Royal Jordanian president/CEO Samer Majali has been elected incoming chairman of IATA's board of governors. Majali will assume the role of chairman of the board of governors, at the 64th general meeting in June 2008 until 2009. He has been a member at IATA's board of governors since May 2005. Majali is the fi rst airline CEO from the Arab world and the region to be elected chairman of IATA's board of governors since former CEO of Middle East Airlines Saleem Salam held that position between 1986 … [Read more...] about IATA

Martin Peter has been appointed vice president sales of Envirotainer, providers of active temperature-controlled air cargo containers and cold chain management specialists to the healthcare industry. Peter joined Envirotainer in 2002 from an international consultancy company. Prior to his new appointment, he was director of business development and marketing at Envirotainer. Peter is based in Zurich and reports to Thomas Persson, CEO of Envirotainer. … [Read more...] about Envirotainer

Air China has appointed Philip Chen Nan Lok as non-executive director with immediate effect, according to Cargonews Asia. Chen has been a director of Cathay Pacifi c Airways Limited since March 1997 and was appointed chief executive of Cathay in January 2005. He is also a director of John Swire & Sons (HK), Swire Pacifi c Ltd, and chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines. Chen joined John Swire & Sons Ltd group in 1977 and in addition to Hong Kong has worked with the group in China and … [Read more...] about Air China

TNT Express has appointed Mohannad Khayyat as its country general manager in Kuwait. Jordanian Khayyat, who has held various senior level sales positions in the industry for over a decade, takes up his new role following two and a half years as Area Sales Manager within the logistics sector in Saudi Arabia. In another appointment, TNT Express promoted Chris Spanjaard to director of operations, Southeast Asia. Spanjaard previously worked for TNT’s European mail network and helped establish … [Read more...] about TNT Express

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) announced changes to its management team yesterday, including the appointment of Shahari Sulaiman as the new managing director of Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd effective September 1, replacing J J Ong, who holds the current post. Ong is leaving MAS to become managing director and chief executive offi cer of a Chinese-owned real estate company. Tajuden Abu Bakar will be the new operations director, replacing Peter Read, who will return to the UK. … [Read more...] about MAS Cargo