GSA Global assumes management of Africa West

GSA Global assumes management of Africa West    Togo-based Africa West will operate under the new ownership and management of Dubai-based GSA Global Investments Ltd., which assumed a 51 percent controlling interest of the cargo airline.
   As a result Issa Baluch has been named chairman.
   Africa West also set up a new board, comprising Baluch, Kannan Nachiappan, Jassem Haider, Zein Baluch, Claude Sitterlin, and Yannick Erbs, who retains his position as chief executive officer of Africa West.
   The cargo airline recently added two new destinations to its network, Freetown and Monrovia, which brings the total of scheduled destinations served across West Africa to 10, with a number of additional destinations served on request. Additionally, Africa West has a 1,800-square-meter warehouse in Lome.
   Africa West operates freighter services from Europe, Asia and the Middle East direct to Lome, and has recently started direct operations from the United States and Milan with an MD-11 all-cargo plane, with more services and destinations in the pipeline.
   Dubai-based Air Cargo Trader will continue to act as Africa West's general sales agent in the United Arab Emirates, India, and other Asian countries.