Air cargo charter and aviation services provider NEO Air Charter has appointed Sascha Nauck as Airfreight Business Development Manager to lead its recently-created Neutral Airfreight Solutions division.

Nauck joins with 24 years of experience in air logistics, spanning sales and operational management roles with companies including LSP DB Schenker and Euro Cargo Aviation.

Frankfurt-based NEO’s new Neutral Airfreight Solutions division provides bespoke capacity for urgent shipments that do not warrant a whole plane charter, but are also too large for NEO’s On Board Courier services.

Nauck will manage the new department which has already moved 600 tonnes of cargo in recent weeks.

Brian Davis, NEO‘s commercial director, said: “We have successfully provided ad hoc airfreight services to our clients in the past, where smaller movements did not justify full- or part-charters.

“We always recognised that this was a logical extension to our service offering, but that it required the right person and skills to fully exploit its potential.”

The new division will utilise block space agreements on selected routes, frequently at below-normal rates which are not generally accessible.

Davis added: “The market is currently very much price-driven and, as this is our daily business, we have a detailed market overview that enables us to offer competitive solutions for any shipment over 5,000kg. We also offer ex works collections, and arrange export Customs clearance, DG checks and security screening where required.

“We will continue to invest heavily in this segment, to expand the range of options for our customers. Our airfreight and charter teams work extremely closely, so we can offer a joined-up single resource to our clients.”