General airfreight in the doldrums – but charters are soaring
While scheduled airfreight operations continue to be buffeted by economic headwinds, the going has been ...
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By Alex Lennane
Growing broker Air Charter Service, which last week opened its fifth North American office, in Miami, has appointed Joel Fenn to lead the team there. It has also appointed Caroline Werf managing director of its Frankfurt office.
Ms Werf worked in the London office before relocating to Frankfurt.
ACS’s German business is set for a record year, said CEO Justin Bowman, and is to incorporate the broker’s On Board Courier division.
He added: “Caroline has quickly built up a strong reputation in the industry, and now has a good customer base that relies on her expertise and knowledge of the charter market in Germany, Austria and beyond.”
In Miami, Joel Fenn (below) formerly a director in Hong Kong, is to head the office. He will be joined by Spanish-speaker Brian Rodriquez, from the New York office.
“We have a really strong customer base in Florida and decided that now was the right time to open an office in closer proximity to some of those clients,” said Richard Thompson, president of ACS North America.
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