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NewsEtihad Cargo announces new regional structure
Photo: Etihad CargoEtihad Cargo has changed its organisational structure into four regions to support business development and growth as well as improve customer experience.The carrier claimed its new structure will enable the carrier to align more closely with the needs of its customers with a new allocation of regions and ...
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NewsNew chief executive for Magma Aviation
Peter Kerins. Photo: Magma AviationUK freighter firm Magma Aviation has appointed Peter Kerins as chief executive to steer its growth strategy.Kerins brings over 30 years of aviation and logistics experience to his new role, having began his career in 1991 in freight forwarding sales.He has since worked at a variety ...
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NewsBoeing names Kelly Ortberg as new president and chief executive
Kelly Ortberg. Source: BoeingBoeing’s board of directors has elected Robert K (Kelly) Ortberg as the company's new president and chief executive.The move will becomes effective on August 8.Ortberg will succeed Dave Calhoun, who earlier this year announced his intention to step down and leave the company. He had served as ...
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Kuehne+Nagel eases back on cost cutting programme
Kuehne+Nagel has scaled back its cost-cutting programme as it responds to changing market conditions.The forwarder had originally estimated annual restructuring cost savings net of inflation of around CHF200m, but this has now been reduced to around CHF100m.Speaking on a conference call following its half-year results announcement, the forwarder's chief financial ...
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NewsAir Cargo News Awards finalists revealed!
Air Cargo News is delighted to reveal the finalists for this year's Air Cargo News Awards.The team of 10 independent judges analysed more than 70 entries across nine awards to narrow down a shortlist of 38 companies.The winners will be honoured by Air Cargo News and the wider air cargo ...
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NewsSwissport appoints North America cargo bosses
Ajay Barolia and Peter Weir. Photo: SwissportSwissport is growing its cargo expertise in North America with the appointment of Ajay Barolia as senior vice president cargo and Peter Weir as senior vice president cargo commercial.Barolia joined Swissport on July 15 from Qatar Airways, where he spent over nine years in ...
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NewsSwissport appoints Australia and NZ cargo general manager
Joel Greig. Source: Swissport. Copyright: Timo AckermannSwissport has appointed Joel Greig as the new general manager of cargo for Australia and New Zealand following the addition of freight operations at Sydney in late 2023.Greig will drive the growth strategy in the region, and enhance operational efficiency and service excellence, the ...
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Western Global pilots request mediation over contract negotiations
Pilots at US freighter airline Western Global have filed for mediation to help negotiations over a new contract.The pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), filed the joint request for federal mediation with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to facilitate negotiations for their first contract.Once the NMB ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo appoints Kulkarni to new global sales role
Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo has appointed Anand Kulkarni to the newly created role of head of global markets to lead digital and regional sales.In the new role, Kulkarni will lead and manage the sales regions and the digital sales department of Lufthansa Cargo.This includes the regions Germany, Austria & Switzerland, ...
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NewsNew CEO for Maastricht Aachen Airport
Joost Meijs has been appointed as chief executive of growing cargo hub Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) and will begin the role on October 1.He succeeds interim chief executive Jonas van Stekelenburg and takes on the role 0f director of NV HBLM, which includes the operating companies Maastricht Aachen Airport BV ...
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NewsAbbas hired as divisional SVP at Emirates SkyCargo
Badr Abbas. Photo: Emirates SkyCargo Emirates has appointed Badr Abbas as divisional senior vice president for Emirates SkyCargo to fill the gap left by Nabil Sultan back in the first quarter of the year. Abbas will begin his new role on July 8, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed ...
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Swissport adds to board of directors
Aviation services company Swissport has appointed Janina Kugel, former managing board member and chief human resources officer of Siemens and Julian Diaz Gonzalez, former chief executive of Dufry (now Avolta) to its board as non-executive directors.Germany-based Kugel has had an extensive career in human resources, which she began at Siemens ...
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NewsA new CCO for project specialist forwarder deugro
Dominik Stehle. Source: deugroDominik Stehle has been appointed as freight forwarder deugro's new chief commercial officer.The move will see Stehle return to the project specialist where he previously worked for more than a decade before taking a management position in the heavylift shipping industry.He will report directly to the co-chief ...
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Duggan joins Oman Air as head of cargo
Muscat-based Oman Air has appointed Mike Duggan as head of cargo as it looks to grow its air cargo business following the delivery of its first freighter in December.After starting his career in aviation sales, Duggan clocked up 20 years in air cargo business development, working in over 10 different ...
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Nallian appoints Lionel van der Walt as CCO
Cargo technology company Nallian has appointed Lionel van der Walt as chief commercial officer, effective July 1.In this role, van der Walt will be responsible for spearheading Nallian's growth strategy. Nallian has offices in Belgium and Singapore, but van der Walt will be based out of North Carolina, US."Lionel's appointment ...
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Krikken to head up airfreight at DSV as Ravn moves up
Freight forwarding giant DSV has appointed Stefan Krikken as its new head of airfreight.In his new role, he will have global responsibility for the airfreight product including procurement.Krikken joined DSV in 2019 following the company's takeover of Panalpina. Most recently he occupied the role of airfreight procurement head for North ...
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NewsIBS Software appoints new CEO
Source: IBS SoftwareAviation software firm IBS Software has appointed Somit Goyal as its new chief executive to succeed Anand Krishnan.Goyal has held leadership roles at companies such as Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and AOL.During his 11-year tenure at Microsoft, he held several leadership roles across strategy, operations, sales and customer success.Most ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding's new CEO for Germany and Switzerland
Source: DHL GroupMarkus Panhauser will take on the role of chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding Germany and Switzerland from July 1.Panhauser succeeds Tobias Schmidt, who has led both country organisations alongside his role as chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding Europe since November 2021.Schmidt will now focus on his ...
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NewsAIA appoints McInnes in UK cargo role
Colin McInnes. Source: AIA CargoAIA Cargo has appointed Colin McInnes as its new vice president cargo UK as the firm looks to expand in the country.McInnes joins from CHAMP Cargosystems where he was head of sales and account management for Europe, Middle East and Africa.He also spent 18 years working ...
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NewsAeroTransCargo hires Szar as president
Charles Szar. Photo: AeroTransCargoCharles Szar has been appointed as president of global cargo airline AeroTransCargo (ATC) and will lead the company's development strategy.He brings over 30 years of commercial, civil aviation and military aviation/aerospace experience to AeroTransCargo from previous jobs in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia.Prior to joining ...