Chandra Kant Govil—An Open Book
     Chandra Kant Govil, the President of The Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) comes across as a leader with a difference. As Chairman and Managing Director of Activair, C K Govil loves to talk— not so much about his work as a forwarder—but about his “other” pursuit: a social worker. Speaking to FlyingTypers, C K Govil said, “My full-time focus is on ACAAI, now that I am the President.” And he does not take that lightly. In addition, to organizing the annual convention—that will be held December 5-8 in Baku—Govil has been able to convince FIATA to hold its RAP meeting in Delhi from May 21- 24 2025.

Hopscotching TIACA Miami ACF
            Another op'nin', another show
            In Miami, Boston or Baltimoe,
            A chance for old friends to say hello.
            Another op'nin', another show!
     As carpenters were hammering away, preparing for The International Air Cargo Association TIACA Air Cargo Forum November 12-14, inside the Miami Beach Convention Center, all delegates were welcome to join an Opening Reception Monday night. We caught up with one of the ACF sponsors, Jacques H.M. Heeremans of Schiphol Airport-based Inter Aviation Services (IAS).

ATC Aviation—No Secret Sauce
      ATC is celebrating 35 years in the business. At FT we believe it is an important achievement that has been made possible by the indefatigable work of Ingo Zimmer, who has led this GSSA for decades. In order to appropriately celebrate the milestone, we have assembled a number of recent quotes that Ingo released to us, as well as some questions we had prepared for his interview.

Kale Founder Proves More Is More
      Some people like to say “less is more.”
      But a couple of years ago when I started writing about Kale Logistics Solutions we were privileged to get to know, albeit from a distance, Amar More, CEO of the company and a main driver in dreaming up a better way to move cargo via the Kale Airport Cargo Community System.

Veteran's Day 2024
      Now it is Veterans Day USA November 11, 2024 and once again am thinking about D-Day in Europe 1944, and how it was celebrated earlier this year as the old veteran soldiers emerged from a Delta Air Lines flight onto a hardstand, in France where a couple dozen wheel chairs whisked them to the battlefields of Normandy where once upon a time they had fought their way onto the beach.

Three Questions For Peter Penseel
      As TIACA Air Cargo Forum meets in Miami next week, a sought after new addition to the top management scheme at a major airline, that everybody is wondering about is Peter Penseel who landed in Atlanta as SVP and President Delta Cargo on June 1, 2024.

United Cargo Decade of Jan Krems
      As Jan Krems, President United Airlines Cargo approaches a decade atop the U.S. giant legacy combination airline, we spend a few minutes here with Jan prior to his appearance next week at The TIACA Air Cargo Forum taking place at The Miami Convention Center.

No Halting Haltmayers
      QCS-Quick Cargo Service based in Frankfurt founded in 1974 celebrates 50 years in business during 2024, but perhaps the bigger story here is that Quick Cargo founder Dieter Haltmayer, who has been in evidence at the company since he founded it, will be front and center celebrating his 90th birthday (October 31) at a big party in his honor November 2, at the Frankfurt Kempinski Hotel.

Lionel van der Walt Goes Digital
      Lionel van der Walt has headlined world air cargo news often for his service as President of IATA Cargo Network Services (CNS) and at onset as part of the team that changed logistics forever at PayCargo.
Today based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Lionel emerges in 2024 as Chief Commercial Officer for Nallian charged with developing strategic partnerships.

United Cargo New Portal
      United Airlines Cargo can handle whatever, whenever is the core message October 8 as the Chicago-based wunderkind global cargo resource further rolls out “a new online booking experience.”
      “Booking online is about to become even easier,” UA said on its website as “WebCargo and United Cargo have developed a new online booking portal intended to enhance United Cargo’s website offering to freight forwarders.

Bright Ideas During A Port Strike
Automation Makes People More Efficient
      Dock strike does not leave the best and the brightest in air cargo speechless.
      Here are thoughts and strategies for moving cargo during the U.S. dockworkers strike, which is halting half the nation's ocean shipping.
Donna Mullins of Kale Logistics Solutions is an industry veteran with close to four decades of experience in the logistics and supply chain industry. She has held key positions in airlines, freight forwarding and customs brokering firms.