Eastern Airlines has appointed Mike Duggan as Director of International Cargo Business Development with immediate effect.
Duggan is very well known across the air cargo world having worked for Emirates (SkyCargo), Southern Air, HAE Group, Saudia Cargo as well as DHL Worldwide Express in his early career.
Duggan’s career has been involved with air cargo operations globally, especially working on Freighter program development, wet-leasing and chartering of wide-body freighter aircraft such as B747F and B777F.
More recently, Duggan was actively engaged with key shippers in the automotive and pharmaceutical sectors such as Daimler Benz, with Singapore-based freighter forwarder TVS Asianics.
Initially responsible for Eastern’s efforts to develop and optmise its passenger aircraft belly cargo sales, Mike will also be responsible to lead & support Eastern’s new Freighter aircraft introduction.
This will involve key roles in the business development, conversion and introduction of B767 Freighter and potentially B777 Freighter aircraft, project managing wet- lease / customer interaction with a selection of Express & E-commerce related operators in the USA, Europe & potentially Asia-pacific.
Duggan is working from London, United Kingdom, pending operational start-up of Freighter operations as well as relaxation of international business travel restrictions.
Based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Eastern Airlines current management team has been in place since March 2019.
Operating a mix of 8 B767-200/300 passenger aircraft, Eastern’s first B777, a passenger B777-200ER, will enter in to service in late 2020 or early 2021 – enhancing the airlines mix of scheduled passenger services primarily to Central & South America, with forthcoming expansion to China and Europe, as well as charter operations on behalf of the likes of US DOD to Europe and Middle East.
The subsequent entry into service of B767 and/or B777 Freighter aircraft will enhance the airlines total service-offering for these large wide body aircraft types.
