Chris Lewis

Chapman Freeborn appoints two

Chapman Freeborn has appointed Scott Collier as president – ACMI leasing to lead its new global ACMI department. He brings almost three decades of industry experience to the broker, from airline operations, commercial sectors and tour operating, to running his own successful aircraft leasing company. Chapman Freeborn has also appointed Claire Geary to the new position of group marketing director. She joins the business following two years as marketing director EMEA with ... [+]

Lufthansa adds freighter routes

Lufthansa Cargo is adding new freighter destinations to its short and medium-haul A321F freighter network from April. From 12 April there will be two weekly connections between Frankfurt and Larnaca, in a combined routing with Athens, and a weekly connection to Milan. By late summer, Lufthansa’s A321F fleet will be expanded ... [+]

Airport property firm launches first green warehouse

AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has submitted a planning application at its London Heathrow Radius Park campus, the first major renovation project to be financed under a £350 million sustainability-linked credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank.  It says it signals a new chapter in the fund’s strategy to deliver ... [+]

Young Forwarders hit a century

The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Young Forwarder Network (YFN) has reached a century of events, four years after its inception, with a tour of the DP World Southampton container terminal. Carl Hobbis, an executive director at BIFA, who has management responsibility for the trade association’s training and development services declared: ... [+]

Air France-KLM and CMA CGM join forces

Air France-KLM has signed the long-term strategic air cargo partnership with shipping and logistics operator CMA CGM Group announced in May 2022. With an initial duration of 10 years, the two companies will combine their cargo networks, full freighter capacity and dedicated services. The agreement has received all regulatory approvals, but ... [+]

SATS and WFS create global air cargo groundforce

Singapore-based airline catering firm SATS has completed its acquisition of global air cargo logistics handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for €1.3 billion (S$1.8bn), from Cerberus Capital Management. WFS becomes a fully owned subsidiary of SATS and will remain headquartered in Paris and operate as Worldwide Flight Services. Chief executive Craig Smyth ... [+]

New partner boosts Europa’s south German service

Europa Road has signed a partnership with Ulm -based Noerpel. It will allow the Dartford-based groupage operator to add a new daily round trip to the South of Germany. Operations director, Dan Cook, said: “Noerpel is a well-established, independent forwarding company with several platforms in the South of Germany.” He added that ... [+]

IAG appoints sales chief

IAG Cargo has appointed Camilo Garcia Cervera as chief sales and marketing officer. He brings over 20 years of experience in the air cargo industry, where he re-joins the business after four years at WebCargo by Freightos. In his new role he will shape IAG Cargo’s sales and marketing strategies, ... [+]

Port firm to boost science teaching

DP World has also made a £50,000 donation to a project to boost teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in local schools. The port operator is funding a Continuing Professional Development project at its London Gateway logistics hub as the latest instalment in an ongoing five-year programme of ... [+]

Irish Rail adds Mayo to freight network

Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) is to build a multimodal freight terminal at Castlebar, County Mayo. It will provide an alternative to local manufacturers to the terminal at Ballina, 23 miles away, terminus of Ireland’s only scheduled container train, from Dublin. Castlebar is on the branch to Westport, which already handles ... [+]

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