Torsten Wefers, the former VP Marketing & Sales at Liège Airport, has been appointed Head of Cargo Commercial Europe at the airport service provider Swissport in Frankfurt. FRA is Swissport’s largest branch in Germany and one of its busiest...
Every week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ shows just how varied careers in air cargo can be, and how different the many business structures are. Company sizes can range from organizations employing over 100,000 people across the globe, to just...
Following IndiGo’s CEO, Pieter Elbers recent resignation, the next helmsman of an Indian carrier has quit his job: New Zealand-native Campbell Wilson. He steps down from his post at Delhi-based Air India after accomplishing the privatization and merger of...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ picks out a specific segment of the air cargo industry, passing the mic to someone working there, to illustrate their function. In such a fragmented industry where so many different aspects need to...
Every week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ highlights a specific aspect of the air cargo industry as an illustration of just how many functions are involved in global air freight logistics. Aside from the physical aspect of building up and...
Glyn Hughes, Director General of TIACA, is stepping down at a moment when the air cargo industry is under pressure to evolve. After more than four decades in the sector - and five years leading the association - his...
There are women running cargo terminals at some of the world's busiest hubs. Women negotiating significant freighter contracts. Women writing the code that underpins digital cargo booking platforms, and women mentoring the next generation of aviation logistics professionals. Yet...
Eric Malitzke has been named new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). WFS is the leading global handling agent and, since SEP22, member of the Singaporean SATS Group. In his...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ examines a different area within the air cargo industry, showcasing the many, varied career paths it offers. In an industry that is literally constantly on the move and where its processes are ultimately...
On Friday (13MAR26), Cargo chief, Torsten Wefers stepped down from his post as Vice President Sales & Marketing at Liège Airport (LGG). The manager had moved from Cologne Airport in 2022, and held the position at LGG for exactly...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ showcases a particular area within the air cargo industry, to demonstrate the wide variety of careers it offers. Digitalization is the absolute foundation for safe, secure and efficient cargo processes, these days, enabling...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ brings a different segment of the air cargo industry to the fore, to illustrate the many functions involved in carrying cargo from A to B. Without pilots, there would be no air cargo....
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) launched a tsunami of press releases last week, in the wake of its media web-conference on 04MAR26. While the press conference detailed a great many points from member growth, through to white papers...
CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ looks at a different aspect of the air cargo industry each week, to illustrate the huge variety of careers available. Given the ongoing struggle to find new air cargo talent and the managers of tomorrow,...
Every Sunday evening, CargoForwarder Global publishes a ‘Spotlight On…’ a particular contributor to air cargo, to illustrate the many different careers and roles this industry offers. Alongside traditional stakeholder posts at airlines, airports, freight forwarders, handling agents, ground service...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global shines its ‘Spotlight On…’ a specific segment of the air cargo industry. So many different people and processes all need to interact and function well in order to ensure safe, efficient, flowing air cargo logistics....
Each week, CargoForwarder Global shines its ‘Spotlight On…’ a different area of the air cargo industry and illustrates the manifold career opportunities available through the voices of those working in it. Freight forwarders have a vital function in the...
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is growing its e-commerce business at Frankfurt Airport, following the signing of a leasing agreement for two cargo terminals at the airport Cargo City South. The ground handler will be supported by freight veteran, Roland...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ illustrates a different segment of the air cargo industry through the voice of someone working there. Air cargo certainly doesn’t happen without the many airlines offering capacity either on freighters or, more frequently,...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ hands the mic to someone working in one of the many different areas that make up our air cargo industry, to illustrate the seemingly unlimited career paths it offers. As the world continues...
Just over half a year on since AERION’s launch (CFG reported), and the unique concept of a ‘collective profit engine for air cargo’ has gained significant traction. For the first time, the air cargo industry is being offered access...
Karl Eduard Guenther Gasthuber passed away peacefully at his home in Kelsterbach near Frankfurt, on December 18, 2025, following a brief battle with cancer. From June 2008 to August 2025, he shaped the fate of the non-profit air freight...
Every week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ gives the floor to an individual from one of the many stakeholders involved in ensuring that air cargo travels swiftly, efficiently, and safely from one side of the planet to the other. Since...
The German logistics industry lost two of its leading figures, forever: Dieter Haltmayer from Quick Cargo Service, and Günther Gasthuber from IGLU Air Cargo. Haltmayer, in particular, but also Gasthuber, shaped the industry for years and left a lasting...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ focuses on a specific segment of the air cargo industry. The industry is highly fragmented in its individual responsibilities when it comes to ensuring the safe, secure and efficient transport of freight from...
