FlyingTalkers By Geoffrey Arend Geoffrey Arend

Okay put down those margaritas for a moment, and read what
was said at a great air cargo gathering last week in Cancun, Mexico.

Look for the entire transcript of these comments in
FlyingTypers  at www.aircargones.com.

Here is Kale Logistics Solutions  self-generated initiative, branded Clear View
Americas.

 Our view is that Clear
View is fresh, while other industry events these days seem tired.

First Session: Collaborative Growth in the Air Cargo
Industry – The Vital Role of Partnerships and Airport Leadership.  Speaker: Michael Webber, CEO Webber Air Cargo
Inc.

“In terms of total air cargo business HKG exceeded 4 M tons.
MEM, PVG, & ANC exceeded 3 M.

MIA holds 82% of the air cargo market share from U.S. to
Latin America

Cultivating Partnerships:

Americas top four international gateways: MIA, LAX, ORD,
JFK.

While ATL ranks far up the line for passenger, ATL ranks far
down the line in air cargo due to the reduced amount of cargo carriers that
land/take off from ATL.

Today in a world where information is king, a major
challenge is lack of communication; airports must communicate with the full
logistics supply chain – airlines, cargo handlers, regulators,
forwarders/brokers, truckers, material vendors, etc.

“The action must be a partnership to be successful," Mike Webber decalred.

Great interview with Andreas Obermeyer about employing and retaining the right person in transport and logistics.

Mr. Obermeyer is an expert who has a wide horizon on the
global labor market in logistics; a first-class consultant who works with la crème of logistics in Europe. Born and grown in Basel, he completed his apprenticeship in freight forwarding after his “Matura”, i.e. the college
certificate valid in Switzerland.

After positions in Schenker and Danzas, world famous in
those years, Andreas started to work in consulting in 1997, since 2001 in HR executive search and personnel consultancy.

Conversation with Marco Sorgetti read by Geoffrey Arend is
20 minutes of power & interest.

Sentimental journey... We recall the life & times of a great Chilean air cargo pioneer Alex Thiermann.

In Normandie as that big D-Day gathering today June 6 will see return of DC3s above the skies above the coast of France ,we visit friends and family there.

Some years since we journeyed to Bernay in Normandie and relived some WWII memories with our Uncle Claude who recalled D Day through the eyes of a child.

As preamble , it needs to be noted five years ago there were maybe 250 veterans of that day visiting aboard a tour from England and this year there were only maybe 10% of that number on the same tour.

“CONFETRA,” said our senor contributing editor Marco
Sorgetti based in Rome,” is an interesting report on the
state of air cargo in Italy.

“For me this was a great opportunity to report comforting
numbers from my home country, albeit with some alarming signs.” This gave us
reason to take contact with some of our friends by hop scotching around the
world with the aim to understand difference and similarities, through a series
of short statements regarding the state of air cargo in their respective areas.

With thanks to Marco plus an illustrious   list
of participants here we go.

Hello, air cargo fans.

Here is Quick Take India.Well, if you want to say Air India is keen to get back into its prime position as an international cargo player, you wouldn't be far off.

Give us a couple minutes .We give you the world.

Here are some memories of Memorial Day yesterday & today
and some personal observations of my time in the Vietnam war zone as we pray
for peace.