal in time.State-controlled Aeroflot’s board of directors said that Transaero shareholders had failed to submit the proposal before the deadline stipulated in a tender offer for a 75% stake in ...
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Cargolux analysis: China airline waiting in the wings
Cargolux boss Dirk Reich had a spring in his step when he arrived back at home hub Luxembourg aboard the European carrier’s new Boeing 747 freighter – the 13th ─ a plane dazzlingly bedecked with colourful images to celebrate the airline’s 45th anniversary.Reich, fresh and surprisingly un-jetlagged from the first ...
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Welcome relief: Focus on humanitarian aid charters
Africa’s Ebola virus, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal. Each humanitarian crisis is unique but they share a common factor: freighters help save lives.The air charter team at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is often a lead relief aid agency when a global disaster ...
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Tractor factor: Skylink wins IAG handling contract at Schiphol
Skylink Handling Services, the ground handling arm of Germany’s Rhenus Group, has been appointed by IAG Cargo as its air cargo handler at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Skylink was awarded a three-year contract, which became effective from August 2015, by the airfreight division of British Airways and Iberia.Frans Meerens, branch manager, Skylink, ...