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AS THE International Air Cargo Association(TIACA)heldits25thAir Cargo Forumin Amsterdamearlier this month (November),
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association’s current chairman Ulrich Ogiermann, president and CEO of all-cargo carrier Cargolux, was absent. OgiermannandCargolux senior
vice president marketing Robert van der Weg have found themselves embroiled in the investigations being carried out by competition authorities around the globe. The two Cargolux executives have been
Ogiermann
CargoluxCEOsteps down to battle price-fix charge On 11 November, Ogiermann
stepped down fromhis position as president and CEO at Cargolux to assume a position as senior advisor to the company. Frank Reimen, currently a
governmentadviser inLuxembourg, will take over as president and CEO on 1 January. Cargolux said the decision had
been reached jointlywith its board and Ogiermann would now have
more time to prepare his defence. To date, a total of 18 airlines and 14
indicted by a grand jury inMiami on charges ofconspiringtofix surchargeratesonaircargo shipments to and fromtheUS.
executives have been charged by the US Departmentof Justice(DoJ) inactions relating to alleged conspiracy to fix fuel, security and other surcharges.
IN BRIEF
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL airportwelcomed the inaugural flight ofMoscow- basedTransaero Airlines into the Florida gateway on 27 October. The airline’s B777 flight represents the only direct air connection between Miami and Russia.
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