Cargo isn’t usually the preferred job for airline executives but don’t try to tell that to Ulrich Ogiermann. The Cargolux chief executive left the passenger business over a decade ago while he was working for Lufthansa and is not about to go back.
“The people were speaking a different language I liked,” Ogerimann recalls when he […]

Jonathan Ornstein is not afraid to experiment. The outspoken chief executive of Mesa Air Group has been doing bold things since he rejoined the Arizona-based regional carrier in 1998 after a stint in Belgium, where he was chief executive of Virgin Express. Last year Mesa launched an independent operation in Hawaii, go!, and last month […]

If there is one thing Stan Wraight likes doing it is starting up an airline. And he’s doing it again, for the fourth time.
The cargo industry veteran is now in Italy where he is chairman of Cargoitalia, a Milan Malpensa Airport based all-cargo carrier that is seeking to make a name for itself in Europe’s […]

Brazil’s air transport market has experienced exceptional growth, but a troubled year marked by crashes, air traffic control strikes and flight delays has…

The emergence of new regional jet manufacturers is giving regional carriers more choices than ever before. But can the manufacturers overcome resistance…