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  FlyingTalkers celebrates the start of Super Summer 2019 in the USA as Memorial Day is observed May 27. Here is a guide for everybody who loves aviation, and especially folks, that today live and work in air cargo,  Right on the heels of a major world gathering—Air Cargo Europe in Munich, Germany at Transport Logistik June 4-7, the 70th anniversary of the ending of The Berlin Airlift that saved a city, is being celebrated in grand style from June 10 until June 18 at Wiesbaden Air Base near Frankfurt and in Berlin. Be amazed . . . for the first time since 1949, more than 40 aircraft  from the Berlin Airlift, preserved and airworthy, will fly the original Berlin Airlift routes and later land at the airport and be accessible to the public to touch and feel, up close and personal.. Go to this address for more information:  https://foerderverein-luftbruecke-berlin-70.de/ Memorial Day Special continues with the latest Chapter ((1937)  of Steve Gibson Aviation Detective Series. Trip back in

       As he closes in on his second year of serving as President of American Airlines Cargo, it is fair to say that Richard (Rick) Elieson guided the freight fortunes of the world’s largest airline with a steady hand.      Rick Elieson is also a great photographer. Not just great because he knows how to handle a camera. In this age where everybody seems to be a phone photographer, Rick has the ability to snap stunning, original photos of wildlife in their natural settings. There is a great, if not slightly unknown and perhaps overlooked, industry event that meets September 16 until 19 as ULD CARE opens its 32nd Annual ULD CARE Conference in Montreal, Canada. For Urs Wiesendanger  President, ULD CARE, and Bob Rogers, VP & Treasurer, ULD CARE, kicking the cans has been a joyful lifelong obsession.      To Urs and Bob, the devices are eye candy on the hardstand.      "It’s always a beautiful thing

  Shippers planning for the summer peak season received a curve ball from President Trump earlier this month.  With only a few Presidential tweets of warning, the U.S.-China trade talks that optimists hoped would bring an end to confrontation and protectionism instead yielded an escalation as the U.S. raised tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200bn worth of Chinese imports. At Cargo Network Services (CNS) Partnership in Miami last week, we spoke to Sterling Transportation founder Keith Davis who developed an original idea into a quarter century success story, connecting Los Angeles to Miami with big trucks carrying cargo. Later we spoke to an old friend named Warren Jones, who delivered to an air cargo conference something rarely seen—a shipper! Irish Ken Ryan told us that cargo flown into Rockford, Illinois for UPS and Amazon and others, most often reaches destinations in Chicago faster than the same shipments that land at O'Hare International Airport. Finally from our "Reporter's Notebook," we take a tri

  As previous reported in Flying Talkers, Amazon’s emergence as a major player in air cargo and logistics has been rapid.  But Amazon is not the only ‘e-tailer’ with an ambitious plan to integrate online and offline commerce by building huge logistics networks. Alibaba is also most definitely causing a stir. Jack Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, increasingly has the global name recognition and ‘influencer’ status that comes to very few.  A Flight To Nowhere S/H “When we highlight the disappointing irony of this situation to the lenders, we are simply told that this problem is to be addressed by the shareholders, who should and could have agreed on a resolution plan a long time ago.” That was Vinay Dube, CEO of the now grounded Jet Airways, lamenting the lack of commitment on the part of Jet’s stakeholders to pay salaries to the employees.  Banks and financial institutions who are owed more than $1.15 bn have, till the time of filing this report, refused

  (Forget about the fabled gorilla in the room, here we examine the reality of an 800 pound Amazon) Early last month Bill Boesch, the distinguished and eloquent former President of American Airlines Cargo, and now who delivers Special Commentaries in our sister E-Zine Flying Typers, explained how Amazon has the capability to transform the air cargo landscape. Follow The Fleet S/H For example, the e-tailer is already “its own air cargo customer” thanks to its ACMI contracts for Boeing aircraft with ATSG and Atlas which will give it a fleet of more than 50 freighters by next year. This leaves integrators such as UPS and FedEx in the position of both providing services to Amazon – one recent report claimed Amazon accounts for 6.5% of total UPS revenue and 4.7% of FedEx revenue - as well as competing with it for customers and their cargoes. What’s more, Amazon can easily upscale its air freight operations, either by buying out one of its air charter partners

  “The market might be less than a year ago-but it’s not bad,” insists Guillaume Halleux, Qatar Airways Head of Cargo. “Don’t let people tell you that we are in a recession again—we are not!”  Guillaume is approaching his fourth anniversary atop Qatar Cargo this June.  “I have worked internally to make sure that cargo is a strong contributor to the airline’s bottom line by making sure everyone understands our business and its objectives and possibilities.

