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NewsEdmonton Airport's Caswell elected chairman of Pharma.Aero
Trevor Caswell. Source: Pharma.AeroTrevor Caswell of Edmonton International Airport has been elected as the new chairman of the Pharma.Aero industry group's board of directors.Caswell is manager, demand & product development (Cargo) at the Canadian Airport and will preside over the board for the next two years.He takes over from Nathan ...
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NewsAwery appoints customer success project manager
Phaedra Den Hertog. Photo: AweryAwery Aviation Software (Awery) has appointed Phaedra Den Hertog as customer success project manager in response to the continued uptake of its Cargo Management package, Awery ERP.Den Hertog has spent over 30 years in air cargo working for companies including Polar Air Cargo, Cathay Pacific, and ...
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NewsNetwork Airline Services appoints Fernandes
Florent Turlier (L) and Anthony Fernandes. Source: Network Airline ServicesNetwork Airline Services has appointed Anthony Fernandes as sales and services supervisor for France.Fernandes, who will based at the company's Paris CDG office, originally started working with the company as an export supervisor in 2014.In 2018, he took the role of ...
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NewsCharity Transaid partners with Goodyear on blimp flight prize draw
Source: TransaidCourtesy of the generosity of Goodyear, Transaid’s long-standing corporate partner, the international development organisation is able to offer two people the chance of a flight on the tyre and rubber company’s legendary airship which is returning to the skies over central London in May.The once in a lifetime opportunity ...
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NewsJettainer adds Wang for new role in Hong Kong
Stella Wang. Source: JettainerULD management firm Jettainer has appointed Stella Wang to the newly created role of head of product for its lease & fly service.Wang's duties at Jettainer include customer services and distribution in east Asia, along with ramping up the lease & fly leasing service, which allows ULDs ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn appoints new CFO
Vaida Kojaliene. Source: Chapman FreebornChapman Freeborn has appointed Vaida Kojaliene as group chief financial officer.Kojaliene joins Chapman Freeborn having held various financial positions at country, regional and group level. Her previous roles were within the financial and healthcare sectors, and Chapman Freeborn is her first introduction to the aviation industry.The ...
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NewsHAE Group opens new Italy office
Maurizio Picco. Source: HAE GroupAviation services company HAE Group has opened a new office in Italy as it looks to expand in the country.The new Milan office will be headed by Maurizio Picco who has been appointed as country manager for Italy.Picco has experience in major trade lanes to/from and ...
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Davies Turner adds three new board members
UK forwarder Davies Turner has made several additions to the board of directors at its surface freight and logistics subsidiary Davies Turner & Co.Head of ocean, Tony Cole, who leads on Davies Turner & Co’s ocean freight forwarding services, has joined Darren McLaughlan who heads up the subsidiary’s operations in ...
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NewsWFS appoints Lynch in the Americas
Tom Lynch. Source: WFSGround handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Tom Lynch as senior vice president, commercial for the Americas.He will lead the company’s commercial strategy and business development of its cargo and ground handling operations in North and South America.Lynch will be based in Dallas/Fort Worth and report ...
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NewsObituary: Trevor Brading
Trevor Brading. Source: Pilot MarketingAir Cargo News is saddened to report the death of air cargo industry stalwart Trevor Brading, aged 89, following a brief illness.Brading joined the air cargo industry in 1956, initially working for Pan American Airways. He left Pan Am to join Airport Courier Services in the ...
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NewsAlliance Ground International appoints chief commercial officer
Photo: Alliance Ground InternationalUS ground handler Alliance Ground International (AGI) has appointed Roger Larreur as its chief commercial officer as part of its ongoing strategy to drive growth, sustainability, and resilience.Prior to AGI, Larreur served as chief commercial officer, Americas for Swissport.With over 30 years of experience in the sector, ...
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NewsAir Charter Service to expand in Chicago
ACS Chicago team. Source: Air Charter ServiceAir Charter Service (ACS) has launched a recruitment drive at its Chicago office on the back of record figures for the company.The Chicago office was opened in March 2021 and has gone "from strength to strength" in terms of sales in the midwest region.Caitlin ...
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NewsBluebird Nordic appoints new CEO
Audrone Keinyte. Source: Bluebird NordicFreighter lessor Bluebird Nordic has appointed Audrone Keinyte as chief executive.Keinyte is taking over the role from Siggi Agustsson, who has held this position since 2020. Agustsson is moving to a new role at parent company Avia Solutions Group, where he will be a senior advisor ...
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NewsWestJet adds senior cargo talent
Canadian airline WestJet has appointed Kirsten de Bruijn as executive vice president, cargo, while Jeff Harris will take on the permanent role of vice-president, WestJet Cargo.Due to join WestJet’s executive leadership team later this month, de Bruijn brings with her more than 15 years in the airline industry.She most recently ...
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NewsEFW appoints new CEO
Jordi Boto. Photo: EFWJordi Boto has been appointed CEO of conversion firm Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) and started in the role on April 1.Boto is the successor of Dr Andreas Sperl, who left EFW, a joint venture of ST Engineering and Airbus, after more than 15 years of growth.Prior to the ...
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NewsDronamics grows European operations team ahead of commercial launch
Photo: DronamicsDronamics is growing its European operations team ahead of the company’s first commercial flights of its Black Swan aircraft this year.The London and Sofia-based cargo drone developer and operator’s team is based in Malta, the company’s European Operations base.The company hired hired Ruth Sawers as director of operations in ...
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NewsNew chief executive for FedEx as founder Smith takes new role
FedEx Corp will gain a new chief executive in June when Raj Subramaniam steps up to take over from company founder Fred Smith.Effective June 1, current chairman and chief executive Fred Smith will become executive chairman. Meanwhile, current president and chief operating officer Raj Subramaniam will be promoted to president ...
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NewsXeneta appoints freight forwarding vice president
Scott Irvine. Photo: XenetaXeneta has appointed Scott Irvine as vice president of freight forwarding.Irvine has worked in the logistics industry for over two decades, holding senior leadership roles across both shippers and freight forwarders. Most recently he was the vice president of air & ocean for digital freight forwarder Zencargo.At ...
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NewsDronamics appoints chief financial officer
Photo: DronamicsDronamics has appointed Paul Morton as chief financial officer and a member of the executive team.The appointment comes as the London and Sofia-based cargo drone development company prepares for the first commercial flights of its flagship Black Swan aircraft, gearing towards operating its first commercial routes, and a Series ...
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NewsCharterSync appoints new non-executive director
Andy Evans. Source: CharterSyncDigital charter company CharterSync has appointed Andy Evans as a new non-executive director.Evans has founded, built and sold three media and technology businesses: a digital publishing business; a podcast production company; and an advertising technology company.CharterSync co-founder Ed Gillett said: “Andy will be a great asset for ...