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Raya gets new chief executive
Asian cargo airline Raya Airways has announced the appointment of Lee Shashitheren as its new executive director and chief executive.Lee, former commercial director of Raya Airways, has more than 20 years’ experience in the cargo airline business and takes over from the former managing director Mohamad Najib Ishak, who resigned ...
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AF-KLM's de Juniac to lead IATA from June
Another high ranking Air France-KLM executive is leaving the airline as boss Alexandre de Juniac has been announced as the successor to IATA chief executive and director general Tony Tyler, who is retiring.After confirmation by the IATA annual general meeting in June, de Juniac will take up his duties after ...
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Emirates Cargo's Nabil Sultan joins TIACA board of directors
Emirates' divisional senior vice president, cargo, Nabil Sultan, has been appointed to air cargo organisation TIACA's board of directors.Sultan has over 20 years’ experience in senior management roles at the airline and was promoted to his current role in 2013.“Air cargo is one of the primary drivers of the global ...
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GSF adds its thoughts on ‘The Value of Air Cargo’
Chris Welsh, secretary general of the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) – the trade body that represents national and reginal shippers – has offered his thoughts on the subject of ‘The Value of Air Cargo’, the tag line of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium taking place in Berlin this week between 15-17 ...
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An Irish welcome awaits at FIATA's World Congress 2016 in Dublin, October 3-8
Dublin will play host to more than 1,000 freight forwarders later this year when the global industry association, FIATA, holds its annual World Congress at the Convention Centre Dublin, October 3-8, 2016.In addition to the social programme, the congress coincides with FIATA’S 90th Birthday. Founded in 1926, FIATA now represents ...
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Air France-KLM cargo boss Bram Gräber to join maritime group Boskalis
Air France-KLM cargo boss Bram Gräber is stepping down to join Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster as group director maritime services for its offshore energy division.Gräber was appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo in March 2015, following the departure of chief executive Erik Varwijk.Gräber will leave Air ...
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Chris Buckerfield: A well-known airfreight personality
Air Cargo News is sad to report the death of Chris Buckerfield, a well-know airfreight figure who enjoyed senior roles with Seaboard, Emery Worldwide and Air Express International.Buckerfield finally lost a long battle with illness, with his family at his side. Since his passing, the family has received well over ...
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UPS promotes grassroots talent
UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone as president of its Europe region and Ross McCullough for Asia Pacific, while Cindy Miller becomes president of global freight forwarding.Cesarone, a 25-year UPS veteran who most recently served as president of UPS’s Asia Pacific Region, will now be responsible for operations in 56 countries ...
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Boeing chooses new chairman
Boeing has elected chief executive Dennis Muilenburg as its next chairman, replacing Jim McNerney who is leaving the Seattle-based plane-maker’s board and retiring from the company as previously announced.McNerney had joined the board in 2001, and became chairman in 2005. Muilenburg succeeded him as Boeing's chief executive, and joined the ...
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Volga-Dnepr looks to expand in aerospace, humanitarian and oil & gas
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has announced the appointment of three global directors to push its expansion in the aerospace, humanitarian, and oil & gas sectors.Axel Kaldschmidt has been appointed global director, aerospace Industry.Aerospace customers account for 30% of Volga-Dnepr’s annual business and since its launch, the airline has operated over 5,250 flights ...
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Olya Lebedyeva appointed VP business development at SEKO Logistics
Olya Lebedyeva has been appointed vice president, business development at SEKO Logistics to help spearhead its growth into new markets through the recruitment of more strategic partners in the US.Strategic partners can be existing independent companies looking to join an innovative company or individuals that open a new SEKO location ...
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Kohlsaat joins Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport has appointed John Kohlsaat as senior vice president sales, responsible for the development of the passenger and cargo airline business.Kohlsaat’s recruitment is part of a restructuring of the German airport’s sales department which will see Frankfurt-Hahn Airport put “a stronger focus on the different requirements in the passenger ...
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Wildtgrube becomes Finnair Cargo's head of global sales
Fredrik Wildtgrube has been appointed Finnair Cargo's head of global sales, effective from January 11 next year.Wildtgrube has broad experience in logistics and sales, having worked in multiple freight forwarding companies and most recently at Nokia and Microsoft Mobile."I warmly welcome Fredrik to Finnair Cargo. Together with Fredrik's business and ...
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Hire fliers: Cargolux begins hunt for new pilots following union deal
Cargolux Airlines has begun the hiring and training process for 100 new pilots in Luxembourg.The airline said 52 candidates had already been selected and Cargolux plans to begin the training process for eight candidates per month from January until July 2016.Candidates for the remaining 48 open positions are expected to ...
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IAG Cargo appoints new chief executive
Andrew Crawley, currently British Airways chief commercial officer, is to become chief executive of IAG Cargo from January 2016.He will report into IAG chief executive Willie Walsh and become a member of the Group’s management committee.Crawley will replace Steve Gunning who is leaving IAG Cargo in January to become British ...
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March to head WCA as Menen joins supervisory board
Dan March has been appointed chief executive of WCA, the independent forwarder network, with founder David Yokeum becoming chairman and Ram Menen joining a new global supervisory board.Based in London, March has been WCA’s communications director for over five years.He will oversee the day-to-day operations and work closely with Yokeum ...
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Donations pour in as Volga-Dnepr pays last respects to air crew
On November 30, a civil funeral service was held in Ulyanovsk to remember the six Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ employees who were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali in western Africa, on November 20.“The ceremony was attended by thousands ...
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Emmert to head Frankfurt Cargo Services
Hans-Georg Emmert has been appointed managing director of Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), following Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) acquisition of a 51% shareholding in the cargo handler.WFS, handling 4m tonnes of cargo last year and with annual revenues of €750m, signed an agreement in July 2015 with FCS parent Fraport to ...
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Cargolux union makes last minute plea ahead of crunch talks
One of Cargolux’s pilot union has issued a final plea to the airline’s management ahead of today’s crunch talks over a new collective working agreement.The existing working agreements covering pilot and ground staff is due to expire on December 1 and the LCGB union has urged Cargolux management and chief ...
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ACS appoints Werf in Frankfurt
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Caroline Werf to managing director of its Frankfurt operation ahead of its move to larger premises.Werf originally worked in the company’s London headquarters before taking up her role in the Frankfurt office.She is an Aviation Management graduate of the International University of Applied Sciences ...