Lufthansa and AF-KLM blame weak Q1 cargo business for poor results
Both Lufthansa Group and AF-KLM Group specifically blamed cargo for glum overall Q1 performances, with ...
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
Dutch media are reporting that Erik Varwijk, head of Air France-KLM Cargo, is to leave the company. The carrier, however, says that the information is “premature” – which makes it sound as if it is true, but was not meant to be revealed as yet. Time will tell – but if it is true, it sounds like yet another nail in the coffin of the troubled carrier, which was once feted as one of Europe’s top freight airlines. Here, Cargo Forwarder implies that recent resignations at KLM are related to a poor working relationship with colleagues over in Paris.
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Des Vertannes
December 12, 2014 at 7:41 pmIf true I’m sad to hear this as Erik was very pro the changes the industry needed, in particular e-commerce and fostering broader cooperation among stakeholders!