Warren Christie has been appointed senior vice president, safety, security and air operations, adding flight operations to his responsibilities. A pilot himself, Christie has significant flight experience, from his first role at JetBlue as instructor pilot through to his most recent role, which included overseeing the airline’s training facility, JetBlue University. Christie has almost 30 years of aviation experience having served as a naval aviator before joining JetBlue in 2003. Christie most recently served as senior vice president, safety, security and training. He continues to report to Jeff Martin, JetBlue’s executive vice president, operations.
Glenn Cusano has been appointed senior vice president, finance and treasury, reporting to Steve Priest, chief financial officer. In this new role, Cusano is responsible for treasury and fuel, financial planning and analysis, structural programs, and risk management functions. A certified public accountant (CPA), Cusano joined JetBlue in 2003 and held several finance positions with increasing responsibility, including vice president roles for audit and for financial planning and analysis. In 2014, Cusano moved to the commercial and planning team to take on his most recent role, vice president, operational planning and analysis. In his new position, Cusano will be central to helping the airline achieve its structural cost targets.
Ian Deason has been appointed senior vice president, airports experience, expanding his responsibilities on the senior leadership team. Leading the operations for the airline’s largest workgroup, Deason is responsible for delivering JetBlue’s innovative customer experience in the airport environment and furthering its on-time performance program. He will also work closely with the leadership team to significantly improve efficiencies as part of the airline’s structural cost plans. He joined JetBlue in 2006 and has held several commercial and operational roles. Deason most recently served as vice president, airports experience where he grew the airport footprint to 100 cities while achieving industry-leading safety performance. He continues to report to Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s executive vice president, customer experience.
Marc Esposito has been appointed vice president, crew and values relations taking on an expanded role that brings together two areas focused on engaging with the airline’s 20,000-plus crewmembers. Esposito joined JetBlue in 2014 in his most recent role of vice president, values relations and will maintain responsibility for labor and values relations strategy in his new role. He continues to report to Mike Elliott, JetBlue’s executive vice president, people.
Tracy Lawlor has been appointed vice president, strategy and business development, reporting to Robin Hayes, JetBlue’s president and chief executive officer. In this new role, Lawlor leads the airline-wide, long-term business planning process that will position JetBlue to achieve its financial, operational, customer and culture goals. Additionally, she is responsible for driving enhanced earnings by extending and building on the strong JetBlue brand with several strategic development initiatives. Lawlor joined JetBlue in 2001 and has held a number of financial roles, including her most recent position as vice president, financial planning and analysis.
Rachel McCarthy has been appointed senior vice president, talent and learning, adding responsibility for JetBlue University to her portfolio. McCarthy’s experience in her talent role, and previously in operations as vice president, inflight experience, will help JetBlue maintain its industry-leading training center as well as build on its hospitality training program for all customer-facing workgroups. McCarthy joined JetBlue in 2009 and has held commercial, corporate and operational roles, including her most recent position as vice president, talent. She continues to report to Mike Elliott.
Mike Parkinson has been appointed vice president, airports focus cities. In this new role, Parkinson oversees the airport operations in JetBlue’s focus cities. He is an airline industry veteran with 37 years of airport operational experience with Northwest Airlines and JetBlue. Shortly after joining JetBlue in 2003, Parkinson opened the New York-LaGuardia and Newark stations. He has held several operational roles since then, including his most recent position as director, JFK airports operations. Parkinson continues to report to Ian Deason.
Lisa Reifer has been appointed vice president, infrastructure, properties and development, reporting to Steve Priest. In this role, she is responsible for managing all of JetBlue’s real estate assets, including long-term airport planning and development, design and construction, and facilities planning. Reifer joined JetBlue in 2004 as corporate real estate counsel and has held leadership positions in airports affairs and finance. She has served in her most recent role as director, commercial development and strategy since 2014.
GötzAhmelmann returns to airberlin from Etihad Airways where, since 2015, he successfully implemented projects among the European Etihad Airways Partners. He will contribute his valuable international commercial experience to further the future growth of airberlin as a network carrier.
Thomas Winkelmann, Chief Executive Officer for airberlin, said, “Götz has a proven track record with many years of experience in the commercial field. As he returns to Germany, he can utilize his existing knowledge and experience of working at airberlin to make changes swiftly.”
Götz joinedairberlin on 1st March. On the same date, Julio Rodriguez takes up the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with NIKI. As previously announced, from the summer 2017 season, NIKI will take over airberlin’s transport agreements relating to certain leisure destinations in Southern Europe as well as North Africa and Turkey. airberlin has agreed to sell the shares it indirectly holds in NIKI to Etihad Airways, which will in turn contribute it to a new airline group to be established with TUI AG.
