Vol.
24 No. 14 Friday
March 14, 2025 |
FIATA Meetings Sláinte March 17
The actor Gene Hackman died, together
with his beloved wife, about a month ago after a long and successful life.
One of his greatest performances was his role in The French Connection.
His character as Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle in the film represents
the epitome of the intuitive and cunning detective, who is proven right
against all odds and manages to successfully conclude his investigation.
This was the masterpiece that our local TV decided to show to commemorate
Gene Hackman’s life upon his death. When I was preparing for the FIATA
Headquarters’, the film’s counterintuitive and intriguing plot
came back to mind, because it exposes the incredible power of connections.
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They Got The Seafood Mama
In Boston March 16-18 Seafood Expo North America/Seafood
Processing North America is North America’s largest seafood trade
exposition.
The annual trade show that brings the world
to Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is considered one of the best
annual shows for business leads, business decisions, and just plain fun.ces look like and
how they are supposed to work.
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Chuckles for March 14, 2024
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Up The Irish 2025
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these words
as you lift 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 hand.
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Vol.
24 No. 13 Monday
March 10, 2025 |
Designing Women—Kristin Beck & Leyla Solaksubasi
You can imagine our surprise in Dallas
as Air Cargo Conference met all last week when we met this very dynamic
duo, together for the first time, but dedicated in our industry to designing
and creating airport buildings for air cargo.
Leyla
Solaksubasi works for Dearborn-Based Ghafari Associates as project manager
in the aviation design center in Chicago Illinois.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Compliance Galaxy
Linkedin warns us that
Gabriela Diaz, CAMS, CP/AML is a 2nd degree connection, whilst we would
wish to know more about her. She is Global Compliance Executive at PayCargo
with “Proven Track Record in Removing BSA AML Enforcement Actions”
as expert in BSA AML, OFAC, and Regulatory Exam Management for Fintech
and Banks. Her profile suggests she knows what finances look like and
how they are supposed to work.
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Chuckles for March 10, 2024
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Celebrating International Women's Day—Flossie Arend On Gender Equality
The reason why we've covered women in air
cargo since 1975 is because once upon a time, the only woman you saw in
aviation was pushing a beverage cart down the aisle of a plane or pictured
half-dressed on the walls of a cargo facility.
We
have come a long way from the days when women were only allowed subservient
jobs under men, and feel it is important to both showcase it and shed a
light on the fact that no, things were not always this fair.
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Vol.
24 No. 12 Tuesday
March 4, 2025 |
Five Minutes On Air Forever
Somebody said there was an announcement.
In a way I felt a disquieting expectation for something completely unexpected.
But I was the news, in fact, not the President!
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Leading Future Leaders
Roger Samways, who celebrates 27 years at American Airlines Cargo in 2025, no doubt can easily list a hundred things he did recently, but – ever the understated executive – not only does he own up when things go wrong, but also stands up and credits his team for the cargo division’s continued success. Ask Roger Samways, the easy breezy likeable and hard-working long time all pro VP Commercial, American Airlines Cargo, what is most important in being a leader, his answer is instant and refreshing: “Humor!”
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Fat Tuesday Knows What It Means
Today is Shrove (Fat) Tuesday Mardi Gras Day, March 4, 2025.
Fat Tuesday Knows What It Means
Celebrated in New Orleans since 1699, and in cities all over America including Dallas, Parades and Parties, on this last big blast (formerly a day of penance) before Ash Wednesday, begins in the
Christian calendar, and incudes 40 days of Lent, ending on Easter Sunday April 20, 2025.
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Vol.
24 No. 11 Monday
March 3, 2025 |
The Delta In The Value
On Feb 4th, 2020 Andy Kirschner, Director Americas Sales, Cargo, Delta Air Lines sat with Freightways for a ten-minute interview. This talk preceded the eruption of the COVID pandemic by a few days, and if you look at the interview with today’s hindsight you realize how much is unpredictable in the air cargo industry, as well as how big its strength and resilience. We all know what aviation went through, and Delta in particular was put to test by the situation developing five years ago.
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Chuckles For March 3, 2025
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Mentoring Tomorrow's Leaders
On Monday March 3rd at 1700 hours great expectations at sundown in early March 2025 get a reality check as a determined group of futurists that have met in one form or another for the past several years at Air Cargo Conference will be once again center stage.
