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NewsOngoing US ocean delays to keep air charter operations busy
Delays to container shipping supply chains in the US, which are resulting in increased air cargo charter flights, could continue into the summer, according to Tom Pelliccio, executive vice president international at freight forwarder Pilot Freight Services (PFS).Pelliccio said that ocean shipping services are currently facing delays of around five ...
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NewsHellmann appoints new chief of commercial
Patrick Oestreich, HellmannHellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Patrick Oestreich as its chief commercial officer (CCO), succeeding Jens Möller who took over the position on an interim basis in August of last year.As CCO and member of the executive board, Oestreich will be responsible for the global sales leadership team, which ...
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NewsPortal cargo.one adds new VP as it targets growth in the Americas
Chad TiborCargo.one has appointed Chad Tibor as its vice president and general manager for the Americas.The air cargo booking portal said Tibor, who joins from travel technology company Sabre, would shape its airline growth strategy with a focus on the American continents."My mission as the leader of the Americas airline ...
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NewsCargoAi adds advisory board
From left to right: Markus Flacke, Liana Coyne, Cyril Dumon and Ricardo PilonAir cargo booking portal CargoAi is adding a board of advisors to help steer the future of the company.The board will initially be formed of four members, but others are expected to join in the future.The current members ...
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NewsAviation and logistics firms highlight International Women's Day initiatives
Yesterday, March 8, was International Women's Day and many companies marked the occasion with new initiatives put in place to facilitate diversity in the industry.Change Horizon and Meantime Communications started an initiative on International Women's Day to promote gender equality.The companies hope their Women in Aviation and Logistics Pledge will ...
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NewsFirst Choice Staff expands into cargo handling recruitment
Colin Blusch (left), Aviation Business Development Manager, with First Choice Staff Director, Chas Dowton.UK freight and logistics recruitment firm First Choice Staff is expanding its offering to airport services, cargo and ground handling companies following the appointment of Colin Blusch as aviation business development manager.Based at First Choice Staff’s head ...
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NewsGround handler dnata appoints EVP
Steve AllenDnata, part of the Emirates Group, has promoted Steve Allen into the role of executive vice president.Allen has worked at the Emirates Group for 12 years in operational and support roles.He has been divisional senior vice president since 2016, overseeing the company's ground handling and cargo operations, and airport ...
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Interview: Virgin Atlantic Cargo - A changing landscape
Virgin Atlantic Cargo adapted quickly to freight-only flying last year. Managing director Dominic Kennedy tells Damian Brett about the challenges it faced and the opportunites that lie ahead.People often say they enjoy working in the air cargo industry because no two days are the same. However, when Virgin Atlantic Cargo ...
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NewsSwissport's Mena adds Latam role
Swissport has appointed Frank Mena as head of the Americas as it combines leadership for its North and Latin America regions.Mena is currently head of the North America region but will now also assume responsibility for Latin America and serve as head of the Americas with immediate effect.He takes over ...
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NewsGeodis appoints sales and marketing director Europe
Geodis has appointed Robert Mianowski into its North, East & Central Europe (NECE) global sales and marketing team.In his new role, based in Frankfurt, he will be responsible for Geodis' NECE development, as well as the implementation of its sales and marketing strategy.Over the last 25 years, Mianowski has worked ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn appoints cargo director North Asia
Aircraft charter broker Chapman Freeborn has appointed Allen Liu into the role of cargo director North Asia, to support its growth strategy and increasing demand in the region.Liu, who has 15 years' of experience in the aviation sector, returns to Chapman Freeborn after having held the position of cargo manager ...
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Brian Pearce to retire from IATA
IATA's chief economist Brian Pearce planning to retire from the association in July this year, after having served at the company since 2004.During his time at IATA, Pearce — who also serves on the IATA's strategic leadership team — has built IATA’s evidence-based economic analysis capabilities into "the most authoritative ...
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NewsStoll takes top job at Swiss WorldCargo as Bhat heads to Lufthansa
Lorenzo StollLorenzo Stoll has been appointed as the new head of Swiss WorldCargo.He will assume his new function on April 1 and he succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who will take up new duties as chief commercial officer of Lufthansa Cargo from next month.Stoll is currently Swiss’s head of western Switzerland, with ...
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NewsNew regional MDs at Dachser Air and Sea
Dachser Air and Sea Logistics has appointed two new regional managing directors.Tobias Burger has been appointed as managing director of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business, while Ralph Riehl will occupy the same position in the Americas.Burger is currently responsible for the strategic development of the forwarder's air ...
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NewsNissen joins Billund Airport as market and route development manager
Denmark's Billund Airport (BLL) has appointed Kaspar Andreas Nissen into the role of market and route development manager, effective from March 1.Nissen's most recent position was air cargo specialist at Copenhagen Airport and prior to that, he held cargo roles at at SAS, Qatar Airways and Leman.Jesper Klausholm, head of ...
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Jacquet appointed interim CEO at Liege Airport after dismissal of Partoune
The Liege Airport board of directors has appointed Frédéric Jacquet as interim chief executive of the hub after the dismissal of Luc Partoune.The Liege Airport board of directors met on February 9 and decided to dismiss chief executive Luc Partoune with immediate effect.Reports allege that audits revealed several irregularities,which led ...
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BIFA urges forwarders to consider apprenticeship schemes
UK forwarder group BIFA has repeated its call for freight forwarding and logistics companies to consider recruiting apprentices.The group said that apprentice schemes have been cut back as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, but added that the industry needed to look to the future.One of BIFA's executive directors, Carl ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo teams up with Lemon Queen
Qatar Airways Cargo has selected Lemon Queen as its communications agency.The two companies have been working together on the airline's WeQare sustainability programme and will now look to expand the relationship.The partnership covers all aspects of Qatar Airways Cargo’s communications, both external and internal: strategy, creation, advertising, public and press ...
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NewsWarwick Brady takes CEO role at handler Swissport
Warwick BradySwissport International has appointed Warwick Brady as the company’s new president and chief executive.Brady will replace Christoph Mueller, who assumed the chief executive on an interim basis after he was appointed to the board of directors of Swissport in December of last year.Brady is currently the chief executive of ...
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NewsAir cargo heroes going not just the extra mile, but way beyond
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. The past year has been a real challenge – and air cargo executives around the world have often asked us, the freight publications, to help express their gratitude to those who have kept the world moving.So nine airfreight titles have suspended competitive concerns today ...