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Vol. 24 No. 53          Wednesday December 17, 2025

EMO-TRANS Germany 60 Years Strong
     A couple of months ago Thomas and Norman Klinkhammer of EMO-TRANS GmbH were surely very busy. They were about to celebrate a historic milestone for their company’s 60 years in business and, quite at the same time, they were ready to announce a new arrangement within the Board that was meant to show the way into the future. Not a good period to intrude into their lives, but that was precisely the time when I knocked on their door and proposed to arrange an interview for the FlyingTypers. They kindly opened the door with a smile and here we are today!

FITAC 2025 Colombia—One More Gathering
     The twenty-sixth edition of the FITAC International Congress took place December 3-5 in Cartagena, Colombia with close to 800 in attendance.
     Amar More is electric . . .

Remembering Nol van Fenema
     Just learned that a fellow reporter Nol van Fenema died Thursday, December 11th, 2025.
     As the publisher and founder of Payload Asia Magazine, we would often be covering events together and also out on FAM trips asking our questions one after or before the other.

Vol. 24 No. 52          Wednesday December 10, 2025

Indo-Afghan Cargo Okayed For Take Off
     When India decided to switch on its long-dormant air cargo corridors with Afghanistan, it wasn’t merely resuming flights. It was reasserting itself in a geopolitical space that has grown more contested, more volatile, and more strategically consequential since the Taliban takeover in 2021. The revival of dedicated Kabul-Delhi and Kabul-Amritsar cargo routes signals India’s calibrated return to a trade corridor that it now aims to reclaim.

Cargo Imbalances China-India Flights
     When India-China direct passenger flights resumed in October 2025 after a five-year freeze, the return of scheduled connectivity was read as a symbol that regional aviation normalization in Asia was finally back on the table. But beneath the visible reopening, the invisible asymmetry that freight carriers care about most remains firmly in place. While flying passengers between the two . . .

Chuckles for December 10, 2025

Kendra Tanner to Keynote AirCargo 2026 Orlando Conference
     The upcoming AirCargo Conference?2026 set February 15-18, 2026 at The Omni ChampionsGate in Orlando promises to be an inspiring event with Kendra Tanner as the Keynote Speaker.

John Ryan—Is There Life After Air Cargo?
     Yep! Life goes for John and Gloria Ryan pictured at home sumptuously situate on Long Island, New York this December 2025.

Vol. 24 No. 51          Monday December 1, 2025

Glyn And Ram On Air Cargo Tomorow
     “Everybody talks about, but no one does a thing about it” is a popular notion about what?
     “The weather!”
     But as we close 2025 in an absolute blizzard of industry events of all kinds, it’s time to point some focus on which gathering of air cargo and logistics really meant something above and beyond everyone’s desire of furthering transport.

Wang Fuk Rises From The Ashes
     The recent fires at the Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong Kong have been among the deadliest in the city's history.
     The fire started on a lower-level scaffolding net and spread rapidly, leading to a significant loss of life and the evacuation of residents.

Vol. 24 No. 50         Wednesday November 26, 2025

LaGuardia Historic Marine Air Terminal In Danger
     As you read this, we learn that the pioneering Marine Air Terminal (MAT) at LaGuardia Airport, where all scheduled international aviation in New York City took off in 1940, that we as an air cargo publication, if you can believe it, were miraculously lucky enough to save from destruction in 1980, well, the same Marine Air Terminal, i.e. the building that attained Landmark Preservation status, could be in immediate danger of being thoughtlessly altered out of existence by the airport operator The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Chuckles For November 26, 2025

Thanksgiving In America
   Thanksgiving in America is held every fourth Thursday in November, and is the best of all the holidays that gather families and friends around a common celebration.
     Personalities aside, this is one holiday that is a no-pressure deal.

Vol. 24 No. 49          Tuesday November 18, 2025

Southwest Cargo Straight Talk
     If there is one thing that has been a constant at Southwest Airlines (SWA) Cargo or elsewhere it’s fielding top executives that tell it like it is.

