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NewsVolga-Dnepr marks the passing of Ron King
Ron KingFormer Volga-Dnepr stalwart and US air cargo veteran Ron King passed away on July 19 at the age of 76.The airline said that King had "left an immense imprint on the air cargo sector in the US in general and on Volga-Dnepr’s development in particular"."With almost 50-years' experience in ...
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NewsBIFA Young Forwarder Network launches events for members
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) Young Forwarder Network (YFN) will host a free professional development event for its members near Heathrow, London.A highlight of the event is the involvement of professional speaker and coach Rudee Bertie, who will provide insight into how members can increase their confidence and personal ...
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NewsChanges at the head of Cathay Pacific's cargo business
Cathay Pacific has changed the reporting lines of its cargo division.Freighter fleet network planning will now fall under the remit of the new director of commercial, Lavinia Lau, while cargo commercial will report directly to chief customer and commercial officer, Paul Loo.Lau takes over the role from director commercial and ...
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NewsJF Hillebrand appoints new CFO
Beverage industry logistics firm JF Hillebrand has appointed Jeroen Visser to succeed Thorsten Beer as group chief financial officer and executive board member.Visser joins from family-owned retail company Blokker Holding where he held the position of group CFO. He has also held various senior level finance roles at Air France-KLM ...
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Atlas pilots vow to fight on despite appeals court setback
Unions representing the pilots of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have vowed to petition for a rehearing after a US appeals court ruled in favour of the aircraft operator over a work slowdown.Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a Federal Court ruling ...
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NewsSwissport nabs CEVA CFO Waller
Peter Waller, SwissportGround handler Swissport has appointed Peter Waller as Chief Financial Officer and member of Group Executive Management.Waller will take over his new role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Swissport on 1 September and will report to Eric Born, President & CEO.Waller succeeds Christian Göseke, ...
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NewsConsultant SASI appoints van der Zwet
Hans van der ZwetConsultant Strategic Aviation Solutions International (SASI) has appointed Hans van der Zwet to its management team.Van der Zwet will be based in Amsterdam and SASI president and chief executive Stan Wraight said he brings the highest level of knowledge and the "skill sets needed in today's IT ...
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Bill Flynn to retire as Atlas Air Worldwide CEO
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer William Flynn will retire from the company on January 1, after a 13-year tenure, and become Chairman of the Board on that date.The board has appointed John Dietrich, current Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, as Flynn’s ...
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NewsJohn Lloyd finds his feet at Air Canada Cargo
John Lloyd - Air Canada CargoJohn Lloyd joined Air Canada Cargo in January but officially took up the role of director of cargo for the Europe, Middle East and India region in April.Lloyd is well known and respected in the air cargo industry having worked at Virgin Atlantic Cargo ...
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NewsFormer Air Cargo Week editor Ian Martin Jones passes away
We are sad to report that Ian Martin Jones, ex-editor of Air Cargo Week and Heavylift and Project Forwarding, passed away peacefully in the early hours of yesterday morning.Ian had been in the editorial business for almost 50 years, including a 10-year period in Fleet Street and nearly 30 years ...
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NewsPolmans and Gadhia to take the reins at TIACA
Source: TIACASteven Polmans, Director Cargo and Logistics at Brussels Airport Company will take over as Chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), with Sanjeev Gadhia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Astral Aviation, as Vice Chairman from next month.Polmans, who joined the TIACA Board in 2016, and has ...
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NewsHourcade leaves IATA after 13 years
Céline HourcadeIATA's head of cargo innovation Celine Hourcade has announced she is leaving the organisation after more than 13 years.Hourcade revealed the news in a LinkedIn post, saying she planned to take a long summer break before starting on a new adventure."This is with both sadness and excitement that I ...
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NewsAchim Martinka named as VP Germany by Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Achim Martinka as vice president Germany.Martinka succeeds J Florian Pfaff, who took over as vice president Asia Pacific for the freight carrier on June 1.Martinka will take over his duties in the coming weeks.Martinka began his career at Lufthansa Cargo in 2000 as its senior manager ...
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NewsJan Smets named as SN Airholding director
Jan Smets, a former governor of the National Bank of Belgium, has been elected to the board of directors of SN Airholding, owner of Brussels Airlines.The Belgian economist will formally join the board on July 9.Smets served as the National Bank of Belgium’s governor between March 2015 and January this ...
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NewsJohn Park to join Australia’s FTA
Australia’s Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has announced that John Park will join the FTA as its head of business operations on June 18.The FTA describes itself as Australia’s “leading representative body for the international supply chain sector, bringing together importers, exporters, customs brokers, freight forwarders, logistics service providers and ...
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NewsCEVA appoints Aymeric Chandavoine as chief operating officer freight management
CEVA Logistics has confirmed that Aymeric Chandavoine has become its chief operating officer freight management with immediate effect.A member of the CEVA Executive Board, he reports to Nicolas Sartini, CEVA’s chief executive.Chandavoine will be based at the new CEVA Logistics operations centre in Marseille, France.He replaced Jérôme Lorrain, who was ...
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NewsCSafe Global names Seth Hertel as chief commercial officer
Dayton, Ohio-headquartered CSafe Global, a supplier of temperature-controlled packaging designed to maintain steady temperatures of valuable life-enhancing pharmaceutical shipments, has appointed Seth Hertel as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).CSafe’s chief executive, Jeff Pepperworth, described Hertel as “a healthcare veteran who comes to us with a wealth of expertise and ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo chief on the move
Managing director of Finnair Cargo, Janne Tarvainen, will leave the airline at the end of July to become managing director of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) and will be succeeded by Mikko TainioTainio is currently the managing director of Finnair Kitchen and has worked in key positions in finance and ground ...
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NewsAll change in Frankfurt for Lufthansa Cargo
Thomas Sonntag is to take over from Carsten Hernig as managing director of Lufthansa Cargo’s Jettainer outsourced ULD management arm on 1 July, while the latter will take over as head of region in Latin America and Caribbean for the airline, based in Sao Paolo.Sonntag, a qualified mechanical engineer, joined ...
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NewsNew chief for Cool Chain Association
Alha Group pharma and business development manager, Nicola Caristo, has been named as the new secretary general of the Cool Chain Association (CCA). He has worked in a number of roles in a 22-year career at the Alha Group, one of Italy’s leading air cargo logistics companies and is also ...