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EMO Generations & I
My name is Tom, Thomas Bayes actually, Vice president Asia at Emo Trans in the USA. I shall try to tell you why succession is a success element at EMO Trans. Please let me show you that the alliteration is not out of place this time.
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Vol.
24 No. 9 Thursday
February 27,
2025 |
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Southwest's
Wally Devereaux Retires
It’s
not without a tinge of sadness, complete respect and even a faint
sense of loss, that we report that we learned today that Wally Devereaux
Vice President Cargo & Provisions at Southwest Airlines Cargo
will retire at the end of March 2025.
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Mikey
Of The North
Forty-five
years ago, when we were all much younger, driving from Eagle Plains,
Yukon to Inuvik, NT was quite adventurous, in a way even more than
flying back from the Beaufort Sea to Vancouver where our journey through
western Canada had started. On the way back by air, we did fly through
Yellowknife, which had not been reached during our surface roaming
through all kinds of Canadian roads, some clearly existing only in
summer. The aircraft took off and landed
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Powering
Up Amar More
Amar More, a co-founder and CEO of
Kale Logistics Solutions has been in the center of the major revolution
in the way airports handle cargo for some time now. He burst upon
the scene, fresh as Listerine, over a decade ago, putting up the system
that changed the way the Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International
Airport moves air cargo forever.
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Cameron
Roberts On de minimis
Our De
Minimis article published on February 23rd was met with a certain
number of reactions. There is one that we consider particularly valuable,
as it appears to completely clarify and assess the legal progress
of the rule. Here is Cameron W. Roberts' contribution provided under
the aegis of his law firm: Roberts & Kehagiaras, Attorneys &
Counselors At Law.
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Chuckles
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Vol.
24 No. 8 Monday
February 24,
2025 |
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Indian
Currency Challenge
The falling value of the rupee is
making life difficult for stakeholders in Indian air cargo –
especially smaller Indian airlines.
The Indian Rupee exchange
rate is now at 87+ to an US dollar – predictions indicate that
it could go up to Rs 95 a dollar – and it is anybody’s
guess how airline CEOs are making ends meet because airline expenses
including lease and maintenance are all in dollars and add up to 60
percent of operating costs. One airline CEO put it rather succinctly:
“Its keeping me awake at nights . . . I do
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Vol.
24 No. 7 Wednesday
February 19,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for February 19, 2025
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Horsing
Around @ Doha Animal Fest
Meeting this week at Park Hyatt Doha,
Qatar, the Annual Animal Transportation Association (ATA) Conference
February 16-19 is not just horsing around.
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Making
The Alps Transparent
The
passion of Europeans for street naming is old and intractable. As
effective as the numbered streets and avenues of the USA could be,
they remain far from our hearts. Europeans favour streets with names,
even in America: we like Broadway, Lexington . . . even Wall Street,
whilst we are instinctively puzzled by 5th Avenue’s insufficiency,
even if it is fashionable and excellent, as only an avenue in NYC
could be.
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Jerry
Trimboli JFK Building 260
After we published our story of Cargo
Building 260 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) February
6, we received a short note from Jerome Trimboli, Jr. that opened
up a world of memories. Jerry, today is Branch Manager New York/JFK
USA Savino Del Bene . . .
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Vol.
24 No. 6 Friday
February 14,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for February 14, 2025 |
New
Horizons For Ian Morgan
Ian Morgan, the likeable air cargo
industry stalwart that joined Alaska Airlines Cargo last September,
is never at a loss for words when it comes to thinking big, and the
addition of Hawaiian Airlines is a particularly sweet spot right now.
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Air
India In 2025 Connection Pitch
Sitting
over here in Gotham otherwise famous as New York City we tend to take
notice of air services that emerge at any of our three famous airports.
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India
Air Cargo Strategic National Asset
Dinesh K. Krishnan has been in the logistics
business for well over 30 years. As the Founder and Managing Director
of United Shipping Services, he has built a team that has driven expansion
across India’s major ports, airports, and into the heart of
Europe. Krishnan was the first Indian freight forwarder to establish
its own independent branch office in Antwerp Port, Belgium, in 2004.
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Orlando
Air Cargo Taking Off
Last week at Orlando, Florida where
the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority: Orlando International (MCO)
and Executive (ORL) Airports was making all the right moves to emerge
as a major force in global logistics
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Dog
Days Of Winter
When
Sirius appeared in the sky just before the sun in July, that marked
the beginning of the very hottest days of the year.
