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Delhi's Edward and Scholte of Jan de Rijk to lead TIACA
Sanjiv Edward, head of cargo business at Delhi International Airport, has been named as the next chairman of the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), with Sebastiaan Scholte, chief executive of Jan de Rijk Logistics, named vice chairman.The pair will formally take over this month from Oliver Evans and Enno Osinga ...
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New air and ocean boss for CEVA
Netherlands-headquartered Ceva Logistics has appointed Helmut Kaspers as its new chief operating officer, global air and ocean freight. He joins Ceva from Kaspers Consulting + Investment and has previously worked for Logwin Air and Ocean, where he played “a seminal role in the successful transformation of the global business,” said ...
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American Airlines is Cargo Airline of the Year 2015
American Airlines is the 2015 Cargo Airline of the Year.The presentation was made to Jim Butler, president, American Airlines Cargo, at a sparkling Air Cargo News gala event in London. Butler was presented with the award by Mark Whitehead, chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), the ...
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Swissport appoints vice president from forwarder Damco
Swissport International has announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of global commercial and key account management ground handling with a forwarding background, following on from the appointment of a new chief executive from a logistics firm last week.The ground handler today announced that Katherine Boesen will take ...
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Van Stekelenburg to succeed Schiphol’s Osinga
Jonas van Stekelenburg is to succeed Amsterdam Airport Schiphol cargo director Enno Osinga who is retiring in September.Van Stekelenburg has worked on sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon reduction for the Netherlands gateway and was also responsible for establishing the Mainport Innovation Fund. He has also worked on The Grounds, a ...
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Finnair Cargo appoints Nopanen
European carrier Finnair Cargo has appointed Pasi Nopanen as vice president, global sales.Nopanen, who has broad experience in logistics and in managing international sales teams, replaces Mikko Turtiainen, who has a new role on the passenger side as area vice president, sales EMEA.Nopanen returned to Finnair in October 2014, responsible ...
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New Ceva chief to drive car business
Ceva Logistics has appointed Antonio Fondevilla as executive vice president of global Automotive – a sector which accounted for 24 per cent of the company’s annual revenue in 2014.Fondevilla joined CEVA in 2008 and most recently served as vice president, global key account management, as well as interim leader of ...
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DHL's Ly makes a Singapore comeback
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Stephen Ly as managing director for Singapore. The former managing director for DHL Global Forwarding Philippines is returning to Singapore after nearly four years during which he was the head of customs brokerage services, Asia Pacific and Africa.A 12-year career with the logistics giant, starting ...
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Jones in at BIFA
The UK’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) has confirmed the appointment of Mike Jones as policy and compliance advisor to look after issues related to air, aviation security and dangerous goods.Jones started his career in freight forwarding in 1977 when he joined Pandair Freight Ltd as a break bulk & ...
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Vertannes joins SmartKargo
IATA's ex-head of cargo, Des Vertannes, has joined air cargo software company SmartKargo as a strategic adviser.Vertannes, who now divides his time between UK and Portugal, was at IATA for four years and before that led airline cargo teams at British Airways, Air Canada, and Etihad, in a career spanning ...
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Transavia man steps into the breach for Air France KLM Cargo
Transavia chief Bram Graeber has been appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo, following the departure of current chief executive Erik Varwijk.Graeber was number two at KLM Cargo between 2003 and 2007, before leaving to head up Transavia, the leisure airline arm of the Air France KLM ...
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Swissport promotes Knudsen
Swissport International has promoted Nils Pries Knudsen to executive vice president global cargo services, with immediate effect.He will continue to report to Per Utnegaard, group president and chief executive at the provider of ground and cargo handling services.With 4.1m tonnes of airfreight handled per year, the cargo division is the ...
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Schmitt takes up Swissport role for Germany & Austria
Swissport International (Swissport) has named Dirk Schmitt as chief executive cargo services for Germany & Austria.He will be responsible for Swissport Cargo Services (SCS) Germany, employing approximately 400 staff.The task will include running Swissport’s cargo operations at nine online airports as well as several subcontracted European stations.Schmitt will take over ...
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Duggan joins Saudi as charter sales director
Saudi Airlines Cargo has appointed Mike Duggan as director of charter sales, based in Jeddah.Duggan brings over 23 years of aviation experience, mainly in London and Dubai, including business development, aircraft wet leasing, and freighter management in several companies.Saudi Airlines Cargo operates a fleet of dedicated freighters and sells the ...
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Scholten joins FLS in Dubai
Peter Scholten, former Saudia Cargo vice president commercial, has been appointed chief executive of Fast Logistic Solutions Group (FLS), based in Dubai.FLS was founded in January 2015 as a holding company for Fast Forward Cargo, First Priority Cargo, Fast Forward Solutions and several other companies.FLS Group is a global transportation ...
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Two new sales roles for Virgin cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced two new vice president sales roles for its transatlantic and international business.Steve Hughes will transition from his role of regional vice president sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to the newly-created post of vice president sales Transatlantic.In his new role, Hughes will be ...
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Thomas Howe becomes president of ACS California
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Thomas Howe to president of its US west coast operation.Howe, formerly vice president of the US office, joined ACS at its cargo division in the London headquarters.He later transferred to Los Angeles to start up the cargo department on the west coast, making it ...
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Ambak joins Emirates SkyCargo
Henrik Ambak has joined Emirates SkyCargo as senior vice president, cargo operations worldwide.Ambak, a Danish national, joins the freight division of Emirates with 27 years of experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for companies such as Novia, CSLux and Cargolux Airlines.He started his career as a freight forwarder, ...
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David Wells to become FTA chief executive
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has named David Wells as its new chief executive officer, taking over from Theo de Pencier who is retiring after eight years leading the shipper and logistics industry group.Wells originally joined FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director and has subsequently taken on ...
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Lilian Chan takes new role at Hactl
Lilian Chan, executive director of Hactl – Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler – is taking up a new role as global ambassador for the company from February.Chan – for many years the commercial head of Hactl – will dispense with all office-based duties and administration, to focus on maintaining and ...