Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s senior vice president for cargo, John Lloyd is to leave the carrier in September for a fresh challenge.

Lloyd has spent 30 years at Virgin and joined as cargo operations officer based at Gatwick Airport, and progressed within the company from supervisory and management positions based at Heathrow and Gatwick.

He started his career in the air cargo industry in 1986, working for Gatwick Handling in their cargo office.

The UK-headquartered airline confirmed that he was moving on to pastures new in a statement, which reads: “We can confirm John Lloyd has decided to leave Virgin Atlantic Cargo for a fresh new challenge at the end of September.

“We will certainly be sad to see John go, but one of the many contributions he has made is to build a strong team with an amazing reputation for customer service and incredibly strong customer relationships, driven by an honest and straightforward style which our customers trust and find easy to do business with.

“We would like to thank John for his tremendous contributions and accomplishments over the 30 years he has been with us and we wish him all the best in the future.”