FedEx Express has announced the promotions of Hamdi Osman to senior vice president of the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and Africa, and Jacques Creeten to vice president of India. Osman began his employment at FedEx in 1978 as a truck washer. Following several positions in the US, Osman moved to the Middle East in 1991, where he became managing director for the Middle East and Indian subcontinent region. In 1997 he became vice president, operations, Middle East, Indian subcontinent and … [Read more...] about FedEx Express EMEA
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Traxon Europe
Wolfgang Michler has been named as the new head of the projects department at Traxon Europe. He joins Traxon from Lufthansa Cargo. Since joining the company in October 2006, his new responsibilities include planning, implementing and controlling the company's major strategic projects. At Lufthansa Cargo Michler played a key role, for instance, in process and IT development for the implementation of "time definite services", in outsourcing Lufthansa's ULD management, as well … [Read more...] about Traxon Europe
British Airways World Cargo
British Airways World Cargo has announced the appointment of Steve Gunning as managing director, with effect from 2 April 2007. The appointment follows the promotion of previous managing director, Gareth Kirkwood, to director of operations at British Airways. Gunning currently serves BAWC as head of internal control. … [Read more...] about British Airways World Cargo
Gulf Air
Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman, has named Swiss citizen Andr¨¦ Dos¨¦ as its new chief executive officer. Dos¨¦, an airline industry veteran with more than 30 years experience in the aviation business, will take office on April 1. Following a pilot training in the US, Dos¨¦ became a pilot for Crossair, then filled a number of management positions including chief executive officer for this regional airline. After the collapse of … [Read more...] about Gulf Air
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines' subsidiary Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) said that its president and chief executive, Ng Chin Hwee will soon leave the company to take up a senior position at SIA. SATS said Ng will be promoted to his, as yet undisclosed, new position, in due course. It added that a search committee had started to look for a successor to Ng, who will stay in his current position until his replacement has been found. During his tenure as SATS CEO, Ng has spearheaded the … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines
DHL Global Forwarding strengthens business in China
As the first foreign operator in the world, Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL Global Forwarding has been given the right to transport airfreight shipments within China with immediate effect. Heiner Siegmund reports. As a precondition, the China Air Transport Association (CATA) granted a number of licenses to the forwarder in order to manage domestic cargo flows between 17 Chinese cities. Among them are Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Xiamen, to name just a few. "We are following a … [Read more...] about DHL Global Forwarding strengthens business in China