Vol.
23 No. 23 Thursday
May 9,
2024 |
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Bob
Arens Is Fondly Recalled
We bid a fond farewell to this
kind gentleman with the wonderful face, Robert Nicholas Arens, who
died Monday, May 6, 2024 at age 82. We
knew Bob for a number of years as a force for good and a genuine nice
guy when he worked for Icelandair’s Al Shea at JFK.
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Vol.
23 No. 22 Monday
May 6,
2024 |
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Chuckles
for May 6, 2024
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LAACA
Proud Bird Moves Its Tail
Los Angeles Air Cargo Association
(LAACA) Air Cargo Day at the Proud Bird Grand Ballroom just off the
main runways takes off Thursday May 9. Doors
open at 1100. The air cargo event
of the year at LAX goes until 15:00 and is free!
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Remembering
Bruce McCaffrey
“The air cargo price fixing saga
of 2005 was a-gas. A mellifluous malodorous episode in the history
of air cargo.” Bruce McCaffrey
A story without a happy ending is recalled in 2024 as we mark ten
years since Bruce McCaffrey died February 25, 2014 at age 71 in Bradenton,
Florida, from complications of renal failure.
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Vol.
23 No. 20 Tuesday
April 23,
2024 |
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Chuckles
for April 23, 2024
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Air
Cargo Padel At Schiphol
When my family moved from Chicago
to New York City, we lived near Forest Hills Stadium that was built
in the neighborhood in 1923. The iconic
structure that is still there and in business for concerts today is
a 14,000-seat New York City Landmark.
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Day
Dubai Rains Came The
deluge flooded out Dubai Airport and other UAE gateways and elsewhere
in the Middle East creating chaotic conditions all around. Everyone
in the air, on land and on the sea could only stand by and hope for
better weather as the rain shut down everything; filling up gateways
with people and cargo and packing every available hotel room, as uncertainty
was the rule.
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Earth
Day 2024
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Vol.
23 No. 19 Tuesday
April 16,
2024 |
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Chuckles
for April 16, 2024
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Pure
Chicago EMO Trans' Brett Ullrich Brett
Ullrich is Corporate Air Procurement Manager at EMO Trans, the historical
freight forwarding and logistics enterprise led by the late Jo Frigger,
whom our readers have met in repeated occasions in the past. Jo was
a superb entrepreneur and a close friend for Geoffrey and Sabiha Arend.
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Vol.
23 No. 18 Monday
April 15,
2024 |
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State
Of The Air Cargo Industry
As Cargo Network Services Corp. (CNS)
Partnership Conference continued in Dallas April 15, a session titled
"State of The Industry, Partnering For A Changing World",
hit on some interesting points.
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Chuckles
for April 15, 2024
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United
Cargo Picture Tells The Story Sometimes
when you truly love somebody or someplace the feeling can drive a
further celebration. I have loved Chicago where I first went to school
and was elected President of the Third Grade. I am still a member
of the fabulous Chicago Art Museum where I got lost in the beauty
of the place and the art especially by Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks
when I was only 12 years old. So Chicago as home base for United Airlines
has always been a fave, not only because UA is a great story, but
also for the emotion of lifelong love affair with that city that endures
and continues to burn brightly.
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Vol.
23 No. 16 Wednesday
April 10,
2024 |
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IATA
Head Of Cargo Ahead On USA
“I like the feeling I get
when I’m riding in a jet, saying I’m going places”
sang The Jackson Five in an uplifting message about air travel back
when Michael was just a kid.
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India
Open Skies Benefits
“The operation of foreign
ad hoc and pure non-scheduled freighter charter service flights shall
be allowed at all international airports in India without co-terminal
rights by cargo-only aircraft for three years from the date of issue
of the aeronautical information circular.” That was India’s
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issuing a notice circulated
at the end of February this year.
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Chuckles
for March April 10, 2024
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United
Cargo Opens New Newark Facility Eclipsing
The Competition . . . On Monday April 8 as the world
awaited the Solar Eclipse, down on the ground United Cargo had officially
just opened a brand spanking new full-service air cargo facility with
all the bells and whistles at Newark Liberty International Airport
(EWR) at 100 Frontage Road.
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Vol.
23 No. 15 Thursday
April 4,
2024 |
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MSC
Brings It Home In USA
On April 22 the remarkable journey
of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will be the subject of a talk
by Brittney Knisley Lawler, Branch Manager of MSC based in Charleston
South Carolina.
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IAG
Cargo India Growth Spotlight
The cargo division of European
major International Airlines Group (IAG), expressed its plan to partner
with Indian carriers and logistics players – with the condition
that it would be done at the right time. IAG which represents the
cargo business of five airlines -- British Airways, Iberia Cargo,
Vueling and LEVEL (Spanish carriers) and Ireland’s Aer Lingus
Cargo—gets 10 per cent of its global export revenues from India.
