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CNS Departures Mean  Industry Will Suffer "Now we are witnessing some of the best leadership in our industry departing  when this is the time they are needed the most,",former CNS President Warren Jones told Flying Talkers.  "With the recent post of Mike White leaving CNS  and some other great individuals at IATA like Gordon Wright, our industry, while resilient, will suffer." Kicking The Cans By now unless you have been living on the moon or accidentally got locked up the a cool box somewhere since 1985, Envirotainer the pioneering cool box company from Sweden says it can deliver all the vaccines needed anywhere in the world with no excuses or let up, and its system is the go-to way to move pharmaceuticals, worldwide on short notice. Freeze Dry Vaccines? (Revisited) Now the world awaits a  COVID-19 vaccine, reportedly a two- shot sequence, delivery to 8 billion people alongside other therapeutics, that might add another two step that would see that dreaded one-way trip to the hospita

“CNS will focus on its core mission on ensuring that the CASS continues to meet the needs of the U.S cargo industry,” came the terse announcement from IATA confirming that our exclusive story of Mike White an icon of change advancing the airline forwarder partnership, departing as Cargo Network Services President at year’s end, is sadly all too true. After finishing 40 years in the airlines and retiring sixteen years ago, Kari Tikkanen is not only still watching but involved with the industry. “I began as Finnair Cargo Manager in Helsinki on May 15, 1969 when we launched a Douglas DC-8 Combi jet aircraft to New York with the pallets loaded forward. “The Finnair first class cabin was located behind the wing on that aircraft,” Kari smiled . . .  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

When it comes to air cargo, The International Air Transport Association (IATA) seems to be adapting a bunker mentality in 2020 as top management and other key personnel connected to air cargo are retiring in droves. Glyn Hughes, IATA Head of Cargo departs IATA in January, and Mike White, President of IATA Cargo Network Services (CNS) will depart by year’s end. Add to that the diminishing number of support staff at IATA in Geneva, including maybe all the team at CNS in Miami. Some in air cargo may feel like those “Six Characters Looking for an Author” a la Luigi Pirandello; a family of industry people left incomplete by an author who can’t finish the work for which we were conceived. This June just past – at the height of the pandemic lockdown in India – there was a quiet celebration in the Chennai-based Blue Dart Aviation family (which is part of DHL eCommerce Solutions) celebrating its 24th anniversary on June 17. Blue Dart Managing Director Tulsi Nowlakha Mirchandaney crossed a huge milestone. Heard on the

Michael R. White, the well-liked and much respected President of Cargo Network Services (CNS) is retiring December 31, to pursue other interests. Mr. White joins a parade of recent IATA top cargo management retirements... Dr. Jan Hoffmann is Chief, Trade Logistics Branch in the Division on Technology and Logistics at UNCTAD (http://UNCTAD.org). In different capacities through our careers, I have been able to meet with Jan Hoffmann several times. Becoming acquainted with Jan has been both a privilege and a discovery for me (http://JanHoffmann.live). Gusto In Forschung  However, Dr Hoffmann was not born a civil servant, his gusto in “Forschung” (in English: Research) is probably the engine behind his choices, which brought him from his family tramp shipping business Hoffmann Shipping, based in Horneburg, Germany, to many other contiguous interests: import-export agent, seafarer, translator, consultant and assistant professor, before joining the United Nations. Sky Bar Is Back! Blast from our past . . . The

We have been thinking about IATA as air cargo becomes more famous in the mainstream media in regards to COVID-19 PPE flight performance. In the face of all the attention, IATA has shuttered all its cargo expertise in Geneva and Montreal. Glyn Hughes, Head of Cargo, and others in both locations have taken packages and are out. Is Cargo Network Services (CNS) next?  Do we stand to lose the expertise of Mike White and his team? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

A 2020 reality check is in order, with China having unleashed COVID-19 earlier this year and now ending One Country Two Systems in Hong Kong, and also apparently up to a lot of other less than glamorous things. As the pharmaceutical industry dedicates its resources to the creation of an effective vaccine, one of the greatest challenges will be the design and implementation of an efficient distribution system that will address the demanding logistical requirements. Airports and their partners will be critical elements in the planning and operations. “We actually make a difference in people’s lives, albeit indirectly - and it is this thought that makes me love my work and inspires me to work harder,” Chaitaly Mehta separates the signal from the noise with an insightful, direct view to best practices moving forward. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

If you count up the years Wally Devereaux, Southwest Airlines Managing Director Cargo and Charters, and a 28-year veteran of the carrier has been a force in air cargo for 14. But to look at him you might think he is a new kid on the block. Wally is a youthful and energetic "Mohair Sam" which is language from the 1940s that was often used to describe someone who is smart, easy going and always comfortable in his clothes. Here the Texas born and bred native talks about Southwest Cargo at full strength the way it ought to be, and he speaks with some spirit and elan telling us the way it is right now. Harold Hagens died September 10 in Atlanta. A great patron and spirit of the air cargo business is gone, but he shall not be forgotten for all the good he did. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

