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25 No. 2 Tuesday
January 20, 2026 |
Snapshot Year 2025
As for some of my friends and connections, last year was not the best for me from many points of view, so I harboured great expectations for 2026. I always nourish big hopes for the New Year, unsurprisingly, as we always expect a wave of love all over the world, when a mystic, collective frenzy for partying follows the course of our artificially created timelines. We all hope that turning the page on the last day in December will start a new and promising period in January, but the news on Jan 1st 2026 was either tragic or puzzling.
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Love At Work
The phrase “a man that has a dog can’t be all bad” reflects the idea that having a dog can influence a person’s character and behavior positively.
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Picture Of The Day
Pictured on a wet street in the evening in Munich, Germany, the bright yellow electric powered vehicle is illuminated, contrasting with the dark urban
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Chuckles for January 20, 2026
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India Air Cargo Sector Between Pressure And Progress
India’s air cargo sector is navigating a delicate moment. Volumes remain strong, export composition is steadily upgrading, and global airlines are deepening their exposure to the Indian market. Yet financial stress across airlines—both passenger carriers dependent on belly cargo and dedicated freighter operators—is intensifying. Costs remain high, yields are under pressure, and recent passenger-side disruptions, most visibly the IndiGo crisis, exposed how fragile parts of the system still are.
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Vol.
25 No. 1 Tuesday
January 13, 2026 |
Why AirCargo 2026 Is A Must-Attend Event
 It’s all things moving forward at the first important air cargo gathering in the 2026 world of trade shows next month in Orlando Florida.
On February 15-17, 2026, the Omni Champions Gate is venue for Air Cargo’s most sought-after leaders who will share proven growth strategies as AirCargo 2026 organized jointly by ACI-NA, the Airforwarders Association and the Air & Expedited Motor Carriers Association presents this not-to-be missed event.
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February Forward At MCO Cargo Show
 Here as Air Cargo Conference waits in the wings ready to step off next month, we spoke to Tod D. Willman, Assistant Vice President of Cargo Development for Greater Orlando Aviation Authority MCO, who makes the case that MCO Is Not Just Mickey Mouse Anymore.
Tod: While Orlando and surrounding areas are known for our famous characters and world-class attractions we are also recognized for our vibrant aerospace, simulation, life sciences, and educational ecosystems. MCO is the ideal destination for cargo operations offering
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Passing Of A German Air Cargo Legend
Dieter Haltmayer, founder and guiding force of QCS - Quick Cargo Service AG based in Frankfurt, Germany died last week.
QCS was founded in 1974 and during any season was a wonderful and warm family business that continued great family traditions, including a live Christmas Tree at its headquarters offices at Cargo City SUD where Quick celebrated 50 years in business during 2024.
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Chuckles for January 13, 2026
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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!
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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 . . .
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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.
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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.
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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 . . .
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Chuckles for December 10, 2025
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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