AIRLINES ARE BACK ON THEIR FEET
IATA statistics show the industry is back in the black and revenues are continuing to climb from passenger and cargo operations. In America the regulatory authorities have given the thumbs up for the merger between United and Continental Airlines. As the consolidation of the industry continues throughout the world (including China) we will soon be [...]
HEY FRED, TWO HOURS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL
I have always admired Fred Smith and FedEx in the same vein as Bill Gates and Microsoft. Fred did to shipping what Bill did for the personal computer. When I think of the development of the mobile telephone I feel technology will still for years to come hand us more bells and whistles. Microsoft will [...]
AMERICAN CARRIERS PLEASE GET BACK TO BASICS
Listen American Airlines, United and the rest, stop thinking you are integrators and as such provide a time definite premium service. Unlike UPS and FedEx, you neither have the equipment nor the facilities to now even provide an acceptable level of service to domestic and international shippers. With so much of your fleets parked up [...]
WELCOME NEWS FOR CONSOLIDATORS INTERNATIONAL
The TSA division of the Department of Home Security is moving forward in implementing 100% screening of all air cargo by year’s end. Last year we invested $hundred’s of thousands in screening equipment and this year we trained six specialists in our security screening department in Los Angeles. Many of our brethren forwarders are scrambling [...]