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Chuckles
for March April 4, 2024
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Maersk
A Sustainable Future A sustainable future
just got a bit closer to reality as Danish shipping company A.P. Moller
- Maersk’s second large methanol-enabled vessel is soon to arrive
in Yokohama, Japan.
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Vol.
23 No. 14 Tuesday
March 26,
2024 |
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United
Campfire Gathering
We’ve gotten kind of used
to having meetings that are described as roundtables that are not
round or fireside chats minus the fire, but in Houston United Campfire
Gathering got the job done and was electric.
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Donna
Mullins A Thoughtful Lesson
In a perfect world the following
few lines would just make no sense. Yes, indeed, in a perfect world
. . . We are talking about how much logistics, and air cargo in particular,
is missing by overlooking women’s skills, but we are doing this
sideways, as it is convenient at the Flying Typers. Women’s
skills can be ignored knowingly or as a habit, in any case it is a
missed opportunity at best. This is not the main concept of this article,
but it cannot be ignored if you wish to fully understand its content.
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Chuckles
for March 26, 2024
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Four
For Why CNS Matters
And It’s not just Great Golf
Opening Day Sunday at IATA's Cargo Network Services (CNS) Partnership
Conference April 14-16. This is
the 33rd CNS gathering and it is at The Gaylord Resort & Convention
Center, in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas.
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Vol.
23 No. 13 Wednesday
March 19,
2024 |
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I
Got The Horse Right Here
So, what do you do whilst in Hong
Kong to top the greatest, most well attended meeting in IATA Cargo
history? I mean did World Cargo Symposuim
2024 blow the doors off Hong Kong Expo Center or what?
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Ingo
On The Road Again
We have been tracking the movements
of “Road-Meister" Ingo Zimmer, CEO ATC Aviation Services
AG, who in the last month alone has appeared in Mumbai, Addis Ababa,
São Paulo and all last week in Hong Kong at International Air
Transport Association (IATA) World Cargo Symposium.
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Chuckles
for March 19, 2024
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An
Education In Many Languages Tervetuloa! That
is how you would be received by Airport College, Helsinki, if they
offered their courses only in Finnish. No worries, the institution
we are presenting today boasts over 30 ready-to-use online eLearning
courses available worldwide 24/7 in many languages including English,
Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Finnish, French, Thai, Spanish and more
to come.
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Letter
From Brandon Fried
Hey Geoffrey, Thanks for
reaching out and for your interest in our efforts! As
for Michael Steen's comment at the WCS in Hong Kong about greater
engagement with legislators on sustainability, he's definitely got
a point. While we're actively working on sustainability initiatives,
there's always room for more collaboration, especially with lawmakers.
We're all about being proactive, and our new Environmental Sustainability
Committee is a testament to that.
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Vol.
23 No. 12 Wednesday
March 13,
2024 |
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IATA
ONE Record Priority
Brendan Sullivan, International
Air Transport Association (IATA) Global Head of Cargo with the people
that brought IATA World Cargo Symposium to Hong Kong, led the charge
Tuesday March 12 where the news was as big as the audience itself.
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Think
Tank IATA WCS
One of the highlights of any really
fine conference aside from networking and sessions, (and if you’re
really lucky this week at IATA WCS Hong Kong a bit of local color
experience to remember this jewel of a destination) are the ideas
and friends; and maybe one or two new ideas that will endure, that
you pick up along the way.
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Chuckles
for March 13, 2024
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Three
Words Big Story At HACTL At
WCS 2024 Hong Kong this week if there were Skytypers writing across
the sky above the throng gathered below at HK Expo Center, the words,
like the focus of HACTL would be: “Digitalization,
Safety & Sustainability.”
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A
Great Day For The Irish
Celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day with these words as you raise your glass to friends and family:
May the road rise up to meet you
And may the wind always be at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the raindrops fall soft upon your
fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the small of his
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Vol.
23 No. 11 Wednesday
March 5,
2024 |
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On
The Road Again
On The Road Again with a great story
to tell including being named “Best GSSA by Ethiopian Airlines
Cargo “ up in the air somewhere from Mumbai to Addis Ababa to
São Paulo
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Wim
Will Always Be A Winner
Our colleague Willem Sonneveldt
passed away on Tuesday, February 27, at the age of 74.
Wim worked a long time as Director Airfreight at Ziegler
Netherlands, served many years in the Board of the Dutch Airfreight
Forwarders Association (NVVL) and later, on behalf of ACN Air Cargo
Netherlands and the Dutch Forwarders Association Fenex, in the International
Air Transport Association (IATA)-FIATA International Federation of
Freight Forwarders Associations Consultative Council (IFCC) and the
Air Cargo Program Joint Council.
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