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Ogiermann to leave Qatar Cargo
Qatar Airways’ chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, is to leave the Middle East airline.Ogiermann told journalists that his decision was for personal reasons and that he wanted to return to Europe, where his family is based.A former chief executive of Cargolux, Ogiermann joined Qatar Airways in November 2012.
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David Kerr to leave Etihad Cargo
David Kerr, is to step down as senior vice president Etihad Cargo at the end of the 2017.Kerr began his career with fast-moving consumer goods group Unilever, before moving to American Airlines’ passenger business and then onto the US carrier’s cargo arm before his 2010 move to Etihad.The switch to ...
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Des Vertannes inducted to TIACA’s Hall of Fame
Air cargo veteran Des Vertannes has been inducted into TIACA’s Hall of Fame.Vertannes has been honoured in recognition that he fostered and led industry collaboration in e-freight, cargo security, and handling, initiated the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) and pushed to modernise the relationship between airlines and forwarders over ...
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New chief for Estonia’s Airest
Estonian cargo airline Airest has appointed Aleksei Lupitski as its new chief executive, taking over from Jaanus Ojamets, who has stepped down for personal reasons.Lupitski has held senior management positions at various airlines for the last 20 years and, for the past eight was the president and chief executive of ...
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ATSG appoints Raymond Johns to board of directors
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced the election of Raymond Johns to its board of directors.Johns, 62, led the US Air Force Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois until his retirement with the rank of General in January 2013, capping a 36-year military career.He is ...
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New chief exec for Etihad
Etihad Aviation Group is to appoint Tony Douglas as group chief executive officer. He replaces James Hogan who stepped down in July with Ray Gammell taking over as interim group chief executive. Gammell will return to his position as group chief people and performance officer.Douglas will join the group in ...
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Tiaca adds new board members
Tiaca has added two new board members, representing the ground handling and cargo carrier sectors.Ramesh Mamidala is chief executive of New Delhi, India-based, Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management, and brings over 22 years’ air cargo experience to the post.Mamidala previously worked as senior manager Qatar Aviation Services (QAS) Cargo for ...
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BIFA adds to training team
UK freight forwarder association BIFA has expanded its training team with the appointment of Graeme Wilkinson in order to keep up with member demand.Wilkinson has more than 20 years of freight forwarding experience and joins from Pantos Logistics. He has also worked for C.H. Robinson, MIQ Logistics and Emery Worldwide.Carl ...
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Corrado named chief operating officer of freighter lessor ATSG
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), freighter lessor to Amazon, has named Richard Corrado as chief operating officer (COO) of the US-based cargo aircraft leasing, conversion and services company.Corrado, elected by the ATSG board of directors, has served since 2010 as chief commercial officer of ATSG, and president of its Cargo ...
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Salguero joins AIA Cargo in worldwide network role
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) has appointed Jaime Salguero as worldwide network and commercial vice president, reporting to the cargo management company's chief executive, Mark Andrew.Salguero joins AIA with 24 years professional background as executive director in the airfreight industry, with management experience of cargo general sales and services agents ...
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Kerry Logistics appoints Trench for UK F&B business
Kerry Logistics has appointed Claire Trench as head of food and beverage (F&B), based at its Glasgow, Scotland office in the UK.Trench has over 17 years’ experience in forwarding, most recently in senior management positions working with leading brands in the beers, wines, and spirits industry.In her new role, she ...
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Mühlenkamp takes over as director of operations at Jettainer
ULD outsourced management and maintenance company Jettainer has appointed Frank Mühlenkamp as its new director of operations, responsible for around 90,000 containers and pallets worldwide.Mühlenkamp launched his career at the ground operations department at the Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt. After spending two years at Augsburg Airways, he returned to the ...
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Qatar's Al Baker to chair IATA board of governors from 2018
Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has been elected chairman of the board of governors of IATA, effective June 2018.The rotating one-year term will commence at the end of IATA’s 2018 annual general meeting in Sydney and will continue until the end of its 2019 meeting.Outspoken Al Baker, ...
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Alderman-Davis promoted at Ligentia
Lee Alderman-Davis has been promoted to global air director at UK-based supply chain management company Ligentia.Three years ago, Ligentia made a significant investment in a 30,000 sq ft HM Customs approved ETSF warehouse at Heathrow airport.Ligentia’s customers include leading UK retailers, global manufacturers and providers within the defence and mining ...
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Bhatnagar named as director of Delta’s Cargo Control Center
Delta Cargo has appointed Vishal Bhatnagar to the new role of director of the US carrier's Cargo Control Center (CCC).Bhatnagar will ensure central control and delivery performance of all freight and mail destined worldwide, from booking, to tendering, to build-up, to plane-side, to loading, to unloading and to customer pick-up.In ...
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Kohnen replaces FJ Miller at time:matters
Alexander Kohnen has been appointed the new managing director strategy & sales at time:matters, effective November 15.The 40-year-old succeeds Franz-Joseph Miller, who left the company of his own accord on July 1.Kohnen has held various management positions at Lufthansa Cargo since October 2000, most recently senior director industry development and ...
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Ronald Lam takes charge of Cathay's cargo business
Cathay Pacific has appointed Ronald Lam to the newly created role of director commercial and cargo.The role was created earlier this year as part of a shake-up of the management organisation.Previously, the cargo department had its own director role, mostly recently occupied by Simon Large, who is now director of ...
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Heathrow appoints Eva Gil-Llacer to the airport's cargo team
London Heathrow Airport has appointed Eva Gil-Llacer to the Heathrow Cargo team in the role of cargo improvement manager.Gil-Llacer will take responsibility for Heathrow’s cargo improvement projects and engage with the air cargo community "to drive improvements in speed, predictability and collaboration," said airport management in a statement.She joins the ...
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Swiss WorldCargo consolidates in the US
Swiss WorldCargo will re-organise its set-up in the American market, consolidating its current three regions into two.From October 2017, Swiss WorldCargo’s American organization will be consist of two regions: Western, southern USA & South America and northeast/Midwest USA and Canada.The newly created region Western, Southern USA & South America will ...
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New director for handler Celebi
Juan José Andrés Alvez has become a director of Turkish-owned international handler Çelebi Havacılık Holding.He previously worked for International Spanish conglomerate Ferrovial Group in the UK before joining Aviation Services Group Swissport International where he worked for more than 10 years.Celebi board chairman Can Celebioğlu, said he had: “a solid ...