AIRLINES
WestJet appointed Rocky Wiggins as executive vice president and chief information officer. Wiggins joins WestJet from Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines, where he held the position of chief information officer starting in 2012. Prior to Sun Country, he was senior vice president and chief information officer at AirTran Airways. Wiggins also held various positions over a 20-year career with US Airways.
Michael Basoco joined Southwest Airlines as director of cargo sales. Basoco joins Southwest Airlines from Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo, where he spent the last three years leading its Americas region. Prior to that, he served as director of global cargo sales for Continental Airlines, where he spent 18 years.
Tarik Parlak became regional cargo manager, Central and Southern Europe at Turkish Cargo. Prior to this, Parlak served as regional manager cargo, Africa. Mehmet Gürkan will succeed Parlak in that position. He was previously Turkish Cargo’s cargo marketing and sales supervisor at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul.
Manuel Agius became Air Malta’s chief officer cargo. Agius will be responsible for cargo sales and operations and is being entrusted with setting up the division as an independent business unit. Air Malta intends to give added importance to the cargo division and strengthen it. Agius has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry. He was one of the very first Air Malta recruits in 1973, joining the airline’s International Air Transport Association Affairs department. Throughout his years of service with the airline, he held various positions including UK station manager, group head cargo and flight services and chief officer operations.
MASkargo announced the resignation of Mohd Yunus Idris as CEO. His last day at the company was June 10. MASkargo gave no reason for Idris’ resignation. He is a 30-year veteran of Malaysia Airlines Group, having begun his career as property controller based in Kuala Lumpur. He was made acting CEO of MASkargo in November 2011, and was officially announced as MASkargo CEO in August 2012.
ASSOCIATIONS
The International Air Transport Association announced the appointment of Glyn Hughes as the association’s next global head of cargo. He is replacing industry veteran Des Vertannes. Hughes joined IATA in 1991 to expand the cargo accounts settlement service, growing it from 35 to nearly 100 operations while maintaining low levels of agency default and decreasing overall operating costs for members. In recent years, he has led IATA Cargo’s initiatives, embracing industry management and relationship building, including being part of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group steering committee. He has led a campaign to promote the value of air cargo, and is taking a principal role in the IATA team working to modernize the cargo agency program.
AIRPORTS
John Holland-Kaye has become the new CEO of London Heathrow Airport. Holland-Kaye was previously development director. He joined the airport as commercial director in May 2009. Before coming to Heathrow, Holland-Kaye was divisional CEO with Taylor Wimpey PLC, operations director at Taylor Woodrow PLC and divisional managing director at Bass Brewers Ltd.
THIRD PARTIES
Maarten Jan de Vries joined TNT Express as CFO and member of the executive board. Jan de Vries has broad international business experience and a strong background in finance. Jan de Vries, a Dutch national, was previously CEO of TP Vision, a joint venture between TPV and Royal Philips. Prior to this, he held various roles in Royal Philips, including chief information officer, chief supply officer and divisional CFO.
SPARX logistics, an international transportation and logistics company based in Hong Kong, hired Tony G. Bikhazi as chairman. Bikhazi brings over 45 years of experience in the global transportation industry, including 20 years with Globe Express Services, from which he retired in 2011 as president, the Americas. He began his logistics career in 1967 with an international air cargo company.
Gary Lupinacci joined Consolidated Aviation Services, a ground handling company, as vice president security and government compliance. Lupinacci will be responsible for compliance with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and airport authority regulations. Lupinacci has been in the aviation industry for over 40 years and served with the TSA in Washington with the Office of Security Policy & Industry Engagement Division, where he helped develop the Certified Cargo Screening Program.
Hakan Bicil was appointed as chief commercial officer of CEVA Logistics, where he will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales organization. Bicil has more than 20 years of experience in supply chain and logistics managerial positions. He joins CEVA from Panalpina, where he was executive vice president, head of strategic business development. Prior to this role, he worked at Toll Global Forwarding and Kuehne + Nagel.
Revere, Mass.-based freight forwarder OCEANAIR, Inc. and company president Ed Kaplan were the recipients of the transportation supplier of the year award from window film manufacturer Madico in Woburn, Mass., during Madico’s customer appreciation day.
Purolator International President John Costanzo was named by Long Island Business News as one of the 2014 Outstanding CEO Award winners. Costanzo was honored for helping Purolator International grow its U.S. presence. He joined the company in 2001.
Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc., the aircraft leasing arm of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG), hired industry veteran W. David Bucher as COO. Bucher will replace William Tarpley, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Bucher has over 30 years of experience in the commercial aviation industry. Prior to joining Cargo Aircraft Management, he worked at Air Transport International, Inc., an airline subsidiary of ATSG. Bucher also has held roles with Emery Worldwide and FedEx.
Wendy Bateman became managing sales director at Airport Terminal Services (ATS). Bateman will lead the sales growth strategy focusing on expanding the ATS ground handling services portfolio. Prior to joining ATS, she began her career in the health services and property management industries. For the past seven years, she has worked in the waste and recycling industry.
Logistics provider MNX appointed Paul J. Martins as CEO. Martins is a 29-year veteran in the international logistics industry. His career includes leadership positions at UPS, Mercury Air Cargo, Inc., Towne Air Freight and most recently at Pacific Logistics Corp.
Bill Fallon assumed AIT Worldwide Logistics’ newly created position of vice president, global and government strategic accounts. Fallon has more than 20 years of global logistics operations experience. He has held numerous senior positions over the past decade and most recently served as CEVA Logistics’ senior vice president of business development, U.S. and Canada. Wilson Lee was hired by AIT to serve as vice president of Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, the 15-year logistics veteran will spearhead continued expansion throughout China and the surrounding region. Lee has held many leadership positions, including prior executive roles as vice president of business development and vice president of air procurement, Asia Pacific.