Luzius Wirth is to become chief executive UK and Ireland at handler Swissport from 1 June, following the early retirement of Tommy Watt.
Wirth, who will retain his role as executive vice president group services, joined Swissport in 2012. His new tasks will include further developing and expanding the regional organisation.
Tommy Watt will retire from his daily activities by the end of July 2017, having held a number of senior managerial positions in the ground handling industry over the past 40 years. He joined Swissport following the acquisition of Servisair in 2013 and oversaw the successful integration of the two companies.
Tommy Watt commented, “I’m incredibly grateful to the industry for all the opportunities given to me since I started out my career nearly 41 years ago. Now, I’m looking forward to a relaxed retirement. I am very pleased to be leaving the responsibility for the UK & Ireland business in very good hands.”
In his 22 years with Dupré, the company has experienced exponential growth. Doug Place’s oversight of all financial and accounting activities as well as the Dupré’s corporate infrastructure have greatly impacted the company’s growth in the last 20 years and positioned it for continued expansion.
Place joined the company in 1994 as Chief Financial Officer. Recently, Place has been closely involved in developing Dupré’s long-term strategic vision and identifying growth markets while maintaining the focus on cost control, customer service and Dupré’s “Ideal Place to Work” employee program.
Dupré Logistics Chief Executive Officer Reggie Dupré commented, “Doug Place was the best CFO anyone could hope for. He is a strategic thinker, intelligent, compassionate, loyal, and gives solid recommendations. Doug is a builder. He built a very strong balance sheet, built strong relationships with our strategic partners, and coached many people in their professional development including me.” He continued, “My family and our team will miss Doug for all that he has given to us, but, he has helped prepare the company for a successful future.”
On his retirement Place wrote, “I have appreciated the opportunity to help guide the growth and development of Dupre Logistics into the great company it is today. I look forward to seeing my successors continue the growth of our company.” Place continued, “I have confidence that the team in place will take Dupré beyond the high expectations of our vision for the future.”
He is currently a member of the board and immediate past Co-Chair of the Infrastructure Committee of 1Acadiana. Place also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the I-49 Coalition and as Treasurer of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA). He previously served as LMTA President and as the VP of Administration and a Board Member for the Boy Scouts of America Evangeline Area Council. Place is also a member of the Rotary Club of Lafayette.
Prior to joining Dupré, Place had twenty years of prior experience holding executive positions with Arthur Andersen, Miss Win and Lou Ana Foods. Place is a graduate of Mississippi State University, holding a MBA and a Bachelor of Science- Business Statistics and Data Processing from the University.
Dr Alexis von Hoensbroech has been appointed Board Member Products & Sales of Lufthansa Cargo AG for a further five years. The company’s Supervisory Board extended his contract early and unanimously until 30 November, 2022. As part of corporate-wide restructuring, von Hoensbroech had re-positioned his department at the start of the year to increase efficiency and ensure even greater flexibility and closer customer relations.
Von Hoensbroech has been working for the Group since 2005 and has been a member of the Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG since December 2014.
The 46 year-old was previously Commercial Manager Frankfurt of Lufthansa Passage and was responsible there for network planning, booking control and commercial management of the passenger business at the airline’s largest hub.
TraxoncargoHUB is CHAMP’s fully automated host-to-host communication product that links more than 100 airlines with approximately 3,000 forwarders, general sales agents (GSAs), ground handling agents (GHAs) and shippers.
CargoIT is connected to TraxoncargoHUB using IATA Cargo-XML version 3.0, which represents what the former believes represents the latest standards in “unified air cargo communication”.
Integration was completed “in a matter of days”, informed Joel Winninge, CargoIT’s chief operating officer.
“Bringing CargoIT into the CHAMP family of trusted partners has been nothing short of ideal,” added Edward Dorr, director community integration services at CHAMP Cargosystems.
“Cooperating with a growing, dynamic and technically savvy client ensures that our services are being used to their full potential,” he continued.
Cargo iQ has appointed SGS to take on its member Audit and Certification Scheme, working with external auditors for the first time.
Members will be audited to demonstrate, through certification, that their processes and services are compliant with quality standards for the worldwide air cargo industry, as created and implemented by the Cargo iQ membership.
Over 30 SGS offices will be involved in the process, which will kick off in June, with each audit including a desk review and a two-day on-site visit.
Members have previously been audited internally, by the Cargo iQ’s own Management Team.