  Hot on the heels of Flexport’s latest funding infusion recently, FlyingTypers spoke to Neel Jones Shah, the forwarder’s SVP and Global Head of Air Freight. Shah has occupied top posts at United and Delta Cargo so he has gained a unique perspective and reputation for advancing keen analytics, frank observations and conclusive projections as an industry voice that is heard in transportation worldwide.  Claiming “to advance JFK International Airport’s place as an international cargo handler,” a “place” that the airport once upon a time dominated from its opening in 1948 until the early 1990s when more than half of all airborne cargo in USA transited the facility, airport operator The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey signed a deal to allow JFK Air Cargo LLC to lease a new 250,000 sq. ft. cargo transfer facility to be built with $70 million in private funds at the airport.

"A blockchain is a distributed ledger database that maintains a continuously-growing list of transactions in the form of ordered records called blocks."  -Wikipedia "If you can't explain it to a 10 year old, you don't know it yourself"  – Albert Einstein (attributed, but disputed) Get ready for this. It's spring 2019 and in some quarters the season augurs the air cargo industry awards time of year. There are awards for everything, from Company of the Year to Person of the Year, from Most Influential to Lifetime Service.  The awards will be handed out left and right by trade shows, industry organizations, and publications alike.

  “A great opportunity for FIATA Association Members and Individual Members to exchange information and deliberate on important policy issues of our industry," FIATA President Babar Badat told Flying Talkers.  A very popular aircraft from the 1950s and early 1960s that has ended up as a restaurant and often as a bar, usually perched on a concrete buttress, at several locations in the USA. is all or part of a Lockheed Constellation. Now at JFK International Airport in New York a "Connie" as the airplane is, and  was, affectionately referred to, returns as a new on airport hotel opens.

  A300/A310 pioneered twin jet operations worldwide and are still at work today at FedEx. "Gathering Pace Together", a new sustainability report from Hapag-Lloyd as new rules for fuel content ready for prime time January 1, 2020 China India Burma Hump (CBI) If you want to know exactly when a defining time occurred for air cargo in the 20th century, and what led to the development of the industry we know today, join us as we cast a line back to April, seventy nine years ago, and you will discover that modern air cargo was born above the Himalayas as wartime air commerce moved essential consignments between India and China.      

Easter 2019...Takeoff with the Supermarket of the Sky & Vince Ryan...  The focus is on the mighty tulip, but roses, daffodils, orchids, and more all get their time to shine. There are English and Japanese gardens, a playground, petting zoo, maze and much more to explore. The Keukenhof Gardens of Amsterdam are open but just eight weeks each spring. This year a special concert April 24 will celebrate 70 years of offering the world a rich opportunity to stop and smell the flowers. Steve Gibson Chapter 5 continues our series wherein the intrepid teenager with his short wave radio and dreams of detective work flies abord the China Clipper on a never ending journey to adventure.

 1. Air Cargo Integrators (ACI) CEO Lionel Smith is surveying the trade show scene at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum that took place in Toronto, Canada, in mid-October 2018.      As he looks up and down the aisle, Lionel, at six feet, seven inches tall, enjoys a unique vantage point.      Born in Kenya and on the scene in Dubai cargo for the past several decades, Smith is a transportation executive that stands out head and shoulders above the crowd. He joins a cadre of special people we have known during our 44 years on this beat.       2.  When Lionel van der Walt packed it in as President of IATA CNS a couple years ago, our industry lost a great leader, although we got lucky again right away, when Mike White stepped up. Mike has carried forward admirably as President of CNS and reports a huge annual partnership conference about to take off in Miami, May 5. Hero's Of Air Aargo.....Recently Deutsche Post DHL Disaster Response Team

