air cargo business

LATAM Cargo Brazil names new vice president

by Payload Asia

LATAM Airlines Group has appointed Otávio Meneguette as vice president of LATAM Cargo Brazil. He will be responsible for leading the company's air cargo business strategy in the Brazilian market.  He will replace Diogo Elias, who has been promoted to sales and marketing director for LATAM Airlines Brazil.  Otávio joined LATAM Airlines Group in 2015, initially working in cargo planning and commercial areas. Since 2019, he had been LATAM Cargo Brazil’s VP for operations.  Otávio has a … [Read more...] about LATAM Cargo Brazil names new vice president

THAILAND: ‘Merchant of Death’ extradition rejected

by Payload Asia

Thailand’s government has said it will appeal against a Thai court’s decision rejecting a US request for the extradition of Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout. Bout, who has been dubbed the “Merchant of Death”, has been fighting extradition since his March 2008 arrest in Bangkok while allegedly agreeing to supply missiles to Colombian rebels via his air cargo business. A Bangkok court on Tuesday said that it did not have the authority to order the … [Read more...] about THAILAND: ‘Merchant of Death’ extradition rejected

An extraordinary quarter century

by Payload Asia

What an extraordinary year for air cargo was 1984, the year that Payload Asia was launched. Picture the air freight world as it was then. Reeling from the deregulation of the US airline industry in 1977, and the rise of FedEx and UPS, the US carriers were taking the revolutionary step of abandoning their freighter fleets. FedEx and UPS themselves were just taking their first tentative steps outside the US, settingup their first hubs in Europe. In Asia, freighter fleets were in their infancy: … [Read more...] about An extraordinary quarter century