Kohlmann named NEO managing partner

   NEO Air Charter – the recently formed cargo charter broker which said it will only deal with freight forwarders – has appointed Stefan Kohlmann to joint managing partner.
   Kohlmann now jointly heads the company alongside Adnan Duran, who launched NEO in October 2011.
   Kohlmann has spent 23 years in air freight, initially working for MSAS (now DHL), then moving over to broker Chapman Freeborn, where he was most recently managing director of the company’s German operations.
   At NEO, Kohlmann will assume responsibility for expanding the company’s network, both through the establishment of sales representatives in European markets, and the appointment of network partners worldwide.
   “The immediate and very positive response to NEO, and the feedback from freight forwarders and airlines, have been overwhelming. NEO has enjoyed an extremely successful start, receiving many requests for quotations, and – more importantly – already fixing a number of charters,” Kolmann said. “It is very clear that the market was ready for an alternative, and our promise only to deal with freight forwarders has set us apart as unique and totally trustworthy.”
   Forwarders with various cargoes have asked NEO to arrange charters with plane sizes ranging from Metroliners to Boeing 747 freighters.