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“The aviation industry is demanding environ mental solutions that aren’t capital intensive and slow-moving. We’re delighted to be working with Virgin atlantic to deliver just that - the equiva lent to £1m in fuel saved in a matter of months. There is so much work going into decarbonis ing the aviation industry, but developing new technologies and fuels takes time. Signol helps businesses tweak behaviours to reduce carbon emissions from day one and achieve meaningful fuel savings in a matter of months through be haviour change alone,” Natasha Gedge, COO of Signol, added. The three-year deal between Virgin atlantic and Signol follows the success of an initial pilot study in 2014 in which 24,000 metric tonnes of CO2 was saved across an eight month period. Virgin atlantic achieved a 17% reduction in CO2 per RTK by 2019 by modernising its fleet and im proving its operational efficiency and has com mitted to a 15% gross reduction in CO2 per RTK by 2026 through continued fleet transformation and operational efficiency gains.
The weekly newspaper for air cargo professionals No. 1,194 22 August 2022 aircargoweek.com Follow Us: :: TIACA And Messe MünChen AnnounCe edMonTon InTernATIonAl AIrporT As InAugur Al hosT of The sTArT.hub logIsTICs Page 8 INSIDE a ZUL Linhas aéreas Brasileiras has awarded a full-service ULD management agreement to Unilode aviation Solutions. a zul serves over 150 destinations.. UNIloDE awarDED UlD... pag E 3 OVER the past few years, inter national trade has experienced disruption on a global scale not seen before, sparking a race to adapt aSIaN cargo SEctor... pag E x aVoloN agrEES MIlEStoNE... aVOLON, the international aircraft leasing company has announced that it has agreed a transaction with Malyaisa aviation Groups... pag E 2 SEKo logIStIcS acqUIrES SEKO Logistics has announced the acquisition of Pixior, LLC. With seven locations along the West Coast, and one location in Connecticut... pag E 5 V irgin atlantic Captains have saved the equivalent of 1,000 tonnes of fuel in under six months using Si gnol, a behavioural economics and data science app designed to re duce fuel usage and carbon emissions. The Signol platform uses data analysis to pro vide recommendations on a personalised basis on how to fly most efficiently from a fuel burn perspective. Captains are provided with individ ual feedback to reduce fuel usage based on opti mised fuel efficiency behaviours, whilst comply ing with all standards of fuel management and flightVirginsafety.atlantic operates one of the youngest, cleanest, twin engine fleets in the skies and the roll out the Signol software earlier this year forms part of the airline’s commitment to reduc ing“We’vecarbon.been on a pathway to reduce fuel and carbon in our fuel efficiency programme for over a decade, whilst always looking for innovations that take us to the next level. The Signol software uses data science and behavioural economics to assist our Captains in making the most sustain able choices to reduce carbon emissions and fuel burn. In addition to our multi-billion dollar investment in fleet transformation to ensure we are operating one of the youngest, cleanest fleets, we continue to invest in innovation and technology partners across the industry who help us on our mission to create a low carbon fu ture at pace. Signol’s ability to deliver further fuel reductions assists us in continuously moving the dial,” Corneel Koster, chief customer and operat ing officer at Virgin atlantic, said. “Sustainability remains central to the airline and since September 2019, Virgin atlantic has welcomed nine brand new airbus a350-1000 aircraft, helping to transform the fleet into one of the youngest, quietest and most fuel effi cient in the sky,” the company added. The air line’s recent introduction of up to sixteen a330 900neo aircraft will see an 11% fuel and carbon saving compared to the a330-300s they replace.