Sorry, this move toward laptop webinars with six people on a screen has gotten old in a hurry. I think that split screen face to face from a distance with family and loved ones works with Uncle Claude, young Obishek, Nilu and Zahir. But for business, while going thumbnail face-to-face did serve to open up our COVID-19 closeted world a bit, today that contact at times feels like  what used to be said about sitting in an audience watching a burlesque show. You've seen one, you've seen them all. Maybe it's time now to get street smart , and go face- to-face by trying something different. Also here two industry veterans, Nils Haupt and Isaac Nijankin share a view of the future having served air cargo successfully in the past. Virgin Atlantic Cargo opens new cargo flights to Italy and Pakistan connecting UK & U.S. shippers. Cargo Human Care seeks help powering up a new dispensary  to help the people of Kenya. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

Labor Day 2020 and unofficial end of Summer in the USA: we step back a bit to the black and white world of 1942 and spend some moments recalling the outstanding cargo movement of WW II by sharing with you dear reader the exact time period when our industry as we know it today, (albeit the modern version) was born. The China India Burma Hump flights that moved cargo from Assam, India to Kunming, China above the Himalayan Mountains paved the way for air cargo to come to the rescue of Berlin post-war. From both those movements, air cargo was born via hundreds of surplus DC3 and C46 aircraft, some that were purchased for as little as a dinner for two tab at Sardis here in New York. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

Something I learned early on in our early effort 45 years ago to create a publication quite unlike any other for the air cargo industry: In order to have a clearer vision of what lies ahead be sure and gather as much information as possible that deals with what has already happened. So, the first order of business at Flying Typers has always been to cast a clear line to the history of air cargo. Now with COVID-19 touching every part of the world with every person that you ever met part of a common experience we thought to write to some people who have spent the best years of their lives building the industry but now in retirement might be nudged into venturing forth with some ideas and opinions to share with the folks who in 2020 are actively day to day doing the heavy lifting in our business today. Thankfully we have something to report for that effort that begins today with Jacques Ancher who created the wildly successful modern air cargo structure at KLM Cargo , Ram Menen the man who began on the ramp when

As the world awaits a  COVID-19 vaccine, reportedly a two- shot sequence, delivery to 8 billion people alongside other therapeutics that might add another two step that would see that dreaded one-way trip to the hospital turn into a roundtrip.Meantime waiting in the wings is the technique of freeze drying vaccines in a process mostly under wraps for now at Pfizer and others promising  big changes are ahead in global medicine, Covid-19 has no immediate of going away. But across India amidst lifting of lockdowns and restrictions, the air cargo industry has battled on. Forwarders survey across India  underscores  that  this group is strenuously adapting to keep themselves and their businesses going. Summertime  Means Fun...Here we continue the saga of Speed Gibson last heard here on May 31. Slow down a bit.Here radio contact is messages by Morse Code and Short-Wave Radio.In 1938 Speed Gibson, boy hero was always ready to climb aboard a Pan Am Clipper flying boat on the way to anoth

Workers in the fields of life sciences and transportation are laboring diligently to discover a COVID-19 vaccine and researching the means of moving that vaccine to restore the balance of normal life all over the world. Voices Behind a Mask The word from our pharma sources is that “deadlines to save lives is uppermost as companies have committed vast resources to develop not only serums but also to secure the vials to carry the precious liquids to people everywhere.” So, in terms of getting ready to carry relief to billions in an extremely high-charged moment in time, the path to that long-awaited shot in the arm comes into sharper focus. The consensus is that it will require quite a bit of work and broad cooperation from everybody in all disciplines moving ahead. Pete Hamill Prince of the City In New York the reporter who  covered everything from boxing to politics for a half century Pete Hammil once wrote, “I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning.”

American Airlines Cargo is opened wide & declaring it is “ready to deliver”vaccine and therapies to combat the demon global pandemic. “While the production of a COVID-19 vaccine remains unclear, we are inspired that experts and scientists around the world are working together to beat COVID-19,” Jessica Tyler President of American Cargo told Flying Talkers in an exclusive interview. Forwarder Confident Jo Frigger EMO Trans Chairman told Flying Talkers: “Much will depend on which manufacturer will get the approval for their vaccine. There will be a mad rush and the logistics may be under control of the shipper or importer. It is very difficult to predict where the vaccine will be coming from and who will be the initial consignee. The vaccine could come from Europe, Asia, Russia or North America." India China Dustup In the beginning of July, when FedEx and DHL stopped picking up cargo from China for India, it was not surprising. If the Corona Virus pandemic made transportation difficult, ever since the blood

