Vital Views 1975-2015  

    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.

Cornelia Fischer, economist, International Civil Aviation Organization, stated in a detailed report, an ICAO study shows “the economic impact of the air transport industry and other civil aviation activities is far-reaching because of its multiplier effect. This impact is not always a positive stimulus: the events of September 1, 2001, and subsequent major developments which impacted adversely on aviation demonstrate the negative domino effect that the air transport industry can have on national and global economies.”

. Michael Ducker, vice president – international, Federal Express, addressing members of the Chicago Aviation Summit,
let loose a barrage of arguments in favor of an open-skies policy for U.S. – Hong Kong air trade. Total freedom of Hong Kong’s skies would have a positive effect on its air transportation facilities. Pointing to the winds of change in world trade during the six decades since the Chicago convention that set new freedoms for air transport, the passage of time has transformed them as “shackles, affirming the concept of closed air markets.”

Giorgio Laccona, chairman and CEO, IJS Global, described in an interview a shipping public distant from its past, now fully abreast of air freight economics and alert to airline offers. Then, too, today’s air shipper is a far more demanding creature.

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