Vol.
22 No. 16 Thursday
May 18, 2023 |
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Ian
McCool Talks Future
“No doubt, at the biggest
trade show for air cargo in 2023, takes on what the big crowd talked
about have varied.
Overwhelmingly
it was mostly about people and relationships as Air Cargo Europe was
absent for four years during the Covid pandemic. |
Chuckles
for May 18, 2023 |
Thanks
To The People Whom We Met In Munich
“As we take stock of
our time this week at Messe Muenchen Air Cargo Europe in Munich I
must express my personal thanks to the many people who have stopped
by our stand to share some moments, and yes it has been too long since
this great show has brought us all together,” said ATC Aviation
Services AG CEO Ingo Zimmer. |
EMO
Trans At ACE
Dear hearts and gentle people . . . Jennifer Frigger Latham,
VP Sales & Marketing, EMO Trans at Messe Muenchen Air Cargo Europe
pictured with The Airforwarders Association (USA) Executive Director,
industry trade show organizer and empresario Brandon Fried. |
Airblox
Stacks Up
“Great show!” said
Mike Oslansky, one of the outstanding air cargo professionals in attendance
at Messe Muenchen Air Cargo Europe Munich last week who were having
some high times enjoying the opportunity to see old friends and make
new ones in MUC. |
Vol.
22 No. 15 Monday
May 8, 2023 |
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The
Man Who Is Changing The Way To PayCargo
This is the first article that
the FlyingTypers is publishing to debate an issue that has been on
the tables of trade and logistics experts for decades by now, yet
without anyone in a position to finally indicate the word END. Digitization
in freight logistics is a reality, a “world changer” as
our guest Eduardo del Riego defines it, but in a way it is an unaccomplished
reality. When it comes to payments, we are still in a sort of limbo
and nobody seems to be perfectly happy about the situation. There
is light at the end of the tunnel though and we shall see with our
guest, this light is pretty bright. |
Vol.
22 No. 14 Sunday
April 30, 2023 |
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Kale
Brings More Solutions To IATA
Amar More, CEO and Co-Founder
of Kale Logistics Solutions in Istanbul at The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) World Cargo Symposium last week is a newer face
on the air cargo circuit but in real terms he has been in the forefront
of modernization and streamlining of air cargo operations in the U.S.,
especially recently as Kale Atlanta transformed the way to keep cargo
moving a few years back. |
Chuckles
for April 30, 2023 |
Call
Me Al
If Al Kalmbach, the air cargo
guy for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) were any happier
with what he discovered at LogiPharma, the world's biggest Life Sciences
show last week in Lyon, France, he might qualify in air cargo as the
most happy fella! |
A
Quinella For LogiPharma
LogiPharma in Lyon France at
Palais des congrès de Lyon on April 25-27 was slick well-organized
and interesting, full of heavy duty business, and lots of people and
action at a great venue. |
At
Munich And LAX Cargo May Rule
While last week was a good
time for greet and gather and if you were lucky, you might even have
rubbed elbows with the airline cargo chieftains at IATA’s Annual
Air Cargo Meeting now branded IATA World Cargo Symposium going on
all this week at Istanbul. Elsewhere the air cargo event calendar
moves into overdrive with a couple of headlining events. |
Recalling
Jo Frigger |
Vol.
22 No. 13 Monday
April 17, 2023 |
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Happy
Birthday United
United Airlines founded by
Bill Boeing turned 97 years on April 6.
I recall sitting down a couple times and talking with Jane Galbraith
who served as Bill's Executive Secretary. |
Vol.
22 No. 12 Sunday
April 9, 2023 |
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Chuckles
for April 9, 2023 |
Happy
Easter
In many ways, air cargo makes
the season, as the great air hubs are filling aircraft holds to the
brim with large consignments of flowers from Latin America, Africa,
and elsewhere to destinations around the world. |
Vol.
