Strong exports driving performance at Global Airline Services

Global Airline Services commercial director, Bob Matharoo says 2017 has been a record year and it has exceeded its carriers’ expectations. “The reasons are due to the current strong exports figures, simply having an experienced, dynamic sales force, understand our markets and cultures and have local robust relationships,” he explains. The GSSA sells cargo for Turkish […]

Sri Lankan plans to lease ‘45-tonne’ freighter

SriLankan Airlines plans to make the most of overcapacity in the sector by leasing a freighter to tackle its own ‘big time’ capacity problems, reports Michael Mackey. SriLankan is looking for ‘a 45 tonner’ Chamara Ranasinghe, head of cargo tells Air Cargo Week adding that a converted Boeing 747 would be “too big.” The Colombo-based […]

oneworld CEO to step down later in 2016

Bruce Ashby is to step down as oneworld chief executive officer later this year, after more than five years leading the airline alliance. He has made himself available to stay at oneworld’s helm until June to “enable a seamless handover to his successor”. After accepting his resignation, the oneworld governing board says it has began […]