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Signing the                                                                                       Appointment
agreement are
Bidair Cargo                                                                                      KATE STUBBS has been
CEO Garry                                                                                         appointed as managing
Marshall and                                                                                      executive business
Siza Mzimela,                                                                                     development and marketing,
CEO of Fly                                                                                        Barloworld Logistics.
Blue Crane.                                                                                       With a degree in Business
                                                                                                  Management, Stubbs joined
      Fly Blue Crane and Bidair                                                                   Barloworld Logistics in
            Cargo join forces                                                                     2002, prior to which she
                                                                                                  worked both locally and
REGIONAL airline, Fly Blue Crane,                           (ERJ 145) can accommodate             internationally. She joined
has appointed BidAir Cargo to                               a significant amount of cargo,         the executive committee
provide its cargo management                                ideal for consignments such           of Barloworld Logistics
services. Flying since September                            as equipment, spare parts,            in 2011 and has expanded
2015, Fly Blue Crane links                                  medication, retail and other          her responsibilities to lead
Bloemfontein and Kimberley with                             urgent parcels.                       the Business Development
Johannesburg and Cape Town.                                                                       and Sales teams across
It will in the coming months also                               “As we need to turn our           all regions. She is a
introduce services to Mthatha,                              aircraft around quickly to adhere     primary source of thought
Maputo and Windhoek.                                        to schedule, we approached            leadership for the supply
                                                            BidAir Cargo because of their         chain management industry,
    “The airline saw an                                     special skills in airport-to-airport  and has been intimately
opportunity to put its cargo                                line-haul,” says Potgieter. “Their    involved in conceptualising,
capacity at the disposal of                                 system is geared to loading and       developing and producing
couriers and their customers                                off-loading cargo in less time        strategic insights on
who need to move urgent                                     than it takes to de-plane and         business and supply chain
items between these cities.”                                board passengers. Working with        trends in the form of the
says Theunis Potgieter, chief                               them also plugs our destinations      annual Barloworld Logistics’
commercial officer. The                                     into their extensive national         supplychainforesight
Embraer Regional Jet 145                                    distribution network.” •              research study, summarised
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