22 No. 11 Tuesday
March 28, 2023 |
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Children
Know The Way
At FIATA International Federation
of Freight Forwarders Associations Headquarters Session last week
at The Geneva Convention Center, one panel discussion contradicts
the notion that our industry trade show sessions are getting older. |
Navigating
The Uncertainties Of Our Times At The FIATA HQ
Here I am in Chambery, writing
at a desk conveniently provided by the railways. SNCF being on strike,
there was just one train leaving Geneva to Chambery in France today,
so that I could board my Frecciarossa to Turin. Hence, I had to leave
my meetings at the FIATA Headquarters’ (HQ) too early and arrived
in Chambery four and a half hours ahead of my schedule, but my harvest
is ripe and even abundant nonetheless. |
Why
Are These Mean Smiling?
As FIATA International Federation
of Freight Forwarders Associations wrapped its 2023 Headquarters Session
in Geneva once again, this was the place on the cargo schedule to
be, in Spring 2023 post COVID, where the sessions were bright, the
talk was meaningful. It can be said no organization in transportation
delivers back to its members the level of training and industry building,
as does FIATA. |
Play
It Again Ingo
The ATC Air Force is once again
front & center as exclusive GSSA for Avianca Cargo in Germany
and Switzerland.
“We are thrilled to partner again with
Avianca Cargo for Germany and Switzerland,” said Ingo Zimmer,
(above right) CEO of ATC Aviation Services AG. |
Letter
From Hong Kong Springing Back To Life
FIATA International Federation
of Freight Forwarders Associations ULD session in Geneva raised some
eyebrows over at ULD CARE, a well-versed organization that began as
an International Air Transport Association (IATA) committee in 1971
and then in 2011 became a legal entity based in Canada. |
Vol.
22 No. 10 Friday
March 17, 2023 |
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Stronger
Together Navigating Uncertainties With FIATA
A relatively new Italian writer,
Beppe Sebaste, in 2008 published a book with a curious title: “Panchine”,
i.e. park benches in Italian: an unusual book with no real plot, but
with the declared purpose of “getting out of this world without
getting out of it”. |
Vol.
22 No. 9 Wednesday
March 8, 2023 |
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Banker's
Miserable Numbers
This is Kam Shing Kwang, Chief
Executive Officer, Asia Private Bank, Vice Chair, Greater China Investment
Banking, at J.P. Morgan.
This Month
and its International Women’s Day March 8, which is focusing
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Qatar
Cargo Once-A-Year Day First
This year, International Women's
Day (March 8) is centered on the theme of #EmbraceEquity.
March
is also Women's History Month in Australia, the United States, the
United Kingdom and is a time to celebrate and recognize the amazing
contributions of women throughout history. |
UA
Cargo Annual Meet
It was no crap shoot that United
Cargo held its Worldwide Meeting 2023 last month and the first since
the Covid struck, in Vegas Baby! |
Sheryle
'Cheese' Burger The Lens Of Love
Sheryle Ann “Cheese”
Burger, of Newnan, GA, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023, peacefully
at home with family by her side.
Her
friend and ours, Reverend Donna Mullins officiated at her funeral
services, (today Donna is vice president, Kale Logistics Solutions). |
Cathay
Pacific Cargo Now Cathay Cargo
We learned recently that Cathay
Pacific Cargo is now branded Cathay Cargo (CC).
Cathay
Cargo’s online publication still branded Cargo Clan has been
published for 48 years in various formats. The magazine went digital
in March 2017. |
Vol.
22 No. 8 Wednesday
March 1, 2023 |
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ATC
Aviation In Africa At The VIP Lounge |
Chuckles
for March 1, 2023 |
Campbell
Likes The Maharajah
As expected, Air India's Chief
Executive Officer and Managing Director, industry veteran Campbell
Wilson confirmed a 470 aircraft order Tuesday, February 28. |
The Maharajah
Air India's Maharaja has been
the carrier's oldest and best-loved mascot. |
Men
Mountain Smiths 2.0
Air Cargo Integrators (ACI)
CEO Lionel Smith and his son Aaron Smith were surveying the trade
show scene Tuesday February 21 at the Air Cargo Africa 2023 in Johannesburg.