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Founded by MRO executives, Aspire will operate six bays available for heavy wide body maintenance and B777 Passen ger-to-Freighter conversions at the former American Airlines maintenance facility lo cated at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. The company is backed by investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group.“With a deeply experienced leadership team, a dedicated 840,000 ssq.ft. state-of the-art facility, and an exceptionally skilled labour force in place, Aspire is positioned to become a world-class leading heavy main tenance and P2F provider for both domestic and international operators,” the company announced in a press release. Aspire MRO has secured a long-term multiyear contract to perform P2F conversions and MRO-related work for Mammoth Freighters and maintains ample additional capacity to support operators around the globe seek ing to meet the ever-increasing demand for next-generation P2F conversions.
CARGO iQ’s newest freight planning and monitoring milestones, Freight into Ware house control (FIW) and Freight out of Warehouse control (FOW), have been im plemented by Cathay Pacific Cargo in Hong Kong to bring enhanced visibility of cargo during warehouse and ramp handling oper ations.Incollaboration with its ground handling subsidiary Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPSL) and its Cargo iQ Data Management Platform (CDMP) provider Global Logistics System HK (GLSHK), the airline has become one of the first to integrate the FIW and FOW milestones, which were added to Cargo iQ’s Master Operating Plan (MOP) in March this year.Cargo iQ’s MOP outlines the individual mile stones for measuring the end-to-end journey of air cargo shipments.
“We believe airlines and ground handling agents are the parties who would see most benefits of having visibility on the two mile stones, and ultimately this assures the deliv ery promise to customers,” added Lau. With these latest milestones, a Cargo iQ Route Map for an airfreight shipment is grad ually expanding to monitor every segment of the supply chain.
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GLOBAL aircraft services company Aspire MRO has announced the launch of its new widebody MRO and Passenger-to-Freighter conversion services.
AZUL Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras has awarded a full-service ULD (unit load device) manage ment agreement to Unilode Aviation Solu tions.Azul serves over 150 destinations world wide and operates a fleet of more than 160 aircraft. Under the terms of the four-year agreement Unilode will supply digital con tainers and pallets in a hybrid ULD manage ment model, where the containers are dedi cated to the airline’s use and the pallets are provided from Unilode’s shared asset pool for highest efficiency and sustainability ben efits.“We are pleased to partner with Unilode for the full-service management and repair of our ULD fleet with significant digital isation, sustainability and operational be efits. Unilode’s customer success-oriented approach gives us confidence that we will be able to focus on our core business of flying passengers and cargo whilst having peace of mind that we will have the right containers and pallets at the right time and in the right place. We have an ambitious growth plan for the next few years with over 90 aircraft on order and look forward to growing our op erations with Unilode as our strategic part ner for digital ULD management,” Izabel Reis, managing director of Azul Cargo, said.
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“The implementation of the FIW/FOW mile stones brings collective benefits for airlines, ground handling agents, and the CDMP pro vider,” Frosti Lau, general manager cargo ser vice delivery, Cathay Pacific, said. “The handling agents have a clearer view on the planned offsets for operational planning, while airlines will gain more visibility of the handover process. This visibility could help to identify any potential areas for improvement in the handling activities, and we are dedi cated to refining our process to ensure ship ments are ready for customers as planned.
Cathay Pacific adopts new Cargo iQ warehouse tracking milestones
“We are delighted to enter into a full-service ULD management agreement with Azul, that builds upon our ULD repair and shortterm leasing solutions, which we have pro vided to Azul over the past few years. Azul’s network provides a great overlap with a number of our other valued customers’ lo cations...which benefits all the participants of our shared asset pool. We look forward to building a successful partnership for many years to come with one of the most important airlines in the Americas market,” Ross Marino, Chief Executive Officer Unilode, added.
“With their great commitment to implement these new events, Cathay Pacific Cargo and their partners in Hong Kong are reinforcing the importance and usefulness of monitor ing the point of handover from warehouse to ramp and vice versa,” Laura Rodriguez, man ager implementation and quality assurance, Cargo iQ, said. “With this information, the industry will be able to identify pain points and make vital improvements to operational processes. It also gives us, for the first time, the possibility to visualise the complete warehouse process from start to end within Cargo iQ.”
