The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and The International Air Transport Association (IATA) have a deal to action a FIATA/IATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) to replace the existing IATA Cargo Agency Program.
   Formal signing of the agreement is set for October at The FIATA World Congress held in Dublin, Ireland.
   The phased rollout of IFACP will begin in early 2017 with Canada as the pilot country. It is anticipated that the program will be global by the end of 2018.
   The new program moves decision-making on the rules governing the airline-forwarder relationship away from an airline-led conference to a governance body—the IATA-FIATA Governance Board (IFGB)—jointly managed by forwarders and airlines, which reflects today’s market conditions.
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