|  FOUR
DECADES
OF VITAL VIEWS
The
year 2015 marks our 40th year in the world of air cargo news
reporting—first as Air
Cargo News and now as FlyingTypers.
In
2015 we are fortunate to present the writings of the nearly
102-year-old Richard Malkin, who remains the first air cargo
reporter in history (circa 1942) and now serves as FlyingTypers'
Senior Editor.
Here
Richard recalls the views of
executives over the four decades.
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William D. Clarke, former director of cargo planning
at Trans World Airlines, called attention to the following: “When
deregulation occurred in 1978, the pricing environment began to
change. At first, the changes were not pronounced as forwarders
and carriers felt their way through the new-found freedom from regulation,
in the past few years, however, the pace has picked up considerably
so that the formalized tariff rates are used by fewer and fewer
customers. For some carriers off-the-books traffic accounts for
as much as 75 percent of the total volumes transported.”
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Seated under a photograph of Amelia Earhart, at
the Wings Club, in the old Biltmore Hotel in New York City—the
first Air Cargo News Roundtable discussed industry issues. (Left
to right) are Luis de la Reguera, Iberia; Fernando Tavera, Viasa;
Eugene ‘Buz’ Whalen, Japan Airlines; Norman Jeppeson,
British Airways; Richard Haberly, Flying Tigers; Geoffrey Arend,
Air Cargo News; Dick Logan, Air Cargo News; William Clarke, TWA;
and Peter Diefenbach, Pan Am.
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