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serves the local community as a youth sports coach and acts as an
elected corporator for the local YMCA.
Richard Wayne, Station Manager, Atlanta
Richard “Wayne” Green has joined AIT Worldwide Logistics as
Station Manager at the company’s Atlanta, Georgia location. He
brings more than 15 years of expertise in transportation and 3PL
management to his new role.
As AIT-Atlanta’s leader, Green is responsible for fiscal and opera-
tional oversight of the facility. He will focus his efforts on cultivating
a high performance environment driven by co-workers focused on
quality, customer service and operational efficiency.
He reports to Ryan Carter, AIT’s Director of Operations, East
Region, who said, “I am extremely excited to have a manager with
Wayne’s experience and capabilities joining AIT. I am confident that
he is an excellent match for this position and that he will be a valu-
able asset for AIT-Atlanta.”
Green most recently served as Managing Director for CEVA Logis-
tics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hassett Express, LLC Receives
2015 Outstanding Domestic Per-
formance Award from Delta Cargo
This annual award highlights the group for top domestic performance
with Delta Air Lines, one of the world's largest airlines, transporting
160 million customers to more than 320 destinations around the world.
Hassett Express was celebrated as an outstanding partner to Delta
Cargo, which carries more than 2.4 billion cargo ton-miles each year.
"Delta Cargo and Hassett Express have a key partnership in every
way possible and the results continue to be very positive," said
Andy Kirschner, Delta Cargo, Director, Cargo Sales - Americas.
"Our partnership with Hassett Express continues to grow and we
were very pleased with our joint initiatives and results in 2015."
Hassett’s management team was present at the Delta Headquarters in
Atlanta, GA to receive the award. Michelle Halkerston, President &
CEO, noted “Hassett Express and Delta Cargo have a partnership that
spans several decades. Our commitment to our customers is our number
one priority. We appreciate Delta’s efforts and shared commitment.”
About Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year. In 2016,
Delta was named to Fortune’s top 50 Most Admired Companies in addi-
tion to being named the most admired airline for the fifth time in six
years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News
Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented five consecutive years. With
an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 328 destinations in 57 countries on six conti-
nents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employ-
ees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry’s leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air
France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic.
Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more
than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amster-
dam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New
York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of
dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology
to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Addi-
tional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.
com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub,
and Delta’s blog
Basic Enterprise
Celebrates 10 Years of Business
Basic Enterprise is happy to celebrate its 10th year in Business.
Thank you all! For more information please visit our website at
or contact Jim Wilbrandt VP Sales &
CFS 847-434-0250 or