Shock as Robert van de Weg becomes next executive to quit Volga-Dnepr

The well-respected Robert van de Weg has become the latest in a growing line of non-Russians to suddenly leave the Volga-Dnepr Group.

Mr van de Weg, said by colleagues and rivals to be one of the best commercial operators in the industry, was promoted as recently as October to become the group’s senior vice president of sales & marketing, after filling the same role for subsidiary AirBridgeCargo.

His sudden departure follows that of Denis Ilyin, another top level air freight manager, who quit ...