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Venema takes over as chairman of the Cargo iQ board
Henk Venema, senior vice president and global head of network carrier management at DHL Global Forwarding, has been named the new chairman of the Cargo iQ Membership Board.Venema, who has over 15 years of experience in air cargo, takes over from Max Sauberschwarz, vice president and global head of carrier ...
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David Geer appointed managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo
David Geer has been appointed the new managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo.Geer succeeds John Lloyd who officially steps down in August after announcing in May this year his decision to leave the airline after 30 years. Lloyd has headed Virgin Atlantic’s cargo division since 2000.Geer joined Virgin Atlantic in ...
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Menen joins EFL as independent director
Logistics firm Expofreight (EFL) has announced the appointment of three supply chain and airfreight veterans as independent directors as part of efforts to add international expertise to its management. The company said that Ram Menen, Stephen Dearnley and Mike Sherman have joined as independent directors to the board, led by ...
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Leadership changes at Pilot Freight Services
Logistics firm Pilot Freight Services has appointed Gordon Branov as its new chief executive while current incumbent Richard Phillips moves up to the role of chairman.Branov is currently chief operating officer and has worked for the company for 20 years. Meanwhile, John Hill, who is currently chief commercial officer and ...
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time:matters to enter US market as founder departs
Time-critical logistics firm time:matters is set to expand operations to the US later this year, while the company founder has revealed he is leaving for new opportunities.Time:matters founder and chief executive FJ Miller told Air Cargo News that the company was currently setting up a presence in the US in ...
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Virgin Atlantic's Steve Buckerfield - Like father, like son
A young Steve Buckerfield sampled his first taste of the air cargo business when his father Chris took him to the Seaboard World Airlines offices at Heathrow on a Saturday morning.Those first glances of a glistening Boeing 747 freighter on the tarmac and playing with the telex paper tape in ...
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WFS' Craig Smyth, back from the garden
It has been two years since Craig Smyth left his position as boss of ground handler Menzies Aviation.During his 22 year tenure at the company he played a big role in Menzies’ growth to become one of the largest aviation businesses in the world, so he is a man used ...
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Boeing appoints new supply chain SVP
Boeing has appointed Jenette Ramos as senior vice president, supply chain & operations, effective immediately. Ramos, 51, replaces Pat Shanahan, who has been nominated to serve as US deputy secretary of defense.She is a 29-year Boeing veteran with executive leadership roles in fabrication, supplier management, and environment, health and safety ...
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Munich's Michael Kerkloh elected as new president of Airport Council International Europe
Michael Kerkloh, the president and chief executive of Munich Airport (FMG) is the newly elected president of Airport Council International (ACI) Europe, the umbrella organization of Europe's international airports.Kerkloh has served on the board of ACI Europe for many years, most recently as the organisation's first vice president. ACI Europe ...
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Delta to add cargo VP role as it appoints new global sales head
Delta Cargo has appointed a new managing director of global cargo sales and also revealed it will introduce a new cargo vice president role.Cargo president Gareth Joyce said that the airline would introduce a new vice president of cargo role after he was given the extra responsibility of senior vice ...
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Goh Choon Phong new IATA chairman
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong has become the 76th chairman of the IATA board of governors, effective June 6, succeeding International Airlines Group chief executive Willie Walsh in the role.Goh said: “While the industry’s global profitability may be strengthening, there is more work to be done as it ...
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Cathal Kilmartin joins Atlantic Aviation Group
Cathal Kilmartin has been appointed a non-executive director at Shannon Airport-based Atlantic Aviation Group, a company specialising in aircraft maintenance, aviation training, design engineering and continuing airworthiness management.Kilmartin, a consultant to the aviation industry who was chief executive of aviation and leasing industry consultancy and asset management company Santos Dumont ...
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Gammell takes the reins at Etihad
Etihad has appointed Ray Gammell as interim group chief executive and confirmed that current president and group chief executive James Hogan, will leave the company on July 1.Meanwhile, the airline is recruiting a permanent chief executive.Gammell is currently Etihad Aviation Group’s current chief people and performance officer and has been ...
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Benoît Dumont appointed Unilode chief executive
Unilode Aviation Solutions, the outsourced ULD management and repair company formerly known as CHEP Aerospace Solutions, has appointed Benoît Dumont as chief executive.The current president and chief executive, Ludwig Bertsch, will join the board of directors, with both appointments effective as of September 1 this year.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company ...
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Cathay Pacific axes cargo director role as part of headquarter cull
Cathay Pacific has axed the cargo director role as it embarks on a cull of middle and senior management at its head office.The Hong Kong headquartered airline today announced that a total of 600 “senior, middle management and non-managerial roles” at the group’s headquarters would be cut.Around 190 management and ...
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Management changes at Emirates
Dubai-headquartered Emirates Airline has made three personnel changes to key commercial and cargo management positions in the Middle East, effective June 1, 2017.The carrier has appointed Abbas A Haji as vice president hub operations for SkyCargo in the UAE. His role encompasses the management of Emirates SkyCargo’s hub operations at ...
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Southwest appoints new director of cargo sales
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has appointed Steve Langhart to the post of director of cargo sales.The role covers leading the carrier’s cargo sales team, including field, national and inside sales, as well as responsibility for all business development efforts.Since joining Southwest in 2008, Langhart has held positions including manager of ramp ...
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Robert Agnew to chair Atlas Air Worldwide board
New York-headquartered freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide has appointed Robert Agnew (president and chief executive of international aviation consultancy Morten Beyer & Agnew) to the position of chairman of its board of directors.He succeeds retired Marine Corps Lt Gen Frederick McCorkle, who served as chairman since 2014 and will continue ...
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WFS signals global ambition with senior appointments
Global cargo ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced a raft of senior appointments.Group chief executive Craig Smyth said that the appointments signal WFS’ ambition to build its operations globally. WFS is a major cargo handler, processing 6.3m tonnes a year for 300 airline customers.WFS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa ...
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New chief executive for LATAM Cargo
Cristián Ureta, the current chief executive of LATAM Cargo, is leaving the company and his role will be assumed by Andrés Bianchi, currently senior VP of sales for North America, Europe and Asia.South America’s biggest carrier said in a statement: "This change is part of the restricting process that LATAM ...