Flying Monkeys Delivers Hope For COVID-19  In most parts of the world where research is being conducted to defeat COVID-19 and we hear that test vaccines are in Stage Two or Three, the research animal being tested closest to a human being is the Rhesus monkey. Recall it was the Rhesus that accelerated  Dr. Jonas Salk’s search in developing and then perfecting a vaccine for Polio in the 1950s. Zaha Could Hit The Curve With some time perhaps for summertime reading, Zaha Hidid comes alive  in a new book out next month as a revolutionary and transformational  architect whose legacy is seen in buildings she designed from A sports palace in Doha to The Broad Arts Museum in East Lansing Michigan, to The Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, and of course her breath taking  design of that new airport in Beijing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

There is no question that when purpose is attached to power, magic can happen. Right now, Doha-based Qatar Airways Cargo is the largest carrier in the region, having surpassed the likes of Emirates and others in the Middle East who by comparison seem as if they are moving in the slow lane. In Fact right now Qatar Airways Cargo is the number one cargo airline in the world. Last week we  expressed our opinion that TIACA Air Cargo Forum slated for Miami this November should be cancelled. Here we address another issue wondering if management of that org is really looking out for its membership? We receive lots of mail. Here we share a couple letters... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

TIACA Air Cargo Forum apparently is still planning its Miami, Florida debut with Messe München organizing the event, and a couple of industry publication partners handling sales, for November 10-11, undaunted by the global COVID-19 pandemic that once again is sweeping across Florida. In early July looking over the event website, at the booked booths reveals (minus a small army of publications) maybe 30 exhibitors, but less than a half dozen airlines. Our view is TIACA/Messe München should be postponed until 2021 That brace of powerful USA aircraft carriers on maneuvers in the South China Sea (SCS) last week sends a powerful message to Communist China that the USA and others will not be driven off those waters that the CCP has been treating recently as its own private lake. The implications for trade are underscored as SCS drives USD$7 trillion in trade annually. But in broader thinking about these these things, push has finally come to shove. If we exclude any type of armed conflict, which for two countries t

EMO Trans Stands Against Racism “With the current events concerning racism and its effect on our daily lives it is time to clearly state which side we are on,” declares Joachim Frigger EMO Trans Chairman. Read All About It "How To Be An Antiracist" Published in 2019, the book "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi is a necessary read as 2020 moves full steam ahead. Christmas In June  . . . Spinning the numbers—things may be looking up? Why Baseball Matters Today July 4th, The New York Yankees hold their full team workout in three months. Now the real countdown begins so that blessed baseball can come back and The Boys of Summer will move through the remains of the year until Fall with that particular poetic grace of a game that will lift millions of cooped up, stressed out Americans. "I'm so pumped," youngest daughter Emily Parker enthuses. This one is for Emily . . .  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

Air India has been operating charter flights  between USA and India to repatriate its citizens who have been held up getting back home by travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also been selling tickets to the public. USA Department of Transportation (DOT) says the Indian government and regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have not allowed US airlines to operate same kind of  flights to India, creating what DOT termed “a competitive disadvantage for US carriers”. Right now when it comes to ULDs the modern day boxcars, we stay in touch with Bob Rogers a person that has thought about these things for most of his life examining all possibilities as the spirit and guiding force of ULD Cares. As he speaks you can imagine if Bob had his way, he might even live in a can and listen to the patter of rain on the tin roof as he thinks his next big thoughts. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recognized Jill Maschmeier who serves as the National Carriers, Inc. Di

Italy was sitting in the middle of the biggest pandemic in 100 years, when we spoke to Antonella Straulino , Francesco Parisi, Massimo Roccasecca and Jean-Claude Delen about the events happening around us on 11th of March. It was just before the “Ides of March” 2020 and COVID19 was already ravaging the country and the continent, but the shocking numbers that were gradually becoming apparent had not reached the levels that scared us later on. Italy had just entered the harshest lockdown in its recent history and the rest of Europe was about to follow suit. We shall not dwell too long on the concept: we believe all countries are aware of the consequences by now, the escalating numbers having obliged to open up even the most skeptical eyes.. But things in Italy are opening up now, as the story continues in this  exclusive report from Turin . --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geoffrey-arend/support

While most of the conversation lately has centered on what the world of airlines,forwarders and other players in air cargo will look like moving ahead here  are some thoughts from Dan Muscatello an expert in airport  Cargo and Logistics strategy and planning. Dan brings an impressive portfolio of more than 40 years of experience, in both the public and private sectors. He has been a development strategist for both the business and physical facility planning of air cargo complexes, and the integration of ancillary and supporting logistics services that make them operationally and financially feasible. CNS Partnership Stands Supreme Here is a simple fact. All of the air cargo industry conferences are toast for 2020. And despite the noble effort of TIACA  and others including their new and mighty German partners to try and salvage Air Cargo Forum slated for Miami later this year, it looks like the next best chance to gather to meet, greet, network and do some serious business will be CNS Partnersh