Coyne Airways has appointed Darrin Quern as Managing Director of its hub operation in Dubai.

He began his aviation career with Northwest Airlines where he spent 14 years in ground operations, capacity planning and latterly as manager for Government/Military/Interline Cargo Sales and Manager, Alliances & Charter Sales-Cargo. For the past 12 years prior to joining Coyne Airways, Darrin worked for TNT, first as Director of TNT Airways and, since 1999, as Director, Global Networks-Asia.

Larry Coyne, CEO, said: 'Darrin has the all-round airline and logistics experience that we need for our major hub in Dubai. His government and military experience will be especially beneficial is helping to further expand our operations from all over the world via Dubai into Iraq and Afghanistan.'

As one of the leading, neutral providers of freighter services to the Caspian, Iraq and Afghanistan over hubs in Europe and Dubai, Coyne Airways is able to move cargo from almost any point to destinations in the Caspian and Gulf regions on a through air waybill.