News&People Atlas delighted with transformation


DELTA AIRLINES flew 210.7 million cargo ton-miles in July, up by 3.7 percent over the same month of 2011. During the January - July period it flew 1.38 billion cargo ton-miles, an increase of 0.1 percent year-on-year.


AIRASIA has opened the doors to its new regional base, AirAsia asean, in Jakarta. Group CEO Tony Fernandes will be based at the AirAsia asean office.


FLORIDA’S ORLANDO International airport handled 10 per- cent less cargo in June than in the same month of 2011.


TURKISH LOW-COST carrier Pegasus Airlines is to add the Georgian town of Batumi and the Polish city of Lviv to its net- work in October. Both cities will be served four times a week.


“EARNINGS in the second quarter of 2012 were driven by the strength and resilience of our business model, as well as our ability to leverage the scale and efficiencies inherent in our operations,” explains William Flynn, president and CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW), parent company of Atlas Air and Titan Aviation Leasing and the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo. AAWW’s revenue reached


US$424.7 million, also up signficantly on the same three months of 2011. Flynn commented: “Our new 747-8F aircraft, which are


providing efficient, wide-body, long-haul cargo service for our customers, supported volumes and profitability in our core ACMI (aircraft, crew, mainte- nance and insurance) business during the quarter.” Atlas’s commercial charter


business also saw increased volumes and profitability, which – the company said – reflected both the scale and flexibility of its operations. The retirement of older


B747-200 freighters also eased the company’s cost burden. “During the past several


years, we have significantly transformed our business model,” Flynn declared.


“We have aggressively man-


aged and modernised our fleet, developed and grown our express network ACMI service for DHL Express, and added our new 747-8F aircraft.


“Together, our transformed


business model and our initia- tives are enabling us to generate additional earnings and cash flow while maintain- ing a solid balance sheet.”


Arrivals & Departures


■ Cargolux senior vice presi- dent and chief financial officer RICHARD FORSON (pic- tured) has been named by the carrier as interim president and CEO. He takes over with immediate effect.


■ JAY SHELAT has been named as senior vice presi- dent, cargo terminal services, North America at WFS. For- merly vice president, cargo at India’s Jet Airways, Shelat will be based in Dallas.


■ IAN BRUNTON has been named CEO of LIAT, the Caribbean carrier, in a move that was effective as of 1 August this year.


MOSCOW-based Transaero is expanding and modernising. After what CEO Olga Ple- shakova describes as “another record-breaking year in 2011 in terms of both passenger and cargo transportation”, this year has seen the carrier add the ‘freight-friendly’ B777-300 to even more domestic routes. Its fleet renewal programme


has continued, with incoming B747-400s, B777s, B737- 800s and B737-700 aircraft replacing older models, while the first quarter of 2014 is expected to bring the intro- duction of the new B787


■ THOMAS HANSEN has been promoted to join the executive board of Röhlig as CEO Americas/Asia, effective 1 September. He will also be responsible for the global sales


‘Dreamliner’ into Transaero service. According to Pleshakova:


“This year, Transaero plans to carry about 65,000 tonnes of cargo and mail, which is approximately 30 percent more than in 2011. “I’m absolutely confident


that 2012 will be a very suc- cessful year for Transaero and the company will (achieve its) highest results ever,” she said. Moreover: “In 2013, we


plan to increase our freight operations by another 10 per- cent or so,” Pleshakova advised.


Pleshakova – expecting Transaero’s “highest results ever”


of the Bremen-based freight forwarder.


■ Houston Airport System has named CARL NEWMAN as general manager at George Bush Intercontinental airport. SAMAR MUKHOPADHYAY has been named chief develop- ment officer of planning, design and construction by the gateway operator.


■ North American asset-light freight transport and logistics service provider Pacer Interna- tional has appointed DAVID BOOTHE vice president of global sales. Amongst his many areas of responsibility will be air freight.


Transaero confident of a record-breaking 2012


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