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Vol. 25 No. 42 Wednesday October 7, 2026

FIATA Pictures At An Exhibition
It was Tuesday October 6th, and it was Milan, and the big FIATA Celebration of 100 years at the world’s most important freight forwarding organization.
To be a "happy expectant" as an attendee or exhibitor, was in the air everywhere at MiCo Milan Centre this week. As far as we can tell, most people here as delegates, exhibitors and audience are happy if not also a bit delirious (in a nice way) on the half shell with each other, highly motivated, optimistic, and ready to do business.

Vol. 25 No. 41 Monday October 5, 2026

FIATA Curtains Up In Milan
If you have been working in freight forwarding and logistics for 20, 30 or more years, sometimes you have the impression you have seen it all and there is no more that you need to learn. That is actually wrong: if you approach today’s logistics with a curious mind you will soon grasp how different the environment is today from what we used to know. A very good way to touch and feel the concentrate of the current approach to logistics servicing international trade is available to all participants in Milan, IT at the FIATA World Congress. This is not a private gathering for members, but an event where FIATA opens the association’s doors to the whole world. And talking in FATA’s language the entire world means precisely that, probably excluding Antarctica . . .

Lufthansa LUGs Cargo Into Space
Lufthansa Cargo agreed to acquire 100% of LUG aircargo handling GmbH from the Dettmer Group. They didn’t disclose what they paid, but they did make the motivation pretty clear: secure immediate cargo-handling capacity in Germany and make operations more resilient when volumes spike.

Kunming-Kolkatta Logistics Express Lane
In the world of international air cargo, the most significant geopolitical and economic changes often come in surprisingly small packages. Earlier this year it came in the form of nine tonnes of high-priced Indian crabs.

Vol. 25 No. 40 September 16, 2026

DAWB Doing Away With Bureaucracy?
Not really!
Geoffrey called me a few days ago to talk about the Direct Air Waybill issue. He said he had read something on the internet that he thought was interesting and wanted to talk about it with me, considering I had been following airfreight issues in the past.

US Open In The Rearview
Here we talk about a great sporting event that just ended in a park between LaGuardia and Kennedy International Airport, the 142nd USA open tennis tournament

Vol. 25 No. 39 September 11, 2026

Jim Larsen—Never Forget 911
Americans old enough to remember watched in horror as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 left nearly 3,000 people dead in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Flossie Arend–Reflections on 911
I remember waking up on the morning of 9/11 and wishing I could go back to sleep. I was a junior in college and had chosen to have early morning classes on Tuesdays - a big mistake for me as I naturally kept night owl hours. My dorm apartment was relatively quiet when I got out of bed, but I could hear the television on in the living room; this was a normal occurrence as my actor student roommates were always up early and put the television on while they had breakfast and got ready for the day.

Vol. 25 No. 38 September 3, 2026

Where Best Is Like The Wurst
Today September 3, 2026, the 11th Air Cargo Conference concluded its final day at the Congress Center at Messe Frankfurt.
The Air Cargo Community in Frankfurt reportedly gathered about 400 attendees at the event.

India Airports As Transshipment Hubs
India is moving to make its airports more competitive as air cargo transit hubs, expanding a transshipment network after a pilot project demonstrated that removing mandatory re-screening can cut cargo transit times dramatically.

Getting To Know You . . .
It’s always energizing to see what happens when a sales leader steps out from behind the screen and goes straight to where the work is happening.
This week let’s talk about a great example of that: a business trip across the United States by Patrick Radtke, EMO Trans Head of Sales Germany, visiting multiple locations and meeting teams and customers on the ground.

Chuckles For September 3, 2026

Smiling Faces Going Places
Say hello to the 2026 hosts of Air Cargo Conference FRA and the Board of Directors & Management at Air Cargo Community Frankfurt eV.
Pictured from left: Patrik Tschirch (LUG), Susanne Klingler-Werner (UPS SCS), Christian Riege (Riege Software), Grit Engelbart (MD, ACCF), Michael Hoppe (BARIG), Felix Toepsch (CEO of ACCF), Dietmar Focke (Fraport Airport).

Vol. 25 No. 37 August 25, 2026

Logistics Mourns Klaus-Michael Kühne's Passing
Klaus-Michael Kühne, the logistics pioneer and majority shareholder of the freight multinational Kuehne+Nagel, passed away in Schindellegi, Switzerland on August 24th 2026, at the age of 89.

QR Cargo To HEL & Back
Helsinki just got a dedicated freighter connection, not just more space in the belly of a passenger plane, but an actual cargo aircraft designed for air cargo and lots of it!

India Reimagined: A Global Transshipment Hub
For years, India has spoken of becoming a global air cargo hub. It has the geography, a rapidly expanding manufacturing base, a huge domestic market and a growing network of modern airports. Yet it has still not been able to perform the role that Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong have built into the architecture of global trade.

Heartline Calling For Colombia
Latin America stepped up with planes, experts and supplies for the earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month, reinforcing regional ties, as nations work to safeguard a fragile tourism rebound.

Vol. 25 No. 36 August 20, 2026

FIATA Celebrates 100 Years In October
Can we tell you a story of spirit and centenary and a homecoming?
In 2026, FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in English, (its acronym comes from its original French title: Federation Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimiles) turns 100 years old, and it’s celebrating this October 9th in Milan, Italy.

PayCargo Accelerates Menzies Quick Pay
In air cargo, that tiny delay can ripple out fast. A truck misses a slot, a warehouse backs up, someone’s customer starts calling. It’s wild that something as basic as paying an invoice can hold up freight that already crossed an ocean by air or by sea.

Happy National Aviation Day Orville
     Every year on August 19th, the U.S. pauses to mark the story of flight and how everything changed because humans figured out how to leave the ground on purpose.
     The date isn’t just a nice spot on the calendar. It’s Orville Wright’s birthday, officially set aside back in 1939 by proclamation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
     So here’s what we couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

Vol. 25 No. 35 August 13, 2026

Jan Krems Retiring Chris Busch Appointed
Blockbuster mid-summer 2026 news from United Airlines Cargo, as Andrew Nocella, United’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer announced that Jan Krems, President of UA Cargo is retiring.
Chris Busch currently Managing Director, Cargo Americas, has been appointed Vice President, Cargo.

Quikjet India's Invisible Airline
Captain Preetham Philip runs an airline most Indians will never notice — and he's fine saying so. "If all my aircraft were grounded tomorrow, nobody would know," says the CEO of Quikjet Cargo Airlines, India's only scheduled all-cargo carrier outside express giant Blue Dart. "A package would arrive three days later. That's all."

Chuckles for August 13, 2026

Rick Elieson What is Great Leadership?
Welcome. It’s summertime, and you know what that means in our journal—reruns.
But not the lazy kind. The kind where you go back, read again, and realize, this actually hits harder now.

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