Air Canada has announced the president and chief executive officer of Air Canada Cargo, Claude Morin is its new vice president, Global Sales. Morin succeeds Marc Rosenberg, vice president, Sales and Product Distribution, who will be retiring fromAir Canada this year. … [Read more...] about Air Canada
Carriers
United Airlines
UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that Donald Dillman has been named vice president of Operations Control. In this position, Dillman will oversee United’s Operations Control Center and have responsibility for decisions affecting more than 1,600 daily mainline flights. He will have operational management responsibilities for flight dispatch, system controllers, aircraft routers, maintenance workload planners, air traffic control … [Read more...] about United Airlines
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways has appointed Geoff Rhodes as the airline’s manager for Russia. The Abu Dhabi-based airline starts flights to Moscow on 1 December and Rhodes will be responsible for managing Etihad’s commercial operations across the Russian market. Rhodes has more than 40 years of experience in civil aviation in 30 countries worldwide and first joined Etihad in 2006 when he was responsible for setting up the airline’s commercial operations in the Philippines and Indonesia. … [Read more...] about Etihad Airways
Flyington Freighters
CEO Robert Strodel of Indian cargo newcomer Flyington Freighters has left the carrier. He was appointed CEO October 2007 to get the Hyderabad-based airline off the ground. However, due to rising fuel prices and the delayed delivery of the ordered 12 Airbus A300-200 freighters the airline’s owner Deccan has reduced their support notably during recent months and without a clear strategy, an exodus of leading managers took place. Parallel to Strodel’s departure the VP maintenance and … [Read more...] about Flyington Freighters
Martinair
Netherlands-based Martinair is to expand its cargo capacity from Colombo and Ecuador, with one additional flight each week from Bogotá and Quito to Europe to meet the increasing needs ofthose countries’ flower export markets. … [Read more...] about Martinair
Airbus
Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy said the manufacturer has agreed to sell 280 additional aircraft to Chinese airlines. He was in Tianjin to mark the opening of the newest A320 Family Final Assembly Line. Leahy said as many as 160 of the new aircraft orders could be approved by Beijing and officially announced by year end. Th ey will help Airbus tally about 850 total orders for2008, he added. … [Read more...] about Airbus
