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Spohr to stay on as Lufthansa CEO
Carsten Spohr is to remain in his post as chief executive of Deutsche Lufthansa for another five-year term.The group’s supervisory board has extended SPohr’s contract through December 2023. He has been a member of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa since 2011 and its chief executive since 2014.The board’s chairman, ...
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Benschop to replace Nijhuis as CEO of Schiphol
Royal Schiphol Group has appointed Dick Benschop as its new chief executive effective May 1, when Jos Nijhuis will retire from his role as head of the airport.Benschop said: “Schiphol is a special place and wonderful company that I have worked for previously. I am really looking forward to the ...
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UPS names Barber as new chief operating officer
UPS has appointed Jim Barber as its new chief operating officer.Barber will assume responsibility for the company’s global small package, freight, supply chain and freight forwarding units and engineering.Also, Nando Cesarone has been named international president, replacing Barber and joining UPS’s management committee.Barber has served as president of UPS International ...
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UK freight forwarders back apprenticeship programme
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is hoping a freight forwarding apprenticeship programme will be approved by the UK's apprenticeship institute.BIFA has been supporting a "trailblazer group" of employers from the freight and logistics sector, which was given the green light by the UK Department for Education to develop a ...
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Kerr takes over as head of CLA as Grishin leaves the company
David Kerr has now officially taken over as the head of Stansted-based freighter operator CargoLogicAir.Kerr started his role as chief executive on January 1 but has taken over all responsibilities from Dmitry Grishin, who has now left the company.CLA said Grishin “successfully led the establishment and launch of CargoLogicAir as ...
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Crane Worldwide Logistics expands time critical team
Crane Worldwide Logistics has expanded its time critical team with two new appointments in the UK.Joining the Crane Worldwide Logistics team in the UK are Rashpal Deol with 20 years’ experience in the freight industry specialising in aerospace operations such as charter, on-board courier & aircraft on the ground logistical ...
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Air Partner appoints new freight charter sales manager for France
Air Partner has appointed Romain Vasset as freight charter sales manager for the French market.Before joining Air Partner, Vasset gained experience within the aviation and charter industry at PRO SKY as a project manager and at Evolution Jet International as an account manager. Other roles include assistant to the global ...
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Finnair Cargo, playing it cool
Finnair Cargo managing director Janne Tarvainen’s 24 years at the airline have seen him occupy a wide variety of roles.He began his career at Finnair in 1994 employed — via GE Aircraft Engines — in a technical role.Initially, he had plans to become a pilot after completing his military service ...
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Berger joins ATSG as chief commercial officer
US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has hired Mike Berger as chief commercial officer.Berger will assume responsibility for the sales and marketing strategy and execution for the ATSG family of companies, and will also be president of Airborne Global Solutions, ATSG’s commercial and consulting enterprise responsible for selling ...
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SkyCell appoints new chief commercial officer
Temp-controlled container provider Skycell has appointed Marrie Groeneveld as chief commercial officer, effective February 1.Groeneveld has a 30 years track record in the contract logistics and healthcare supply chain industry with companies like, DHL, UPS, Movianto and Expeditors.“Marrie is a natural choice for the new commercial leadership of SkyCell, as ...
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Schiphol to merge cargo department with aviation marketing
Schiphol Airport is combining its cargo department with aviation marketing, with the current head of the freight business moving onto another role.Maaike van der Windt will head up the new Aviation Marketing and Cargo Division from its launch on 1 April 2018.Jonas van Stekelenburg, who has headed up Schiphol Cargo ...
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BACA appoints Nick Weston to position of deputy chairman
Nick Weston, chief executive of UK-based Weston Aviation, has been elected to the position of deputy chairman of BACA – the Worldwide Association of Air Charter Professionals, the world’s largest air charter organisation.He is to share the role of deputy chairman with Volker Meissner of ARGUS International during what BACA ...
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Alexis Labonne becomes Hermes CTO ahead of H5 rollout
UK-based Hermes Logistics Technologies has named Alexis Labonne chief technology officer ahead of the rollout of Hermes 5 (H5), the latest version of its cargo management system, this year.Labonne takes over the role from Oded Lavee, heading up a team of air cargo technical experts working to harness Cloud services, ...
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SEKO Logistics gets set for ambitious expansion
Chicago-headquartered SEKO Logistics is forging ahead with its expansion plans: growing its network, adding partners, making acquisitions – and altering its leadership.William Wascher has become chairman while James Gagne takes on the role of chief executive alongside his existing position as president.Gagne said: “We are continuing to focus on organic ...
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Frank Van Gelder appointed Pharma.Aero secretary general
Collaborative pharmaceuticals platform Pharma.Aero has appointed Frank Van Gelder to the post of secretary general.He said: “The dynamism and support we see from many different stakeholders, strengthen the [belief] we can really make a difference in the supply chain of life science products in airfreight. We can only do this ...
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Shawn Richard takes on newly-created air cargo role at SEKO
SEKO Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard vice president global airfreight – a new position set up in response to increasing demand driven by booming cross-border e-commerce.Chief commercial officer, Americas, Terry Unrein, said: “SEKO’s roots are in airfreight but the real significance today is how it is driving the growth of ...
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CEVA appoints new managing director for UK, Ireland and Nordics
CEVA Logistics has appointed Eddie Aston to the position of managing director, UK, Ireland and Nordics (UKIN).Aston joins CEVA from Northgate, the commercial van hire and leasing organisation, where he was UK managing director.Said Aston: "Driving growth further is my key priority, and having been away from logistics for a ...
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FedEx's Binks to retire in June
David Binks, FedEx Express Europe president and chief executive of TNT, will retire in June to be succeeded by Bert Nappier, currently FedEx Express senior vice president of finance - international.Binks, who started with FedEx in 1983 as part of an acquisition in the UK, rose through the ranks, leading ...
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Unilode pursues a global growth agenda
Unilode Aviation Solutions is looking to expand its global footprint and is also focused on extracting more value from its asset fleet of 120,000 unit load devices (ULDs).Benoît Dumont is chief executive of Unilode, which changed its name from CHEP Aerospace Solutions in February 2017 after it was sold in ...
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Etihad's Fordree moves to Menzies
Robert Fordree has rejoined Menzies Aviation as vice president-cargo development, to oversee the development and growth of the company’s cargo handling business.The 27 year aviation industry veteran joins from Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi, where he transferred to in 2011 to take responsibility for the global cargo network as well ...