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The addition of FIW and FOW to the MOP brings previously lacking visibility and plan ning capabilities to the point of shipment handover between the warehouse handler and the ramp handler at the airport.
Cathay Pacific Cargo has worked closely with CPSL and GLSHK to capture and update FIW/ FOW data, with the whole project in Hong Kong taking around six months from plan ning through to implementation. The airline already plans to roll out the new tracking milestones globally.
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AVOLON, the international aircraft leasing company, has announced that it has agreed a transaction with Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), owner of Malaysia Airlines, for the financing of 20 A330-900neo aircraft. The transaction comprises the placement of 10 A330neo aircraft from Avolon’s orderbook and ten A330neo aircraft to be acquired from MAG via sale and leaseback. The aircraft will deliver from 2024 onwards and be powered by Rolls-Royce engines.
AI software platform provider o9 Solutions has announced the launch of a set of sustain ability solutions that are embedded in its in tegrated business planning platform, includ ing product and enterprise environmental footprint measurement, full traceability, En vironment, Social and Governance (ESG) risk management, ESG-enabled business plan ning, sustainable sourcing and supply chain circularity.Thefirst offering of its kind in the supply chain software space, o9’s new sustainability solutions will seek to help organisations im prove the environmental and social impact KPIs of their supply chains. Companies that operate some of the larg est and most complex global supply chains can now not only measure and report on their sustainability performance, but can also make planning decisions to reduce their carbon footprint and make progress toward net-zero goals.
“Technology is needed to support supply chain leaders in their efforts to set sustain ability goals not only to protect brand repu tation, but also to reduce their vulnerability to future supply chain disruptions related to climate change,” said Igor Rikalo, president and CEO, o9 Solutions.
AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc has an nounced that Bulgaria-based CargoAir has ordered its 4th AEI B737-800SF freighter con version.Theaircraft is slated to commence modifica tion at the end of October 2022. All conver sion related touch labour will be performed by the authorised AEI conversion Center, Commercial Jet in Miami, Florida.
Siong“Today’s announcement builds on our longstanding relationships with industry leaders such as MAG, Airbus and Rolls-Royce, and we are delighted to partner with them to deliver a unique portfolio solution that will support MAG’s operations and business growth,” Andy Cronin, Avolon CEO Desig nate, said. “We are pleased to conclude a strategic un derstanding with Avolon on the renewal of our widebody fleet modernisation through the leaseback arrangement of ten A330neo aircraft, and acquire another ten aircraft di rectly from Airbus,” Group CEO of Malaysia Aviation Group, Captain Izham Ismail, com mented.“Theinnovative, cost effective, successful approach offers a holistic solution to fleet owners that is financially viable for MAG,” Is mail added.
The o9 sustainability solutions incorporate international standards-based sustainability metrics, analytics and KPIs into the AI-en abled o9 Digital Brain platform, powered by its patented Enterprise Knowledge Graph technology for best-in-class supply chain modelling. Integrating full-spectrum sustain ability data into the o9 platform gives com panies the ability to assess their sustainability performance within all planning and opera tional activities, as well as the ability to iden tify and make data-driven decisions around trade offs between financial costs, service levels and ESG objectives.
CargoAir places order for 4th AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion
“The AEI B737-800SFs are part of our over all fleet revitalisation programme and will be used to incrementally replace our existing fleet of B737-300SF/-400SF freighters,” re marked CargoAir purchase and fleet acquisi tions director, Angel Petrov. “AEI has the best B737-800SF conversion on the market with features and reliability that support real life conditions. Additionally, AEI provides flexible slots which substantially as sists our overall fleet planning requirements,” Petrov added. Upon completion of this order, CargoAir will operate a total of 15 AEI freighters, including a mix of B737-300SF, B737-400SF, and B737800SF freighters. The AEI-converted B737800SF freighter offers a main deck payload of up to 52,700 lbs and incorporates eleven full height 88” x 125” container positions.
