China Eastern Airlines’ (CEA) president Cao Jinxiong said recently that government shareholders in his company and Shanghai Airlines (SA) are discussing a merger of the two carriers, the Wall Street Journal reported. He said that the government plans to inject capital into CEA before merging it with SA, at which point the combined entity would consider a possible stake sale to Singapore Airlines. “Both [deals], with Shanghai Airlines and Singapore Airlines are possible. But for … [Read more...] about China: Possible China Eastern, Shanghai Air merger
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United Airlines
UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that Kathryn Mikells will be named senior vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Jake Brace, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who is retiring 1 November. In her new position, Mikells, who has held several leadership roles in the finance organisation, will be responsible for treasury, tax, the controller function, budgets, financial planning and analysis, accounting, … [Read more...] about United Airlines
Air Canada
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
DHL
DHL has announced the appointment of Hans Hickler as CEO for its Global Customer Solutions (GCS) organisation, responsible for the customer relationship management of the group’s largest customers worldwide. DHL, part of German global mail, express and logistics group Deutsche Post World Net, said Hickler would play a key role in continuing to maximise customer relationship management on a global scale. In addition to his new role, Hickler is also chairman of the DHL Global Commercial … [Read more...] about DHL
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
FreightScan
FreightScan, a leader in the development and deployment of innovative technology solutions for the freight and logistics industry, announced it has appointed Melih Sindel as VP of engineering for the company. Sindel will be responsible for all engineering and product development as FreightScan advances its suite of cargo scanning and security systems. Sindel brings more than 20 years of management and product development experience at leading technology companies. His areas of expertise … [Read more...] about FreightScan
