FIATA/IATA Accord

      For FIATA members, one of the most visible changes evolving in 2017 comes fast on the heels of the IATA/FIATA agreement signed last year at the FIATA World Congress held in Dublin, Ireland.
      The global freight forwarding community views the landmark agreement between airlines and forwarders as paving the way to an equitable partnership. Together, rather than as separate entities, they will deal with the issues and demands of modern logistics.

To Know FIATA Is To Learn

      FIATA is soundly managed, a no-fiddle machine; all is transparent, discussed, and debated at length.
      Some may show impatience at the meetings, but there is a noticeable genteel civility and transparency in the manner FIATA conducts its proceedings.
      At meetings, everybody is heard.
      Some want more electronics and others want more consideration for legacies.
      But to everyone the growth and change occurring in the world-class outreach learning programs and youth initiatives FIATA is developing is unquestionable.
      Without damaging the quality of its standards, FIATA steps off in 2017 to explore new and wider avenues for its education programs.

FIATA Fresh, Everybody Else Is Tired

      The FIATA difference is quite stark. At Headquarters Session this week and later this year, at the FIATA World Congress to be held in Kuala, Lumpur, in October, emphasis is on development and education, networking, and cooperative industry advancement.
      There are some recognitions, like the FIATA Fellow, previously awarded in 2016 to FlyingTypers’ Publisher Geoffrey Arend for outstanding contributions to transportation since 1975.

No Fooling

      FIATA Fellow returns again in 2017, naming a close working partner to the organization at a special dinner held this Saturday, April 1st.

Looking Ahead

      Looking at the record, one discovers that the past of FIATA is fairly long, in fact longer than regular air freight services, longer than most associations, and even longer than the United Nations itself.
      FIATA’s emphasis is on advancing the freight forwarding business and in that effort, as it begins its 91th year as an almighty global organization of 40,000 forwarders worldwide, it is clearly marking its own road ahead.
      See you in Zurich!
Geoffrey