  Bill Boesch is an air cargo pioneer but also a dreamer & doer across a distinguished  and exemplary 40 plus year career. Bill served as President of American Airlines Cargo where he put that carrier on the world stage during the Robert Crandall era. Bill is also a key logistician for  US military forces who during the Iran & Iraq conflict created methodologies that delivered the goods while saving lives.  For his effort Bill was awarded The Medal of Freedom  at a ceremony in New York harbor in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island.. Among his other activities Bill has contributed a series of ten articles exclusively to our sister publication Flying Typers offering his unique knowledge and perspective into the ongoing impact that the administration of US President Trump is delivering to business and air cargo. In “Trump Effect Number 11” Bill goes four square into sharing both an up to date business recap and look ahead into the latest thinking as Amazon and other drivers change the tab

  Meet Francesco Parisi Up Close & Personal When Parisi went into business in 1807 Napoleon was alive and signed a peace treaty with Russia; Ludwig von Beethoven debuted his Symphony Number 4 and Robert Fulton launched his first steamboat on the Hudson River in New York. Today in 2019, the quiet and unassuming Francesco Parisi (third generation) is a constant force for good as former President of FIATA and active builder of global transportation. Go up close and personal at FIATA World Congress October 1-5 in Capetown. Get the scoop on a conference you should know about. Virgin Cargo gets new handling in Lagos April 10 to serve it's booming cargo business.

  Looking At Latest Numbers  Asia was full of mixed signals as airfreight stakeholders entered the second quarter of 2019 hoping for an upturn after a slow start to the year. Ode To Fala Dogs are  subject of poetry, best friends of Presidents and First Ladies, and on the half shell upcoming at CNS Miami.  Kicking The Cans In Canada There is a great if not slightly unknown, and perhaps overlooked industry event, that meets in Montreal Canada as ULD CARE opens its 32nd Annual Conference September 16-19.. For Urs Wiesendanger, President, ULD CARE, and Bob Rogers,  VP & Treasurer, ULD CARE, kicking the cans has been a joyful lifelong obsession.

Right now and for some few brief few days ahead, the breathtakingly beautiful cherry blossoms in Washington DC, also herald the "Cherry Shipping Season" & United Cargo says it is ready! Turkish Airlines Cargo set to takeoff big time as New Istanbul Airport opens.. Like A Virgin..Brazil gets Virgin Cargo focus with Sao Paulo debut in 2020.. Women are recognized as leaders in the American trucking industry.

How Deep Is The Ocean? FIATA Guide to Best Container Practices just a click away! Turkish Cargo moves belly lift to new airport in Istanbul April 6..... CNS Partnership at Doral National Miami May 5-7, an exclusive "talking heads" sessions preview. Fokko Doyan Captain of the Clouds, moves more than air cargo.

  Peg of My Heart Speaking to Peggy Guse United Airlines’ Managing Director of Cargo Marketing, Customer Service and Alliances in March 2019 during International Women’s Month we were struck by how closely her discussion of the team’s accomplishments and ambitions dovetailed with the theme of the worldwide celebration of “Women’s Day on March 6: “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.” Warm Up Your Short Wave Radio! Later we climb onboard the high road to adventure aboard the China Clipper as Episode Four of Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police  finds our teenage hero just arrived by Flying Boat in Hong Kong, as an aviation Broadcast from 1937 goes Podcast in 2019, with radio drama  presented here every two weeks. Enjoy the ride!

     We write about women in air cargo, about female aviators, and because we acknowledge women as consummate multi-taskers, we must remember to ask: what else can you do? What else do you do?       Invariably, women in every industry perform several and various functions in order not to go ‘hysterical,’ a term loved dearly by detractors of feminists like Betty Friedan as it improperly classified and deflected from that general feeling of malaise suffered by so many women who were not put to good use beyond the home. Here we meet  Elvy Kalep, the first female in Estonia to receive a pilot’s license, in 1931. Elvy, a friend of Amelia Earhart's and member of the 99s ,the pioneering female air pilots organization , never stopped working to interest young women in aviation even creating a most charming book titled "Air Babies".   A pioneering “Women In Air Cargo’, Mathangi Krishnan , could easily pass off as my aunt next door.  Measured in her conve

It's happening in Wiesbaden and some other airfields. Now just as Air Cargo Europe Trade Show ends in Munich June 7, in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany a nine day event will begin on June 10 as The Berlin Airlift will be recalled with a giant fly-in by more than 40 vintage aircraft  that saved that city during the blockade of 1948-49. The 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift is shaping up as a world event. For people today in air cargo, and for people that love aviation everywhere, here is an opportunity to step back to the future to see, touch, and feel what it was like when air cargo was front page news all over the world and a city of two million people depended on a narrow aerial lifeline. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support