Avolon has a longstanding relationship with MAG and currently has four aircraft on lease to MAG. Avolon was a launch custom er of the A330neo in 2014 and has a total of 48 A330neo aircraft in its portfolio, with 26 owned and managed, and 22 on order. Malaysia Airlines is Malaysia’s national air line and wholly owned by the Malaysian Government. Malaysia Airlines currently op erates a fleet of 97 narrowbody and wide body aircraft. The transaction was announced in Putra jaya, Malaysia and led by Malaysian Minis ter for Transport, YB Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka
BRUSSELS Airport welcomed 2.2 million pas sengers in July, marking the highest monthly result since the Covid pandemic began. In July, cargo transport at Brussels Airport decreased by 14% compared to July 2021. Air cargo volumes fell by 13%, while the full cargo segment declined by 21%. Full cargo flights with passenger aircraft continue to decline gradually, as expected, due to the recovery of passenger traffic. Last year, this segment accounted for a significant volume of Expressfreight. services were down 15%, as in previous months, due to a combination of weaker growth in the Western European e-commerce market and the temporary re allocation of some flights to other airports. Cargo on board passenger flights increased by 11%, due to the increase in the number of passenger flights. Finally, trucking volumes fell by 18%. Asia was the most important region in terms of imports and exports, but volumes were lower than last year due to lower available capacity and the temporary effects of ware house closures in China. Africa is the second largest import region and the third largest export region, showing growth over last year in both trade routes. North America is the third largest import region and the second largest export region. The total number of movements in July 2022 increased compared to 2021 reaching 18,203 flight movements, which is still 19% lower than the level in 2019. The average number of passengers per flight reached a new record of 151 passengers, compared to 137 passengers in 2019. This is due to a fur ther increase in flight occupancy and the de ployment of larger aircraft. On the cargo side, the number of cargo flights has decreased by 12% compared to 2021. The total number of movements in July 2022 increased compared to 2021 reaching 18,203 flight movements. Brussels Airport celebrated the results, as “a sign of a real summer recovery,” as this growth is linked to the strong recovery of the holiday market, as well as to many passen gers visiting family and friends abroad.
“A significant portion of a company’s envi ronmental and social impact stems from its supply chain activities,” said Stanton Thom as, senior vice president of sustainability, o9 Solutions. “With our new sustainability solu tions embedded in the o9 platform, we are uniquely positioned to combine our power ful value chain modelling technology with a complete data management capability for acquiring, validating, cleansing and harmon ising ESG data.”
The launch of o9’s new solutions arrives when companies are facing mounting pres sure from their stakeholders to reduce their negative environmental and social impacts.
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WFS has signed a five-year lease on Building 578 in the airport’s cargo area, boosting its ware house and office space by a further 27,000 sq. ft. The additional building, due to commence operations in October, features eight landside doors for cargo deliveries and collections, and a 20-foot truck dock. As well as caster deck storage for loaded pallets and containers, WFS also plans to install a 7,000 sq. ft. area for ambient shipments and dedicated storage for tempera ture-controlled cargoes requiring a 2-8°C environment.
Rhenus Ireland announces new Galway facility
“The opening of this new site builds on the strong customer relationships built by SSL management and staff over 20 years. This new facility is part of our 2022-2027 development plan, providing for an in crease in our logistics capacity for existing and new customers on the island of Ireland. A number of other projects are also being considered by Rhenus in Ireland,” Declan Sinnott, managing director of Rhenus Ireland, added.
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“Today’s announcement of a new facility will allow Rhenus to unlock new opportuni ties and partner with businesses to provide world-class logistics and supply chain solu tions. We are excited to further build and leverage the knowledge of our Rhenus Ire land team,” David Williams, CEO of Rhenus Road, Region North Europe, said.
