NWA Cargo has named Tim Strauss vice president – Asia & Europe. Strauss is responsible for sales, operations, and space control activities for NWA Cargo in Asia and Europe, reporting to Jim Friedel, president of NWA Cargo and senior vice president-Pacifi c. In addition, Strauss retains global responsibility for postal affairs. Strauss joined NWA Cargo in 2001 as vice president for global operations. Prior to joining NWA Cargo, Strauss held key management positions of increasing … [Read more...] about NWA Cargo

With just fi ve months to go before the 13th edition of Air Freight Asia (AFA) opens its doors at the AsiaWorld-Expo facilities in Hong Kong as part of the much larger Asian Aerospace 2007 Expo & Congress, space bookings for the Exhibition have already exceeded those of last year’s event in Shanghai. Meanwhile, interest in the Conference is encouraging as several senior executives from the air cargo industry have confi rmed their attendance as speakers. AFA2007 is set to confi rm … [Read more...] about Interest in AFA2007 shows industry is heading North

Menzies Aviation subsidiary, AMI,has signed a conditional agreement to acquire Universal Air Cargo (UAC). Headquartered in London, the combined business will have offi ce locations in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Shanghai, and a joint venture operationin Hong Kong. AMI director Peter Weir said that this acquisition will provide the joint customer base with a range of cost … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Menzies to purchase Universal Air Cargo

Royal Jordanian Cargo has appointedGlobe Air Cargo as its generalsales agent (GSA) in Switzerland. Theappointment is the latest in a seriesof changes in Royal Jordanian's cargocommercial organisation. Royal Jordanianhas three weekly flights to Genevaand Zurich, offering the only directconnection between the Kingdom ofJordan and Switzerland. Geoffrey Weston, RJ's vice president¨C Cargo, said that recent cargo loadsfor Royal Jordanian are significantlyabove 2006, following changes in … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: RJ partners with Globe Air Cargo

Etihad will not decide on purchasingwide-body freighters until plans forthe new cargo facilities at Abu Dhabiairport are finalised, according toSandra Taglieber, cargo spokespersonfor the airline. The carrier has been considering both the 777-200LRF and the A330freighter, but Taglieber says a decisionwill not be reached anytime soon. "Itis not a priority right now. It has to gohand in hand with the plans for the newairport, as we can only add cargo capacityif we have the facilities to … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: Etihad freighter decision delayed