In The Picture . . . By now
most of our readers are aware that we have been reporting
on air cargo for 40 years. What you may not know is
that we are a generational business, with our family
and a shared determination backing up everything we
do.
We were thinking about generations when we came across
this picture of Ingo and his team at Air Cargo Europe
in 2014.
The funny thing about pictures is some travel right
from the camera to the heart.
The more we look at this lovely photo the more it energizes
us to continue and build our family company to serve
the industry and people we love.
Thanks, Ingo.
From left to right: Paul Breburda – Group Commercial
Manager; Gabrijela Ujevic – Trainee; Ingo Zimmer
– CEO; Azhar Katbach – Trainee; Dagmar Hanau
– Group Marketing Manager; Andreas Möbius
– Country Manager Germany; Roma Teweldemedhin-
Head of Product Africa.
ATC
Aviation Services is GOL Linhas Aéreas’
new General Sales Agent for Brazil. One of the largest
airlines in Brazil, GOL currently operates into 54 airports
in the country and 13 international airports, with a
total of 850 daily flights (domestic and international)
and a fleet of 137 aircraft.
“The carrier already
has a very successful partnership with ATC in Argentina,
Uruguay, and Paraguay,” said Rene Weinberg, regional
director Central and South America for ATC.
“We are a well experienced
and enthusiastic team and we are looking forward to
developing GOL international markets and cooperating
with GOL on further markets.
“ATC will provide the whole enchilada, including
a dedicated sales and customer service team to support
sales throughout Brazil,” Rene declared.
More
Up Than Down In 2015
Ingo Zimmer is enthusiastic.
The CEO of fast-growing ATC is stacking success upon
success, with GOL Brazil a major piece in the global
puzzle as ATC builds its client roster.
“So far 2015 has
been a year of mixed results depending which part of
the world you are sizing up.
“As we approach
our 27th year in Germany in January 2016, our business
there is up by over 30 percent.
“We are also doing
well in Holland, where we represent CAL (we also partner
up with CAL in Austria) and Spain, where we represent
Qatar Airways, which is adding capacity in the market.
“A problematic but
readily relieved situation is our Switzerland business,
where we represent Qatar, United, and Turkish. It is
also where a core of our business is being affected
by the currency exchange, driving up our costs and thinning
the margins.
“But as said, those
things happen and eventually get sorted.”
USA
DHL Aviation
“We have a new arrangement
with DHL Aviation in the United States that has dramatically
increased our business.
“But overall, our
team (also representing those new CAL all-cargo flights
into Atlanta) is emerging as the strongest GSSA in the
country.
“[We] absolutely
love Air and SeaCargo Americas 2015—especially
its vibrancy and action.
“[We] expect to
return in two years.
“I’m very
excited at the possibilities as Cuba opens up, and on
many levels—my dear wife is from Havana,”
Ingo Zimmer said.
Best
Job In The World
And as for air cargo,
as usual Ingo Zimmer was not at a loss for words.
“This is the most
exciting job you can have.
“You are in aviation;
the cargo people are straightforward; your playground
is the world; you have business friends all over the
world; and you can see the results of your work.
“When I started
my career I was selling, I was booking, I was doing
the load plan.
“Often when the
cargo manifests were handed in and the cargo holds were
closed, I would linger a few moments on the ramp, watching
as the aircraft was pushing back and taking great pride
in knowing that I did my job.
“Now my job description
might be different but my romance with air cargo continues.
“I can endorse cargo
as a career and a way of life.
“And yes, I would
love to one day see any one or all three of my children
as part of this industry.
“Air cargo is a
great way of life,” Ingo Zimmer declared.
Geoffrey
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