Industrial Development Agency Ireland, together with Clodagh Higgins, Mayor of Galway City, attended an event at the Rhenus Parkmore facility on Wednesday 10 August to mark the con struction of a new 10,000 square metre fa cility.The construction of the building has al ready commenced and will be operational in the fourth quarter of 2023, accommodat ing existing Rhenus customers and facilitat ing the creation of space for new customers.
WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has increased its facility footprint at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 30% growth in volumes in the past year.
“After strong growth in our tonnage throughput in 2021, and with cargo volumes expected to increase by a further 25% this year, it’s important that we are proactive in ensuring we have the capacity and infrastructure our current airline customers need to support their products and services. A key focus for Building 578 is to expand our perishables handling capabilities,” Paul Carmody, WFS’ managing director of UK cargo, said. WFS currently provides cargo handling services for 16 international airlines at Heathrow, handling over 425,000 tonnes of freight, airmail and express shipments through seven ware house
Once the new facility opens, WFS will increase its cargo handling space at the airport to nearly 350,000 sq. ft. This latest expansion is designed to support existing airline customers, including new contracts gained in the past 12 months.
has announced plans to build a brand-new site at the Rhenus Park more facility in Galway, western Ireland. Once completed, the new facility will dou ble Parkmore’s existing capacity to 20,000 square metres.
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34% of exporters or businesses planning to export state that the US is the market of most interest or likely to be most beneficial for their business if the govern ment was to secure a new or enhanced trade deal. The research is a follow-up to a study conducted one year ago and looks to explore the challenges facing small businesses across the UK.
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Small overseascontinuechallengesongoingexportersbusinessreportpost-Brexitbuttoprioritisegrowth SEKO Logistics (SEKO) has announced the ac quisition of Pixior, LLC. With seven locations along the West Coast, and one location in Con necticut, Pixior has become the region’s premier provider of e-commerce fulfillments and retail services, with an emphasis on serving high-end fashion brands. The acquisition of Pixior brings key e-commerce capabilities in-house to SEKO in the critical West Coast market. These capabilities include hightouch value added fulfillment services that pro vide a customised brand experience to client customers, for which Pixior offers a truly unique service. This acquisition also nearly doubles SEKO’s fulfillment and warehouse space in the US and triples SEKO’s existing West Coast space capacity. In addition, SEKO adds Pixior’s drayage business to increase further the speed and effi ciency of its port discharge services.
72% of SMEs who ex port or plan to export in the future agree that Brexit has increased their costs of doing business, with 38% who already export or plan to, remaining concerned about a lack of awareness among consumers and customers about the additional import costs payable. Despite this, only 28% of the SMEs surveyed have proactively alerted customers to the potential customs, VAT charges and shipping costs.
SEKO Logistics acquires Pixior
“With the acquisition of Pixior, we crystallise our industry leadership in end-to-end logistics solutions and take a significant leap forward in our fulfillment capabilities in the US,” said James Gagne, CEO of SEKO Logistics. “We are operat ing on a strong growth trajectory and looking for opportunities that allow the company to continue to move at the speed of commerce from anywhere in the world...We believe in what they’ve accomplished and are ready to help the company and its clients grow even more.”“Pixior has grown substantially since the com pany was founded..To continue our growth, we needed a partner with the right capabilities and expertise to accelerate and expand what we’ve been able to achieve. SEKO is the right partner,” said Yassine Amallal, CEO of Pixior. Following the sale, Yassine Amallal remains as CEO of the business unit, which will ultimately be renamed SEKO Ecommerce Fulfillment.
Research from DHL Express following a 2021 study re veals mixed perspectives among small and medium sized British exporters for the remainder of the year, with 33% of those who export or plan to feeling the outlook for their business is more positive for 2022, with 30% disagreeing and 37% undecided. Reflecting on the time since the UK’s exit from the Eu ropean Union, businesses surveyed reported ongoing challenges and concerns since the departure, including volume of paperwork (45%) and complexity of regula tions (50%). Despite the challenges, 60% of those who already export from the UK or plan to in the future agree that exporting goods outside the UK will continue to be a priority for their business in the future.