Chuckles For November 18, 2025

EMO Trans On The Beach At Miami
   At The Miami Convention Center as Air Cargo Americas met last week, an unexpected fast-moving cold snap may have lowered temperatures outside, but inside the mammoth Miami Beach arena, the warmth and welcome and great Latin Spirit that is always the signature note of this biennial event continued in 2025.

Kale Logistics Celebrates 15
     Here is Amar More, CEO & Co founder of Kale Logistics Solutions.
     In 2010, Amar, Rajesh Panicker and Vineet Malhotra got together with some other like-minded, techno-savvy people, who decided to deliver to the world a better idea in a 21st Century system that promised to express air cargo in the choked and regularly timed out environs on the ground in airport cargo areas around the world.

Vol. 24 No. 48          Wednesday November 12, 2025

Things To Come In Air Cargo Logistics?
     So what do you know or suppose might happen ahead after flying around from industry event to industry event for some months now, wondering what’s up and what should we suppose or plan for in air cargo as 2025 moves into 2026 and beyond?
     Here are some thoughts from sources FT talks to that can be imagined as within the realm of possible things to come in air cargo.

Mastering New Recipes At Kale Logistics
   Writing for the FlyingTypers is a pretty unique experience. You just need to keep your brain connected and let your imagination run: the pages open up in front of your eyes as though you were in a picture movie. Today our inspiration comes from Rajan Subramanian, Chief Product and Chief AI Officer at Kale Logistics. If you hear his name and you think that he is dealing with AI and all the hottest topics that are on today’s menu in logistics automation . . .

Frontier For Life Sciences
   Every once in a while, the right people find themselves in the right place at the right time and all of us can just marvel as the story unfolds, and as an industry we are eye witnesses to continuing and elevating possibilities.
     Take the case of Leandro Moreira . . .

Vol. 24 No. 47           Tuesday November 11, 2025

A Global Leader Making Payments Safe And Easy
     Todd Pigeon is a senior P&L leader with expertise driving revenue capture, operations, sales enablement, and customer experience initiatives for businesses with complex end-to-end supply chain and logistics challenges. He is Vice President of Sales at PayCargo, a leading service provider in logistics finance services. FlyingTypers had the opportunity to exchange views with Todd on his career and role in the company from his office in . . .

Chuckles For November 11, 2025

Winners Meeting ATC This Week
   Ingo Zimmer, CEO of All-Star GSSA ATC is waiting to see you in Miami at Air Cargo Americas today.
     Just like any top executive in air cargo today, he is fixing in his mind what will be said about the condition and power of his GSSA as it moves inexorably to the very top in every measurable estimation of quality and service.

Customers Getting It On American
      “In many ways, at AA Cargo we have our version of a “Chaos Manager.
      “When I joined the cargo division at the time of the US Airways–American Airlines merger in late 2013, I was tasked with building the Cargo Customer Experience department from the ground up.

Commemorating Veterans Day 2025
      At airports around the USA we often see greeters welcoming overseas military transport coming and going.
  The tradition was started at the airports during Operation Desert Storm, and has continued in some quarters ever since.

Vol. 24 No. 46           Tuesday November 4, 2025

Jan Krems Still Loves Sexy Cargo
     Of all the airline executives in the world today, no doubt, the most exciting, with a proven track record of success over an extended decade plus serving as President of United Air Cargo, is Jan Krems; now elevated or as it is said on the street, “upped” to vice-president of the entire airline itself.

Chuckles For November 4, 2025

In Dutch With The Dutchess
   The phrase “see what the bears in the back room will have” describing the need for satisfying the wishes and demands of “the old boy network” , which used to run nearly everything in business just got a 21st century wake-up call in Abu Dhabi of all places, as the smart, engaged, very enlightened and
More On More On TIACA
     As a TIACA board member, I am really looking forward to the Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Abu Dhabi. ACFs have always been special to me with the prospect of interacting with different global stakeholders from shipper, forwarder, airline, handlers, regulators,
 

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