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Air Cargo News’ Top 10 most read in 2020
It’s fair to say that last year was a year like no other for the airfreight industry.Yet, as ever, the Air Cargo News was happy to keep you up-to-date with the latest news — the good, the bad and the unprecedented.And our reader numbers continue to rise, with pages read ...
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NewsSchiphol restructures cargo team again
Patricia VitalisAmsterdam Airport Schiphol has announced further changes within its cargo team.From March 1, the cargo department will form part of the new Airline and Cargo Partnerships team and become part of the new Aviation Business Development Division.The Aviation Business Development Division will in turn become part of the Airport ...
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NewsEling takes the top job at Dachser
Burkhard ElingBurkhard Eling is the new chief executive at German logistics operator Dachser in several executive board changes to welcome the next generation of senior management.Eling succeeds Bernhard Simon, who will take over as chairman of the supervisory board of the family-owned company in mid-2021. Also moving to the supervisory ...
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NewsAir Charter Service appoints Fisher in the US
Air Charter Service has appointed Chris Fisher as business development director in the US.He has 30 years of experience in the aviation industry and will work primarily with the airfreight charter broker’s team based in New York.Fisher began his career in aviation logistics in the US Navy before moving into ...
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NewsBhat scoops chief commercial officer role at Lufthansa Cargo
Ashwin Bhat will take over as Lufthansa Cargo's chief commercial officer and member of the executive board for the carrier's product and sales division.The 51-year-old will take over the position on March 1 from of Dorothea von Boxberg, who will become chairwoman of the executive board and Lufthansa Cargo chief ...
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British Airways' UK cargo handlers set to strike over Christmas
Cargo workers at British Airways (BA) have voted in favour of strike action over changes to pay and conditions.The cargo handler members of union Unite voted 98% in favour of taking strike action over nine days starting on Christmas day and finishing on January 2.The union represents in the region ...
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New Frankfurt Air Cargo Community board revealed
LUG aircargo handling managing director Patrik Tschirch will replace Harald Gloy as chair of the Frankfurt Air Cargo Community Executive Board.Meanwhile, Susanne Klingler-Werner and Pierre Dominique Prümm have been elected to the committee for the first time.Michael Hoppe, who is secretary general at airline group Barig and who represents the ...
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NewsNew VPs at freight payment platform PayCargo
Marta E Ramirez and Ken NiezeOnline freight payment platform PayCargo has appointed two new vice presidents (VP) to its senior management team, Marta E Ramirez and Ken Nieze.Ramirez is the new global VP, human resources, based at PayCargo’s Florida headquarters, with Ken Nieze appointed VP of sales, west coast, based ...
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NewsPilot Freight Services names newest board member
Logistics provider Pilot Freight Services has appointed Teresa M Finley to its board of directors.Finley currently serves as a senior advisor to Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, where she provides transportation and logistics expertise.Finley has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and most recently ...
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NewsSAS Cargo appoints new CEO as it steps up digitisation
SAS Cargo has appointed Max Knagge, former head of US sales at the company, to the role of chief executive of cargo.Knagge succeeds Leif Rasmussen, who is leaving the company after 38 years of service.Kjetil Håbjørg, executive vice president and and chief services officer at SAS, commented: "I am impressed ...
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NewsAirforwarders Association names new board member
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has appointed Shawn Richard (pictured), vice president of global airfreight at SEKO Logistics, to its board of directors.Richard's appointment follows the association electing new board members for the upcoming 2021-2024 term of office.Richard joined SEKO Logistics in early 2018 and has 30 years of experience in ...
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ABX Air reaches tentative agreement with pilot unions
ABX Air has reached a tentative agreement to amend the collective bargaining agreement with its pilot group, currently numbering more than 230 flight crew members.ABX Air’s pilots are represented by the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224 (IBT).The tentative agreement would extend for six years ...
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NewsDelta appoints VP cargo
Rob Walpole, VP Delta Cargo. Source Delta CargoDelta has appointed a new vice president of cargo as it moves its airfreight business to sit on its commercial business portfolio.Shawn Cole, who was formerly vice president of cargo, has been appointed into the newly-created role of vice president of global sales.Delta ...
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Air Canada names Berry as VP cargo
Air Canada has named Jason Berry as its new vice president of cargo, effective from January next year.In his new role, Berry — who was previously president at Alaska Airlines' subsidiary McGee Air Services — will report to Lucie Guillemette, executive vice president and chief commercial officer.Before his role at ...
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TIACA bids farewell to Vladimir Zubkov
TIACA has bidded farewell to Vladimir Zubkov, who served as secretary general from January 2017 to August 2020 and special advisor to the board on industry affairs since September 2020.Zubkov, who has more than 40 years of experience in the industry, joined TIACA in 2011 as board member and chair ...
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De Juniac to step down as IATA leader
IATA governors are to recommend former IAG chief executive Willie Walsh as its new director general after Alexandre de Juniac announced his decision to step down from the role at the end of March next year.Former Air France-KLM chief de Juniac has served as director general of IATA since succeeding ...
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Scholte takes CEO role at Kales
Sebastiaan Scholte has been appointed as the new chief executive of GSSA the Kales Group.Scholte, who was previously chief executive of road feeder company Jan de Rijk Logistics, takes over from Dirk Hazenoot who decided to step down after having worked for almost 20 years for the company, of which ...
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NewsPeter Gerber to leave Lufthansa Cargo top job
Peter Gerber and Dorothea von BoxbergIn a year of change for the air cargo industry, Peter Gerber will leave the position of chief executive of Lufthansa Cargo to take over at Brussels Airlines.Gerber will take over as chief executive of the Belgian airline, which is owned by Lufthansa, on March ...
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NewsIAG Cargo facilitates Diwali celebration with movement of festive goods
IAG Cargo has carried out a special delivery on behalf of a customer working in India who was unable to spend Diwali with his London-based family, due to work commitments and Covid-19 restrictions.The carrier enabled Ashish Asaf, who works at logistics firm S.A Group — an IAG cargo customer — ...
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IATA's Hughes to take director general role at TIACA
IATA's current head of cargo Glyn Hughes will take up the newly created role of director general at TIACA, from February next year.In his new role, he will manage the team, work with the board of directors, the members and industry partners to establish and implement TIACA's vision and strategic ...