APPOINTMENTS
Nominated at TIACA’s most recent board meeting at
the opening of the Executive Summit in Budapest in
November, Christos Spyrou, CEO and Founder of Neutral
Air Partner (right), has joined the Board of Directors of
TIACA (The International Air Cargo
Association), which was due to
meet in Istanbul following the
Lutz Honerla will become the new
postponed World Cargo Symposium.
Managing Director of Flughafen
Düsseldorf Cargo on May 1, 2020.
CargoLogicAir succumbs to losses 4Cargo events announced
February saw a B747-400F belonging to CargoLogicAir fi nd a new owner, that of
Cargolux. According to the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft (which was
ex-AirBridgeCargo) was actually deregistered in mid-February. The same month
witnessed rumours that CargoLogicAir had laid off staff and that its aircraft fl eet was
not active: this was later confi rmed, with the closure of the operation.
Last year the specialist operator announced escalating losses despite doing
good business, having virtually doubled its revenues.
Amazon in Germany
Amazon is expanding its operations at
Leipzig/Halle airport. For this purpose,
a cargo hall of around 20,000 square
metres is to be built in the southern
part of the airport site next to the
existing World Cargo Centre. The
aim here is to use the new building
to improve the existing operational
processes. According to sources, this
expansion will create more than 200
new jobs in the Leipzig community.
Flughafen Leipzig/Halle is a
subsidiary of Mitteldeutsche
Flughafen and it saw around 2.62m
passengers pass through in 2019,
whilst 1.24m tonnes of air cargo were
logged. This makes Leipzig/Halle
the second largest cargo airport in
Germany, ranking number fi ve overall
in Europe.
The airport has further vacant
development space at its site,
measuring some 1,400 hectares,
and in the surrounding area, which
provides ideal conditions for
companies operating in sectors
closely related to logistics and
air freight.
The International Air
Cargo Association
(TIACA) recently
announced the launch of
a new event series: TIACA
4Cargo Conferences and
Workshops, designed for
subject matter experts and
thought leaders in specialised
cargo domains such as
airports, sustainability, drones
and the like.
As part of its modernisation
programme, the association
has been working on its new
events strategy and calendar to
offer the air cargo community
more opportunities to learn
from success stories and shape
the future of air cargo in
specifi c areas of expertise.
Feedback received through
the recent membership survey
confi rms that members expect
TIACA to play an active role
in educating the industry
on specifi c topics linked to
the economics of air cargo,
infrastructure investments
and operational effi ciencies,
as well as supporting or
leading change in the areas
of sustainability, innovation,
digital transformation and
attractiveness of the industry.
The new TIACA 4Cargo
events, either in the form
of conferences or short
workshops, will contribute to
meeting these expectations as
TIACA events offer not only
useful networking platforms,
but also opportunities to listen
to inspiring leaders, share best
practices, grow knowledge,
exposure and business.
The fi rst TIACA
4Cargo event will be an
Airports4Cargo Conference,
focused on issues that affect
airports and the cargo
communities they support:
these will include digital
platforms, excellency in
handling, effi cient and
sustainable processes
and talent management.
Scheduled for June 24-25
2020 in Brussels and hosted
by Brussels airport, the
two-day conference will be
organised in conjunction
with the opening ceremony
of the new 50,000 square
metre BRUCargo facility, due
to take place on June 24.
IN BRIEF
Worldwide Flight Services has been awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certifi cation for its
new €10m Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for the handling of
temperature-controlled healthcare and life science products.
Opened in September last year, the Centre is the only dedicated facility at the airport –
the second largest air cargo gateway in Europe – with a team of dedicated and trained experts,
temperature-controlled warehousing, and a transport fl eet specifi cally adapted to guarantee
pharmaceutical shipments’ integrity. Nearly 30 airlines and freight forwarders are already
using the Pharma Centre, which is forecast to handle over 8,000 tonnes of products in 2020.
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