June 8 - Maindeck heavy lift cargo operator Coyne Airways has appointed a dedicated sales team in the USA to market its extensive network of air cargo delivery services to the Caspian region, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ray Wach, Rob Siegfried and Ilse Manner have 50 years of combined experience in the airfreight industry in both sales and operations. Wach, who already represents Coyne Airways in the Mid-Atlantic region, and his team will now have responsibility for sales across the USA with the exception of Texas and Florida where Terry Coyne will continue his marketing and sales role for the company.

The new dedicated team will take over from Air Logistics Group, Coyne Airways' current GSA partner in the USA, with effect from June 12, 2010.