The
Romans referred to this period as "dies caniculares" or
"days of the dog star," which was eventually translated
as just "dog days."
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Vol.
24 No. 5 Wednesday
February 5,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for February 5, 2025
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Petal
To The Medal Grows SAF
With Valentine’s Day love just
around the corner, featuring flowers tentatively scheduled to appear
everywhere in the next few weeks, here is a smiling group of floriculturists
attending a trade show event all about the flower business.
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Cargo
Building 260's Triumphant Return To JFK
When Building 260
originally appeared in 1962 at Idlewild Airport Cargo (today JFK)
in New York, the place heralded a new era for air shippers with all
the bells and whistles to advance air cargo to an unheard of new plateau.
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Dear
Hearts & Gentle People
Here are a group of people that everyone
should know about when the question is asked, “where in the
world does air cargo reach out and help others asking for nothing
in return?”
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The
Kelly Act
We
think, remembering people in our business is a good idea and also
some fun during our 5Oth year.
Right
now, up and down the line in air cargo United Airlines Cargo is a
huge story.
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Vol.
24 No. 4 Thursday
January 30,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for January 30, 2025
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iPhone
Better Than A Diamond
The iPhone you’re holding
-- one out of every seven iPhones is made in India -- was likely manufactured
in India. Apple’s iPhone shipments from India have crossed $10.7
billion in 2024 and, according to reports, it has overtaken the combined
sales of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers,
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India
To Host FIATA Rap Event
India is set to host
the 2025 FIATA Region Asia Pacific (RAP) event in Delhi from May 21
to May 24. Hosted by the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI),
this significant gathering will highlight India's growing economic
significance on the global stage.
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Stake
The Year By The Beast
As Lunar New Year dedicated to The Snake
arrived this week we are thinking that here in America and elsewhere
in Europe and other locations snakes have long been identified with
evil and temptation. And to be honest the Dragon, whose year we are
about to leave, has not been perceived as a benign entity either,
at least by Christianity.
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Vol.
24 No. 3 Friday
January 24,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for January 24, 2025
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Scoring
Between Flights
The Global Air Freight market
was valued at USD 67.2 Billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD
74.12 Billion by 2030.
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Letter
From Hong Kong Year Of The Snake
With the New Year
behind us and with the Lunar Year of the Snake just a few days away
it seems appropriate to share a few words from Hong Kong with Bob
Rogers.
"I
am delighted to be able to report that Hong Kong is once again rocking
and rolling, both in general and in particular when it comes to matters
aviation. To highlight a few of these developments:
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Delhi—A
Tale Of Two Airports
This
year could well see the commencement of operations of two new airports
in the vicinity of India’s capital Delhi International Airport.
These will be the Jewar Airport in Noida (85 km from Delhi Airport)
and the Hisar Airport (165 km west of the Delhi Airport).
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Vol.
24 No. 2 Tuesday
January 14,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for January 14, 2025
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Berlin
Fruit Logistica Launches February 5
Fruit and vegetable lovers
will be 'loving it up' at Berlin’s Annual Fruit Logistica at
the massive Berlin ExpoCenterCity and CityCube in Germany, February
5-7, 2025.
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EMO
Trans By The Book
At EMO Trans Stuttgart
Andreas Pfitzner, Stuttgart Branch Manager, received a special request
from EMO Trans Global Logistics founder Mr. Eckart Moltmann.
Mr.
Moltmann’s brother Prof. Dr Jürgen Moltmann, a leading
theologian passed away June 4, 2024 at age of 98.
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Vol.
24 No. 1 Monday
January 6,
2025 |
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Chuckles
for January 6, 2025
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Air
India Warms Up New York
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
But not for these high fliers from Air
India outfitted in Manish Malhotra-designed uniforms.
Here
warming this up considerably Air India people made waltzing through
Manhattan look easy as the Indian airline launched services via its
candy dandy brand new A350s from Newark to New Delhi January 2.
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Delicacies
In The Air
Welcome to today’s
FlyingTypers, as we close the chapter on this rather extended year-end
break and the beginning of 2025.
Let’s
in the spirit of the New Year party season recall a great gathering
on several New Year’s Days over the years as we travel back
to a once-upon-a-time at JFK International Airport in New York City.
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