French Kiss . . . Well, this is the year TIACA attempts its comeback with one of the larger and more important air cargo industry events: The Air Cargo Forum & Exhibition (ACF) takes place in Paris from October 26-28.

. . . But in France last Saturday, thousands of activists and sympathizers took over Nante’s main highway to protest construction of the 580-million-euro project aimed at replacing the current Nantes Atlantique Airport, which only has a capacity of 3 million passengers. The Aéroport du Grand Ouest wants to increase that number to 9 million by 2050 to become an international gateway for western France. One month after the Paris Climate Conference, critics say they’re concerned about the carbon and climate implications of a new airport. Environmentalist Nicolas Hulot said on Saturday to French daily Le Monde, “Notre-Dame-des-Landes Airport is one of those projects we should abandon.” For the record, people in the region have opposed a new airport for the past 30 years.

. . . On Tuesday, January 12, Airbus SA CEO Fabrice Bregier delivered a speech during the annual press conference in Paris. Airbus won hundreds more plane orders last year than rival Boeing, but the American plane builder handed over more aircraft to customers. Airbus SA said that it exceeded its targets in 2015, taking in 1,036 net orders and delivering 635 jets to airlines and other buyers.