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NewsWilson joins Amerijet in CCO role
Eric WilsonAmerijet has appointed Eric Wilson's as chief commercial officer, effective from February 8.Wilson will become a member of the executive team leading Amerijet's commercial division.His core focus areas will include sales, pricing, marketing, network development, commercial and strategic alliances and new product development.He will be based at the company's ...
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NewsElmore rejoins Hermes in COO role
Simon ElmoreHermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has welcomed back Simon Elmore as chief operations officer (COO).Elmore returns to the role after a two-year absence, during which he worked as a consultant on a number of aviation and e-commerce projects.Hermes said he was one of the team to design, build, and deliver ...
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Menzies makes a series of cargo appointments
Menzies Aviation has made a series of appointments as it looks to looks to grow in cargo.Rory Fidler joins Menzies in the newly created role of vice president cargo technology and is responsible for digital innovation across cargo operations."Rory has extensive experience in designing and executing digital transformation programmes as ...
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TIACA and Pharma.Aero highlight importance of 'air cargo community approach' in vaccine transportation
TIACA and Pharma.Aero have jointly released a second report for the airfreight and pharma industries, which outlines best practices for handling Covid-19 vaccines and transporting them by air.The report reinforces that vaccines are high-value, time- and temperature-sensitive items, as well as highlighting the importance of air cargo community efforts in ...
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NewsInterview: Glyn Hughes — Prepared for the challenge
Glyn HughesGlyn Hughes has switched roles but not focus following his departure from the IATA. He talks to Roger Hailey about the challenges ahead as director general of air cargo supply chain group TIACA.Glyn Hughes, with deep air cargo industry knowledge and a great sense of humour that includes painful ...
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NewsManagement change and a new facility for U-Freight
Robert Rens, U-FreightU-Freight has promoted Robert Rens from operations manager to operations director for the Netherlands, and it has also opened a new facility.The new role will see Rens take responsibility for work undertaken by current managing director in the Netherlands, Cas Scheij, who has reached official retirement age but ...
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Michael White joins PayCargo board
Cargo payment platform PayCargo has appointed Michael White to its board.White brings 25 years of experience in the airfreight sector, having held senior positions at Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Cargo Service Center, the Air Transport Association, SkyLink USA, Cargo Network Services, and most recently as the founder and president of ...
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NewsCargoAi appoints chief customer officer
Magali Beauregard, CargoAiOnline booking portal CargoAi has appointed Magali Beauregard as chief customer officer.Beauregard will take up the role on February 1 and has previously worked as head of commercial Asia Pacific at Lufthansa Cargo and senior account manager at Booking.com.CargoAi chief executive Matthieu Petot said: "To head the customer ...
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British Airways' UK cargo handlers set to strike again
British Airways' (BA) cargo handlers in the UK are set to strike again over changes to pay and conditions.Nine days of discontinuous strike action (see timetable below) is due to start tomorrow (UPDATE: strike reduced to six days starting January 29) after talks between management and the union Unite collapsed.Late ...
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NewsAMI makes Americas appointment as it targets growth
Adam Cooper, AMICargo wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has named Adam Cooper as its new head of sales, Americas, as it looks to grow in the region.Cooper joins AMI from United Airlines where his career spanned 15 years in both sales and operations roles.Most recently, he held the position of ...
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NewsPollock takes up CEO role at Pilot Freight Services
Logistics provider Pilot Freight Services has appointed Zach Pollock into the role of chief executive officer.He succeeds Gordon Branov, who recently retired from the company.Pollock joined Pilot Freight Services in 2005 and his previous roles at the company have included: district manager, regional vice president, executive vice president of corporate ...
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FedEx to cut jobs and integrate TNT air network in Europe
Express firm FedEx plans to cut jobs in Europe and combine air networks as part of the integration of TNT.The US logistics giant acquired TNT for €4.4bn in 2016 as part of its European expansion plans and has been integrating IT systems and air, road and ground networks since then.The ...
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NewsIAG Cargo makes commercial manager promotions
Freddie Overton, IAG CargoIAG Cargo has promoted Daniel Byrne and Freddie Overton to regional commercial managers.The internal promotions see Byrne appointed regional commercial manager for UK & Ireland from his prior role as area sales manager for the same region; and Freddie Overton appointed regional commercial manager for Europe & ...
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NewsPolmans joins cargo community platform Nallian
Cargo community platform provider Nallian has appointed Steven Polmans as its chief customer officer.Polmans, who is well known in the air cargo industry and was previously director of cargo and Logistics at Brussels Airport and is currently TIACA chairman, will be responsible for accelerating the expansion of Nallian’s global network ...
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NewsEberle joins Hellmann Worldwide's executive board
Martin Eberle (left) succeeds Michael Noth as chief financial officerHellmann Worldwide Logistics has made changes to executive board.Chief financial officer Michael Noth has decided to "take on new tasks outside the company" and will not to extend his contract when it expires this year.Martin Eberle will succeed Noth as chief ...
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NewsBrussels Airport appoints new director of cargo
Geert AertsGeert Aerts will succeed Steven Polmans as director of cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport in March.Aerts has been active in aviation for 17 years at CAE Inc, where he has been regional operations director for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, since 2014.At CAE Inc, he was responsible ...
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NewsDelta makes changes to cargo leadership team
Vishal Bhatnagar (left) and Jannie Davel (right)Delta Air Lines has made changes to its commercial and operations leadership within its cargo division.Effective immediately, the carrier has appointed Jannie Davel into the role of managing director, commercial, and has also promoted Vishal Bhatnagar to managing director, global cargo operations.Davel has more ...
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BIFA appoints Hobbis to the board
UK freight forwarder association BIFA's board and council recently approved the promotion of Carl Hobbis as an executive director.Hobbis joined BIFA as training development manager in 2016 and has redeveloped its training and industry education functions.Prior to joining BIFA, Hobbis had worked in freight forwarding for more than 30 years, ...
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NewsB&H Worldwide appoints new head of global sales
Michael HaskinsTime-critical logistics firm B&H Worldwide has appointed Michael Haskins as its head of global sales.Haskins joined B&H Worldwide with more than 20 years of experience leading multinational operations in aerospace time-critical logistics.He was most recently with Tala (The Aerospace Logistics Alliance), where he served as managing director responsible for ...
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Russi Batliwala on Chapman Freeborn's global ambitions
Since its establishment in 1973, Chapman Freeborn has developed into one of the largest and best-known aircraft charter brokers.The UK-headquartered company was originally set up to market Alaska International Air’s Hercules freighter fleet, which comprised five aircraft at the time.Today, Chapman Freeborn operates on a global scale — with offices ...