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New senior vice-president of sales at Etihad
ETIHAD AIRWAYS has appointed James Mueller as senior vice-president of sales.Mueller, who has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry, previously worked at United Airlines for five years. During this period, he held a number of senior roles, including vice-president, Asia Pacific and vice-president, Atlantic and Pacific sales.He ...
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New interim chief financial officer at Air Partner
CHARTER broker Air Partner has promoted Neil Morris to the role of interim chief financial officer.Morris, who replaces Gavin Charles, is currently the company’s interim group financial controller – a position he has held since last July.Prior to joining Air Partner, Morris was group finance director of the cruise and ...
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Van de Weg joins Volga-Dnepr Group
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest cargo carrier, has appointed former key Cargolux executives Robert van de Weg and Peter van de Pas as senior vice-president, marketing and sales, and senior vice-president, scheduled operations, respectively.Van de Weg will be responsible for the management of scheduled cargo sales, as well as the ...
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New CEO at Cargolux
CARGO airline Cargolux has appointed former Kuehne + Nagel management board member Dirk Reich as its new chief executive.He replaces Richard Forson, senior vice-president and member of the executive committee, who has been interim CEO since 3 August 2012.Forson will continue to serve as senior vice-president and chief financial officer, ...
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IATA cargo boss Des Vertannes stepping down in June
DES VERTANNES, head of cargo at IATA, is retiring from his position in June.A universally popular and hard-working professional, Vertannes is stepping down to spend more time with his family.Under his leadership, IATA’s cargo division has been responsible for numerous significant advancements, including the widespread adoption of new security regimes, ...
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Swissport management changes
SWISSPORT International, a leading provider of ground and cargo services to the aviation industry, has announced that Erich Bodenmann, executive vice-president of group services, is to take early retirement from the end of this month.Luzius Wirth takes over responsibility for group services and will report directly to chief executive Per ...
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GEFCO appoints new sales and marketing director
AUTOMOTIVE logistics specialist GEFCO UK has appointed Charlie Weale as its new sales and marketing director.He is charged with leading the development of sales and promotional strategies as the company focuses on increasing visibility and generating commercial opportunities in air, ocean and international logistics, says a statement.With more than 30 ...
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New air cargo head at DB Schenker UK
THE UK arm of global logistics services provider DB Schenker Logistics has appointed Matthias Kraus as its new director of airfreight.Kraus, who has been working for the DB Schenker Group since 1997, has held several roles including business development manager and assistant to the managing director at Schenker Taiwan.In 2012, ...
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Cargolux Asia boss goes
CARGOLUX has terminated the contract of its senior vice-president for the Asia Pacific region.The decision comes just weeks after Robert Song was appointed to the role and made a member of the European all-cargo airline’s executive committee.He was instrumental in brokering the deal with Chinese investor Henan Civil Aviation and ...
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Atlas Air chairman retires
EUGENE DAVIS has decided to retire from the board of directors of aircraft lease and ACMI company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.A board member for more than a decade, and more recently company chairman, he is to continue as a shareholder.“Gene has served with distinction as our chairman for the last ...
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New chief commercial officer at CEVA
GLOBAL supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has appointed Hakan Bicil as its new chief commercial officer.Bicil, formerly executive vice-president, head of strategic business development at Panalpina, has held several senior roles within the logistics industry during a career spanning 20 years, says a company statement.Xavier Urbain, chief executive officer ...
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Tony Charaf to retire as cargo is downgraded
TONY CHARAF is taking retirement and Delta Air Lines is downgrading its cargo division to align it more closely to the passenger side of Delta’s business, says the company.Cargo sales will now become part of the airline’s global sales team, and cargo operations will be aligned with its Airport Customer ...
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Polar's Thomas Murphy to retire
THOMAS MURPHY is to retire as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.Murphy joined Polar, in which Atlas Air Worldwide is the majority shareholder, in July 2009. He will retire in August this year. A replacement for Murphy will be named shortly.Prior to joining Polar, ...
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UPS names Abney as chief executive
UPS has named David Abney as its new chief executive officer.Abney, currently the company's chief operating officer, replaces Scott Davis who is retiring after serving as the company's board chairman and ceo since 2008. Both moves are effective September 1, 2014.Prior to becoming chief operating officer, Abney served as president ...
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Glyn Hughes new IATA cargo chief
IATA has appointed Glyn Hughes as its global head of cargo, replacing the retiring Des Vertannes.Hughes joined IATA in 1991 to enhance and expand the Cargo Accounts Settlement Service (CASS), growing it from 35 to nearly 100 operations, while maintaining very low levels of agency default and decreasing overall operating ...
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FPS appoints business development head
FPS SRI LANKA – a founder member of the Famous Pacific Shipping Group of independent forwarders and consolidators – has appointed Senaka Premaratne as head of business development.In his newly-created role, Premaratne will be responsible for strengthening the sales force both locally and internationally , whilst spearheading increased collaboration with ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints new cargo chief
GLOBAL forwarder Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Steve Williams as its managing director of airfreight.The former DB Schenker director and head of cargo at Panalpina will be based at ACS’ airfreight centre near London Heathrow, says a company statement.“Bringing more than 15 years senior executive experience with him, Steve’s ...
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CEVA appoints Bissell as logistics chief
CEVA LOGISTICS has appointed Brett Bissell as chief operating officer, contract logistics. He will report to Xavier Urbain, the global supply chain company’s chief executive.Bissell joined CEVA in 2011 as executive vice president, Latin America, where he was responsible for leading the company’s Latin America operations.He is a senior executive ...
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Ko takes over at Cathay cargo terminal
KELVIN KO is the new chief executive of Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL), the division that manages Cathay’s new cargo terminal at Hong Kong, writes Nigel Tomkins, managing director.He was previously chief operating officer at CPSL and was also one of the core members in the early stage of planning ...
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Otto leaves Lufthansa Cargo for Austrian Airlines
Andreas Otto is leaving Lufthansa Cargo after 14 years to become chief commercial officer of Austrian Airlines.Dr Otto, the board member for product & sales at Lufthansa Cargo in Frankfurt, will take up the new role in October 2014.Lufthansa Cargo’s supervisory board will decide on Dr Otto’s successor “promptly” the ...