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    Cargolux Italia in NCA codeshare to Japan

    2015-10-07T08:35:44Z

    Cargolux Italia and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have entered into a partnership agreement for codeshare cargo flights from Italy's Milan Malpensa Airport to Kansai International Airport in Japan, and from Malpensa to Tokyo's Narita airport, subject to approvals from the aviation authorities.A statement from the carriers said that the cooperation ...

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    Jacobs joins CHEP Aerospace Solutions

    2015-10-06T14:03:45Z

    Don Jacobs will join ULD outsourcing specialist CHEP Aerospace Solutions as director, sales, marketing and key account management from October.Jacobs brings over 25 years of international experience and has held roles with Deutsche Post, DHL Express, DHL Global Mail, Aberdeen Airport, and most recently as sales director with Jettainer, a ...

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    Noble appointment for CEVA

    2015-10-06T14:01:03Z

    Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics has appointed Clayton Noble as the new managing director of its Australia and New Zealand (A&NZ) operations.Noble joins CEVA from Fuji Xerox Australia, where as chief operations officer he was responsible for running the business’ operational functions, including supply chain, customer support, managed services, professional services and ...

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    Thiele joins Cargolux in Germany

    2015-10-06T13:58:25Z

    Cargolux Airlines has appointed Christian Thiele as its new country manager Germany, taking over from Tony McNichol in October.The European all-cargo carrier said: "Christian Thiele is a proven cargo specialist and executive in the cargo industry. In over 30 years, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the business by building ...

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    Swiss gets new CEO in group realignment

    2015-10-06T13:57:57Z

    Swiss has announced the appointment of a new chief executive as part of a broader realignment of the Lufthansa Group.Thomas Klühr, currently a member of the executive board of Lufthansa German Airlines, will succeed Harry Hohmeister as chief executive of Swiss in February 2016, with the position of chief operating ...

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    Senior appointments at IATA

    2015-10-06T13:57:13Z

    IATA has made two new senior management appointments covering safety and flight operations, and airport, passenger, cargo and security (APCS).The first appointment sees Nick Careen take up the role of senior vice president of APCS. He replaces Tom Windmuller, who retired from IATA after almost 25 years.IATA said the APCS ...

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    Jettainer appoints Trapp as IT director

    2015-10-06T13:56:33Z

    Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management subsidiary, Jettainer, has appointed Arnd Trapp as its new IT director as it looks to enhance its container track and trace capabilities.Trapp has worked in the airfreight sector for more than 20 years, holding various management positions within the Lufthansa Group. Most recently head of the ...

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    Florea joins CHAMP

    2015-10-06T13:56:11Z

    Air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems has appointed Gabriel Florea as the new group chief financial officer, taking over from from Susan Boulton."Gabriel brings a wealth of knowledge in finance & controlling as well as multi-cultural competence to our organisation. He is a great addition to the CHAMP team and ...

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    Zimmerman to lead Cargo 2000 change programme

    2015-10-06T13:55:31Z

    Ariaen Zimmerman is the new full time executive director of Cargo 2000 (C2K), an IATA interest group established to lead the drive towards “enhanced quality throughout the air cargo industry”.Zimmerman is leading the group’s change programme, which will see C2K adopt a new auditing system, neutral benchmarks, and “embrace a ...

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    Allport lands Damco's Kenning for supply chain role

    2015-10-06T13:54:59Z

    Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Alan Kenning as executive director of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) division from rival forwarder Damco.Kenning has worked in logistics and supply chain management for more than 23 years, starting as a management trainee with Maersk in 1992 and working his way up through ...

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    De Pauw re-joins DHL in Africa

    2015-10-06T13:54:09Z

    DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Daniella de Pauw as chief executive, Sub-Saharan Africa.De Pauw will be based in Johannesburg and will be responsible for driving growth in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.She said: “Having served businesses in the region for over 35 years, we continue to ensure that the markets have ...

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    Freighters expected to win marketshare from bellyhold

    2015-10-06T11:58:15Z

    Freighters are expected to maintain and even grow their marketshare compared with bellyhold despite the increased cargo carrying capacity of passenger planes that are joining the market.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Atlas Air Worldwide executive vice president and chief commercial officer Michael Steen said that since ...

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    IAG's new 787-9 Dreamliner packs a punch

    2015-10-06T10:53:53Z

    IAG has taken delivery of its first 787-9 Dreamliner, a pharma-friendly bellyhold aircraft.While by no means the largest aircraft in the Anglo-Spanish carrier's fleet, the dash 9 variant of the Dreamliner will offer one of the largest cargo capacities — 22 tonnes over seven pallet positions — larger than a ...

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    Forwarders welcome Transpacific Partnership agreement

    2015-10-06T07:56:40Z

    The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) and Boeing have welcomed the conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership negotiations.Yesterday, the US, Japan and 10 other Pacific rim nations reached an agreement on what is set to become the world’s largest regional trade agreement.However, the agreement, described as a first step, now needs to ...

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    Economic volatility rocks TNT's Q3

    2015-10-05T12:24:55Z

    Europe-based parcel and logistics operator TNT said that “economic volatility” in Brazil, China and Australia weighed on the takeover target’s third quarter performance.TNT, which is the subject of a $4.8bn takeover bid by US parcels giant FedEx, said in its latest trading update that the management team “remains focused” on ...

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    Air Partner delivers 90 tonnes of food to the Central African Republic

    2015-10-05T11:58:25Z

    The cargo charter arm of UK-based Air Partner has arranged an urgent B747 freighter flight for nearly 90 tonnes of food items to the Central African Republic on behalf of Ecolog International, a Dubai-based integrated service solutions company.The aid was delivered in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization ...

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    Aeroflot's takeover of troubled Transaero falls apart

    2015-10-02T09:16:51Z

    Aeroflot’s proposed takeover of debt-laden Russian airline Transaero has fallen apart because the airline’s shareholders failed to submit a formal proposal in time.State-controlled Aeroflot’s board of directors said that Transaero shareholders had failed to submit the proposal before the deadline stipulated in a tender offer for a 75% stake in ...

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    Cargolux analysis: China airline waiting in the wings

    2015-10-01T14:37:00Z

    Cargolux boss Dirk Reich had a spring in his step when he arrived back at home hub Luxembourg aboard the European carrier’s new Boeing 747 freighter – the 13th ─ a plane dazzlingly bedecked with colourful images to celebrate the airline’s 45th anniversary.Reich, fresh and surprisingly un-jetlagged from the first ...

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    Welcome relief: Focus on humanitarian aid charters

    2015-10-01T08:23:29Z

    Africa’s Ebola virus, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal. Each humanitarian crisis is unique but they share a common factor: freighters help save lives.The air charter team at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is often a lead relief aid agency when a global disaster ...

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    New Chinese cargo airline set for 2016 launch

    2015-09-30T13:04:20Z

    A new express cargo airline is being launched next year that will initially provide services for the growing e-commerce industry within China but has global ambitions.The new airline, United Star Express, is a joint venture between Chinese carrier Okay Airline, US-based lessor and transport provider ATSG West Limited and online ...