As he looked up and down the aisles, Lionel at six feet, seven inches
tall, enjoyed a unique vantage point. |
Joel
Ditkowsky—A Custom Brokers's Custom Broker
A well-known and liked, long-time organizer
and advocate for Customs Brokers in New York and beyond named Joel
Ditkowsky Friday February 17.
“I
delivered my first consignment to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a shipment
of Rabies Vaccine in 1954 bound for Amsterdam,” he once told
me. |
Vol.
22 No. 7 Tuesday
February 21, 2023 |
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Air
Canada Cargo Freighters New Normal
Jon Turner, Vice
President, Air Canada Cargo is upbeat:
“As Air Canada returned all temporarily converted passenger
aircraft back to their core mission of flying passengers, the cargo
team continued to grow market share across some of the largest global
trade routes. The results achieved during this transition year validate
our long-term growth strategy for Air Canada Cargo. |
Chuckles
for February 21, 2023 |
Catch
22? Lionel Glad To Be Back
Right now air cargo people
all around the world are more or less steeling themselves to a 2023
business climate that is a bit milder than last year, post pandemic,
for example when the sky seemed no limit. |
QR
Cargo Flowers Growth
“I’ve got a rose
between my toes from dancing barefoot through the hot house to you,
pretty baby.”
Received lovely
greetings from the folks at Lemon Queen Public Relations Council in
France on behalf of Qatar Airways Cargo with numbers that flower even
greater as time goes by. |
At
AirCargo 2023
Words to think about at AirCargo
Nashville as Keynote Speaker Vaughn Moore, Executive Chairman and
CEO of AIT Worldwide Logistics knocked it out of the park speaking
to an audience of 700 + logisticians. |
Mardi
Gras Musique |
Vol.
22 No. 6 Monday
February 13, 2023 |
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Not
Easy Being Green
In 2016 the late
Joachim Frigger, CEO and guiding spirit that lead EMO Trans into international
prestige and power said:
“Airplanes and ships don’t move much faster than they
did 40 years ago. But the speed of communication and customer demand
for total transparency of the location of the cargo at each step of
the logistics chain is the big change. What also has changed is the
strong demand of customers for environmental sustainability. |
Chuckles
for February 13, 2023 |
Day
One At AirCargo 2023
Right now air cargo people
all around the world are more or less steeling themselves to a 2023
business climate that is a bit milder than last year, post pandemic,
for example when the sky seemed no limit. |
One
From The Heart
This is a Valentine for every
parent who works in air cargo that celebrates or celebrated the airport
with their children.
I feel like
we all have something in common as part of a special group that in
some ways can see that world from the inside out. |
Donate
To Help Turkey
The terrible earthquake with
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has left unimaginable death and destruction and was felt in many provinces,
especially in Gaziantep, Sivas, Hatay, Sanl|urfa, Mersin, Samsun and
Trabzon. 10 provinces were destroyed. Turkey has issued a level 4
alarm. The alarm also contains the International help code. There
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Vol.
22 No. 5 Tuesday
February 7, 2023 |
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Of
Three Lithium Certified Two Are Qatar
It may come as
a shock to some shippers to learn that one of the biggest challenges
to safe handling of lithium batteries or lithium anything is the paperwork.
Enter an IATA-initiative
branded Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV), a
process that now can assure auditing the action and providing confidence
for lithium battery shipping. |
Chuckles
for February 7, 2023 |
Donna
Is The Milk Of Human Kindness
All of us in the supply chain
can take a lesson from @Kale Info Solutions present at the Manifest
2023, last week at Caesar's Forum Hotel, Las Vegas.
The
Manifest conference brought 3,000 supply chain executives from all
disciplines including – BCOs, ports, airports |
Captain
Zoya
“My Airplane Doesn’t
Know Whether It’s A Man Or Woman In The Cockpit,” smiles
Air India Captain Zoya Agarwal. |
Brave
Bessie Blazes A Trail
In February, America celebrates
Black History Month and March celebrates Women’s History Month,
which beggars the question of where to place someone as historically
significant as Bessie Coleman. |
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