All Europe articles – Page 144
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Robert Keen to head BIFA
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Robert Keen as its new director general, to succeed Peter Quantrill who retires from the UK trade association in August.Mr Keen joined the industry in 1970 and worked for a succession of forwarders before joining BIFA in 1999. He was appointed an ...
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Hellmann appoints Marriott for UK air freight
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK’s commercial director, Matthew Marriott, is to head the company’s local air freight product.The UK role represents a change in focus for Marriott, who previously headed up road freight, and contract logistics.Marriott said: “Stepping into the air freight side of the business is a change of direction ...
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Volga Dnepr Group appoints new VP
VOLGA-DNEPR Group has appointed Anton Khodakovsky as its new vice-president for Japan and South Korea, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editorHe is responsible for developing the group’s ‘cargo supermarket' strategy in both Asian countries, as well as the company’s other interests in the region, which include establishing cooperation with trade authorities ...
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Antonov legend celebrates 80th birthday
Volga-Dnepr Group is celebrating the 80th birthday of Victor Tolmachev, the legendary chief designer of the An-124 ‘Ruslan’ and An-225 ‘Mriya’ transport aircraft, to mark his ‘outstanding contribution’ to the world of aviation.Tolmachev continues to serve the industry as technical director of Volga-Dnepr and as an advisor to the group’s ...
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Magdeburg Cochstedt appoints Hahn cargo boss
EAST German air logistics hub Magdeburg Cochstedt International Airport has appointed Stefan Maxeiner as its new director of business development.The former director of cargo operations at Frankfurt Hahn Airport played a major role in establishing it as one of Europe’s leading air cargo airports, says a statement.“We are delighted to ...
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K+N: 'There will always be a need for freighters'
LOGISTICS giant Kuehne + Nagel believes that freighter aircraft will continue to play an important role global supply chains, despite the rise in wide-body belly capacity.Thomas Lehmann, K+N’s senior vice president airfreight, South Asia Pacific, says that shippers still prefer freighters in areas like Asia, while main-deck capacity will retain ...
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Chapman Freeborn appoints Portuguese agent
CHARTER specialist Chapman Freeborn (CF) has appointed ALS Portugal Aviation & Logistics Solutions as its exclusive representative for the Portuguese market.CF has worked closely with the management team of Cascais-based ALS Portugal for a number of years and the new agreement gives local customers greater access to worldwide air charter ...
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Management changes at Turkish Cargo
TURKISH CARGO has appointed Tarik Parlak as its new regional cargo manager for central and southern Europe.Parlak formerly served as the carrier’s regional cargo manager for Africa.Mehmet Gürkan, whose previous position was cargo marketing and sales supervisor at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, will succeed him.“We are certain that Mr Parlak ...
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John Batten leaves Coyne Airways
COYNE AIRWAYS has appointed Liana Coyne as chief operating officer as part of a restructure that sees managing director John Batten leave the charter airline after seven months in the role.Batten, a former Swissport Cargo executive vice-president, joined the all-cargo carrier in September 2013 with the intention of launching services ...
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New air cargo boss at CEVA
GLOBAL supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has appointed Michael Schaecher as its new chief operating officer of global airfreight.The former chief executive (CEO) of Air Cargo Germany has held a wide selection of management and operations roles, including executive positions with DHL Global Forwarding, Star Broker and Panalpina World ...
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Düsseldorf Airport's cargo boom
LAST year saw the best cargo results for a dozen years at Germany’s Düsseldorf Airport.A total of more than 110,000 tonnes saw the Rhine-Rhur gateway’s airfreight business grow by an impressive 9.1 per cent over the previous year.Extra belly capacity on airlines collectively operating some 180 international routes served by ...
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2014 'a challenging year for air cargo'
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of a world recession.IATA figures show that cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year, but acceleration took root in the latter half of 2013, eventually ...
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Aer Lingus starts Boston service
AER LINGUS has inaugurated daily B757 services from Shannon Airport to Boston.The new service marks the start of the Irish carrier’s major transatlantic expansion in 2014, which includes new routes from Dublin to San Francisco and Toronto, as well as increasing frequency on services from Shannon Airport to Logan International ...
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Volga-Dnepr completes 1,100th flight for oil and gas industry
VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines has completed its 1,100th flight for customers in the oil and gas industry with this delivery of 45 tonnes of equipment from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Prestwick, Scotland.The cargo consisted of specialist equipment for a water-driven excavation system and auxiliary equipment for use in drilling operations ...
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IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service
CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned to operate to and from Changi International Airport later this year.IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, believes the new aircraft will prove particularly beneficial to ...
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Chapman Freeborn delivers unmanned surface vehicle
AIR charter broker Chapman Freeborn and logistics partners SPI International and Logik Logistics International have successfully transported this first ever C-Worker vessel, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is set to revolutionise oil and gas operations.The year-long logistics project – which started with loading feasibility studies before construction of the ...
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Carsten Hernig becomes new Jettainer MD
CARSTEN HERNIG, 39, is the new managing director of ULD outsource specialist Jettainer.“He is not only a homegrown talent, but also an experienced international manager,” says Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, executive board member, operations, at Lufthansa Cargo.Hernig’s career at the Lufthansa group of companies extends to 15 years. He initially worked ...
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AEI delivers B737-400SF to FarnAir Europe
AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc (AEI) has delivered the first of four B737-400SF freighters to Switzerland-based integrator support airline FarnAir Europe.The aircraft, a high gross weight version, was built in 1996, and converted at Commercial Jet’s Miami facility, which is one of five authorised AEI Conversion Centers worldwide.It is AEI’s second delivery ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers 103-tonne turbine rotor
THIS 103-tonne turbine rotor has arrived in Yekaterinburg, Russia, onboard an An-124-100 Ruslan heavy freighter aircraft operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines.The shipment, delivered from Frankfurt/Hahn, was carried using bespoke transportation tooling and an entire day was required to prepare for its offloading at Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport.The physical unloading process took some ...
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Bangkok ground handler wins EU security validation
BANGKOK Flight Services (BFS), a WFS Group company, has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU States in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.BFS is one of ...