“It makes a difference that we now have external validation, and an external auditor, allowing us to be more objective in regards to the criteria,” said Ariaen Zimmerman, Executive Director, Cargo iQ.
“We had to re-evaluate all criteria to ensure there was no room for misinterpretation.
“The criteria will have to be met in an objective manner that satisfies an external auditing company.
Cargo iQ is planning for all members to be audited under the new scheme within three years.
“There will be adjustments, but overall the criteria are well known to the membership, and will be logical extensions of the standards they are accustomed to, and have come to expect,” said Zimmerman.
SGS will provide Cargo iQ members with support and guidance on how to comply with the audit scheme, so that they can maximize the benefits they have from passing it.
“We will audit Cargo iQ members and take samples of their process steps to ensure that they comply with the scheme rules,” said Jeff Dowson, Global Head International Sales and Accounts, SGS.
“Working as an extension of the Cargo iQ team, we will help them monitor the scheme and ensure that it is practical and effective, with local auditors carrying out site visits.
“Members receive a verification of their compliance to the scheme, boosting confidence in its compliance level.”
Cargo iQ’s new Audit scheme is part of a series on initiatives aimed at improving the value Cargo iQ delivers to its members and to the global air cargo community.
To successfully manage the synchronised and coordinated implementation of Air Traffic Management Modernisation in Europe, SESAR Deployment Manager engages with a wide range of stakeholders within the aviation community.
Through several Cooperative Arrangements, SESAR Deployment Manager has already established strong relations with key partners such as: the SESAR Joint Undertaking, the European Defence Agency, National Supervisory Authorities, EUROCAE and the Network Manager since its start of activity in 2015.
Now, a step further is taken with the implementation of Memoranda of Understanding with all the Manufacturers having expressed their interest to cooperate with SESAR Deployment Manager as result of the call published in March 2016.
SESAR Deployment Manager’s cooperation with the Manufacturing Industry plays an important role in the overall Pilot Common Project implementation by helping to connect better the industrialisation phase to both the research & development and deployment phases.
Jettainer, the leading international service partner for outsourced ULD management, presented its new claim at the IATA World Cargo Symposium. Starting from now, the company name will be followed by the additional phrasing ‘Smart • ULD • Pooling • People’. With this, Jettainer emphasizes that the Unit Load Devices (ULDs) themselves as well as their global management (pooling) through smart and intelligent solutions are visionary. The employees are also an integral part of the claim, because despite all digital means, they represent the company’s most important resource.
Currently, especially the ULDs themselves are fitted with an increasing amount of digital technology in order to transmit a constant stream of information regarding their position, status or even temperature. Jettainer closely cooperates with Lufthansa Industry Solutions on the development of these smart ULDs. The improvement of the management software as well as its usability on a wide range of mobile devices have helped to make the processes faster and more efficient. The IT systems also profit from the additional data of the smart ULDs, since they use it to learn how management or maintenance processes can be further improved.
“Increases in efficiency in ULD management are the best arguments for our clients. That’s why we have invested in new technologies early on and consequently developed them. We aim to mirror these developments in our new claim, which emphasizes that we combine smart technology with the know-how of our experienced employees,” said Martin Kraemer, Head of Marketing & PR at Jettainer, at the unveiling of the new claims in Abu Dhabi.
Unisys Corporation recently launched Digistics™ by Unisys, a holistic and integrated cargo logistics solution that allows carriers to streamline freight management and improve their operational efficiencies. Digistics enables air carriers to choose from a comprehensive suite of offerings or select the specific cargo services they need, including inventory management, booking, invoicing, and accounting. The system features cross-platform analytics allowing carriers to view past, present and forecast data for enhanced operations.
Digistics is a data-driven system that automatically records each transport and delivery checkpoint in the air cargo value chain. This provides airlines with real-time visibility of their shipments and gives carriers the ability to track and trace high-value products quickly and efficiently for an improved end user experience.
“Digistics is a business led solution for the air cargo industry that features a modern cloud-based architecture that allows any carrier to easily adapt the solution within their own enterprise system,” said DheerajKohli, vice president and global head of Travel and Transportation for Unisys.
Available globally, Digistics includes Unisys’ key cargo offerings, including the logistics management system (LMS), cargo revenue accounting (CRA) and cargo portal services (CPS), as well as additional value-added services such as mobility, RFID and analytics. The integrated cloud solution enables pay-for-use billing for reduced costs, as well as fast implementation and regular enhancements based on feedback from Unisys’ active cargo user group community – providing optimal performance for carriers.
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