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Röhlig appoints Jens Haas as national air freight manager in Germany
Jens Haas has been named by international logistics company Röhlig as national air freight manager for its business in Germany.Based in the company’s Frankfurt office, he has been responsible for air freight business since September and also forms part of the management team of Röhlig Deutschland.Haas is expected to expand ...
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Nancy Matthews named as global lead for life sciences at Crane
Crane Worldwide Logistics, a US full-service air, ocean, trucking, customs brokerage and logistics company, has named Nancy Matthews as its new senior director and vertical lead of life sciences.Matthews will take charge of the US headquartered company’s global strategy for the life sciences market, developing customised logistics solutions for customers ...
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British Aviation Group names Graham Bolton as chairman
Graham Bolton has been named as chairman of the British Aviation Group, the representative trade body for UK companies involved in the airport and aviation development sector.Bolton is the aviation market director at Epsom, Surrey-based Atkins, which provides integrated services for the planning, design and delivery of all aspects of ...
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Peli appoints Greg Wheatley as VP engineering
Peli BioThermal, which both designs and manufactures temperature-controlled single- and multi-use packaging used in the lifesciences and pharmaceuticals sector, has appointed Greg Wheatley as its vice president worldwide product development and engineering.Wheatley is expected by Peli to lead the development of “new and enhanced products to be released over the ...
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Brussels Airlines appoints Lufthansa high flyer to board
Brussels Airlines has confirmed that Christina Foerster will join the carrier’s Management Board as chief commercial officer on 1 October.Foerster is currently senior vice president network & partner management hub airlines at German flag-carrier Lufthansa. Brussels Airlines forms part of the Lufthansa Group.Reporting directly to Brussels Airlines chief executive Bernard ...
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Zehren takes on Cargolux pilots' role
Cargolux Airlines has confirmed Claude Zehren as EVP and Nominated Person Flight Operations. Zehren took over all duties from his predecessor, Jason Holt, on an interim basis in September.“I’m excited to take on this challenge,” Zehren said, adding: “Cargolux pilots have always strived to deliver the highest standards in operation ...
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Air X launches major expansion
US-based Aircraft lessor Air X Aviation has named Darren Banham as president of its AirX America arm as part of a “strategic launch in the western hemisphere”.Banham, a leading broker in the industry, is one of several key senior appointments from the air cargo and passenger air charter industry announced ...
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Polmans joins TIACA board and urges greater industry collaboration
Brussels Airport head of cargo Steven Polmans has been appointed to TIACA’s board of directors.Polmans pledged to continue encouraging greater collaboration across the supply chain to cope with a rapidly changing industry.“I strongly believe that more cooperation between all stakeholders is to the benefit of our industry,” said Polmans.“We are ...
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Virgin promotes Phillips to regional sales manager role for Europe
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Claire Phillips as Regional Sales Manager – Continental Europe.Phillips, who takes up her new post from September 5, has worked for the airline for five years, initially as Route Development Manager and Capacity Controller.Prior to this promotion, Phillips played an integral role in the training ...
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WFS appoints ex-Menzies Aviation boss as chief executive
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed former Menzies Aviation boss Craig Smyth as its new chief executive.Smyth will start the job on August 29 and takes over from Olivier Bijaoui, who announced he was stepping down from the role in July.He joins WFS following more than 20 years ...
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TIACA's Brittin to retire at end of 2016
Doug Brittin, TIACA’s secretary general since 2013, is to retire from the air cargo industry association at the end of this year, sparking a search to appoint his successor.TIACA chairman Sanjiv Edward said in a message to members: “Doug has done a great job since joining us, and while we ...
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Wilson appointed divisional director of Toll Global Express
Australia's Toll Group, owned by Japan Post, has appointed Bruce Wilson as divisional director of Toll Global Express, effective immediately.Wilson has been acting in this role since April, managing the express freight operations and business logistics solutions in Australia, including the Toll IPEC, Toll People and Toll Priority businesses.Wilson’s career, ...
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Çelebi chief Onno Boots steps down
Çelebi Aviation chief executive Onno Boots has stepped down but will continue as a consultant to the Turkish-owned handling company for its planned initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.He has been at the helm of Çelebi Aviation Holdings Group since 2014.Çelebi added that it expects a new chief executive to be ...
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Cargolux appoints new VP of flight operations after departure of Holt
Cargolux has appointed a new interim executive vice president of flight operations following the announcement that current incumbent Jason Holt has decided to move on to a new opportunity.The Luxembourg airline said that Claude Zehren would take over all duties from Holt with immediate effect."Zehren has been with Cargolux for ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo names Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales, to be based at Virgin’s headquarters near London Gatwick Airport.He will lead the airline’s global sales team and be responsible for sales across its international network.Prior to joining Virgin Atlantic, Buckerfield spent three years as managing director, UK & ...
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Schenker man to join reorganised Kuehne + Nagel
Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is to set up two organisational units for Central/Eastern Europe and Western Europe from October 1, 2016.Central/Eastern Europe will have a head office in Hamburg while the Western Europe region will be headquartered in Amsterdam.Former DB Schenker chief executive for central Europe Dr Hansjoerg ...
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Aviation leaders talk about global humanitarian aid
Chief executives from major airlines and other partners have discussed the roles which the aviation sector can fulfill in delivering humanitarian aid.The interviews were conducted by Airlink, a non-profit organisation that links more than 35 commercial and charter airlines with humanitarian aid groups to fill cargo holds with aid goods ...
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Groth is West Atlantic's new chief executive
Fredrik Groth has been appointed West Atlantic's new chief executive after holding the interim post at the Gothenburg-headquartered dedicated cargo airline specialising in integrated mail and express freight solutions.Groth assumed his new role from May 25. He joined West Atlantic in January 2016 with over 25 years' accumulated experience in ...
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Tim Scharwath to be boss of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight
Deutsche Post has appointed Tim Scharwath as the new chief executive of its DHL Global Forwarding, Freight division.Scharwath will join the German logistics giant “within the next twelve months”. In the meantime Frank Appel, chief executie of Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) retains responsibility for this divisionScharwath joins from rival ...
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K+N stalwart Scharwath looks for new challenge
Tim Scharwath, the member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International (K+N) responsible for global airfreight, is to leave the company within the next 12 months in order to “take on a new challenge”, a statement from the global supply chain giant has confirmed.During his 24 years with ...