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Balancing capacity and demand — TIACA looks ahead to 2018
TIACA chairman Sebastiaan Scholte has presented his New Year outlook for 2018 which sees continued revenue growth as e-commerce drives volumes.He also observes that, while perishables and pharma products have lagged behind other airfreight sectors, they both retain a stable growth profile because future demand for them is based mainly ...
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Wolfgang Meier to become president of Silk Way West Airlines in 2018
Wolfgang Meier will be appointed as the new president of Silk Way West Airlines from January 1, 2018, the Azerbaijani all-cargo carrier has confirmed.The current president, Kamran Gasimov, will remain in the top management team of Silk Way West Airlines as chief operation officer (first vice-president).Meier, formerly with Volga-Dnepr and ...
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Obituary: Richard Norris
“If you find meaning in running, chances are, you’ll find meaning in life.”No phrase more aptly describes Richard Norris’ approach to everything he did, whether conducting business in far-away locales, raising cattle in Virginia, running marathons in Paris and Padova (Padua), or riding a camel in Dubai. Running instilled an ...
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Success for Air Cargo News' Roger Hailey at journalist awards
Air Cargo News editor Roger Hailey last night scooped the Air Cargo Journalist of the Year Award 2017 at the prestigious Seahorse Club Awards.As well as Hailey scooping the overall air cargo award, sponsored by Air Canada Cargo, regular Air Cargo News contributor Chris Lewis received the runner up prize ...
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Dirk Reich confirmed as member of SkyCell board
Dirk Reich has been elected to the board of Switzerland-based SkyCell, a provider of temperature-controlled containers.He has previously served as chief executive of Cargolux Airlines International and been on the management board of global supply chain services specialist Kuehne + Nagel (K+N).In 2016, he founded R+R International Aviation AG, which ...
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Swissport appoints communications chief
Air cargo and ground handling company Swissport International has appointed Christoph Meier as vice president head of group communications.A Swiss national, he takes over strategic and operational responsibilities for all group communications, reporting directly to group president and chief executive, Eric Born.He joins Swissport from Lufthansa Group, where he was ...
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IAG Cargo reveals new look executive structure
IAG Cargo has made a number of changes to its executive management team to “align with its business priorities”.The new look executive team is charged with driving performance across premium products, digital transformation, customer service and global operations, the airline group said.The shake-up sees David Shepherd, currently commercial director, move ...
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Carr to head up Etihad Cargo after Kerr's departure
Etihad Cargo has announced that Justin Carr, who recently joined the carrier, will head up the cargo business to replace David Kerr.The airline said that Carr will take over the position of vice president cargo as Kerr heads over to UK-based freighter airline CargoLogicAir.Carr joined the company as vice president ...
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French charter manager for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed David De Clercq as charter sales manager for France.Based in Paris, he will help expand the cargo charter and on board courier client base, working the company’s existing team in Belgium.De Clercq previously held positions at firms including CityJet, Flightcare and Jetairfly and was most ...
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CEVA promotes Lorrain to COO role
CEVA Logistic has promoted Jérôme Lorrain to chief operating officer freight management adding the responsibility for air and ocean freight to his current position as head of the ground business line.Lorrain will continue to serve on the company's executive board and takes over the air and ocean role from Helmut ...
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Panalpina’s COO Andy Weber to leave at the end of 2017
Panalpina's chief operating officer (COO), Andy Weber, will leave the company at the end of the year. The COO position will not be replaced.Weber, a member of the Switzerland-based logistics operator's executive board, joined the company in 2015.In a statement, Panalpina said that Weber has successfully led many turnaround projects ...
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Air Partner appoints Jubb as freight trading manager
Charter broker Air Partner has appointed Robert Jubb as freight trading manager, based at the global aviation services group’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and reporting directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Jubb has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints new directors
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has named Paul Fallon as director commercial and business development and Tania Wilson as director operations.The changes follow Dominic Kennedy’s promotion to managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo in August.Fallon began his career in Virgin’s Commercial team in 2003 and later spent over five years as head ...
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ACI board names Bongani Maseko new chair
Bongani Maseko, chief executive of Airports Company South Africa, has been appointed to the post of chair of the world governing board of Airports Council International (ACI) for a two-year term following a vote at the recent ACI Africa/World General Assembly in Mauritius.Maseko has been with Airports Company South Africa ...
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Jonathan Clark joining AMI as new chief executive
Menzies Aviation has appointed Jonathan Clark as chief executive of Air Menzies International (AMI), its airfreight and express wholesaler subsidiary. Clark takes up the role in January 2018.He replaces Stephen Koller, who has left the company to pursue other interests.Clark has long experience in the air cargo sector, and over ...
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Thomas Knudsen to join Toll Group
Toll Group, part of Japan Post, has appointed Thomas Knudsen to the role of president, global forwarding, commencing in January 2018.Based in Singapore, Knudsen will lead more than 3,100 Toll team members across 26 countries, as well as a network of agents across more than 150 countries, all providing international ...
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Vertannes joins e-Cargoware board
Airfreight IT firm e-Cargoware has appointed industry veteran Des Vertannes as its non-executive chairman.Vertannes, who was recently inducted to TIACA hall of fame, was latterly IATA’s head of cargo and, in a long career, held management positions including Air Menzies international, Gulf Air and Etihad Airways.e-Cargoware’s platform is used by ...
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AirBridgeCargo: On course for global ambitions
Sergey Lazarev joined AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) in April 2013 as operations director and two years later became general director of the Russian freighter carrier.His daily tasks include overseeing the company’s operational and financial performance, and being available 24/7 to resolve operational issues.He also has to foster the effective teamwork of ...
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David Kerr named as chief executive of CargoLogicAir
Etihad Airways cargo boss David Kerr has been named as the new chief executive of CargoLogicAir (CLA), the UK-registered freighter airline, with effect from 1 January 2018.Sir John Holmes, advisory board chairman of CLA, said: “David is a highly respected, experienced and well-known air cargo industry executive who will bring ...
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Dave Edwards appointed as BACA chief executive
Dave Edwards has been appointed chief executive of BACA, the London-based worldwide air charter association.In addition to Edwards’ part-time appointment, Madeleine Puzey has been promoted to the role of business and events manager and a new administration role has been created which sees Nicki Baynes providing key support to the ...