“It’s been just over eighteen months since the UK’s exit from the European Union, and this latest piece of research makes clear that businesses are still facing a number of challenges and are in need of support to help them navigate the changes,” Ian Wilson, Chief Ex ecutive at DHL Express UK, said.
The room for expansion and further digitalisation across the Asian market has already seen cargo.one sign deals with major carriers in the region, such as Singapore Airlines, JALCARGO and MASKargo.
Asian cargo sector achievesresilience through digitalisation
Over the past few years, international trade has expe rienced disruption on a global scale not seen before, sparking a race to adapt. For businesses, it swiftly be came clear that change was required to not just make it through that period but, also, to future proof the air cargo industry from potential shocks. cargo.one has positioned itself in this sector, providing a book ing platform that can help companies search, compare, book and track air cargo capacity. Recently launching in Japan, the company is seeking to expand within the Asia Pacific region, capitalising on extensive digital transformation efforts designed to use technology to improve processes and customer experiences.
International trade is still battling a number of challenges globally, with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, labour shortages, the growing impact of climate change and more. For supply chains to be able to navigate through periods of volatility, businesses are recognising that embracing the digital revolution in the air cargo sector is the way to weather storms. the asian market was an obvious choice “Air cargo is global and so for us to meet the needs of our custom ers and partners we need to be global too. Japan being one of the largest air cargo markets, it was always on our radar,” José Paz Ren dal, head of expansion at cargo.one, said. Having developed local partnerships with ANA Cargo, as well as re lationships with companies that have a strong presence in the mar ket, such as Finnair and Lufthansa, the company saw an opportunity to offer a new service to Japanese businesses. “After starting in Eu rope four years ago and expanding into North America last year, we felt it was the obvious choice for us to enter the Asian market,” Paz Rendal added. The freight forwarding industry has plenty of potential when it comes to reimaging operations for the digital age, replacing old and slow methods with advancements that save time and bolster productivity. “We have found that Japanese forwarders are very re ceptive to digital options but until now lacked a solution like cargo. one to help them make the switch confidently,” Paz Rendal said.
There is no question that the pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions have left their mark, with many businesses seeing turmoil as the greatest risk to their growth and regional economies.
Bank of America laid this bare at the start of 2022, citing how ref erences to the “supply chain” in Q3 earnings calls by Fortune 500 companies rose by 412% from the same period in 2020.
While, before Covid, digitalisation was just seen as one tool that could benefit businesses, it’s now become a core pillar for com panies working to protect against potential vulnerabilities. At the management level, it’s about increasing productivity by saving time, responding to customers faster and gaining access to more capacity in the market, allowing forwarders to secure more ship ments and bolster their margins, all while ensuring business con tinuity.“Since before the pandemic, digital booking platforms like cargo. one have seen triple digit year-on-year growth. While the past two years have seen unprecedented pandemic-era disruption, digital isation has helped the industry to remain dynamic and resilient, keeping goods flowing and adapting business models as needed,” Paz Rendal stated.
“We see strong and permanent structural shifts, as digital capabil ities grow and digital cargo booking becomes the norm, not the exception,” he highlighted, as companies embrace the need for re al-time visibility and better planning tools. the smart way to book air cargo Traditional channels of communication, such as phone and email, have proved to be not reliable enough operating methods for ship pers, with information changing rapidly during challenging periods of instability. Making a booking under the old system could have seen a shipper waiting days to receive a quote and spending hours arranging the shipment, all of which has to be done within specific business hours.
“If you ask the people actually making bookings, export agents for example, they simply want a better way of booking air cargo. We’re in 2022 and nobody likes unnecessarily having to call or send emails and wait to get responses to book shipments.”
When the market is rapidly changing, freight forwarders need to be able to quickly find up-to-date information, avoiding potential can cellations or delays. Digital platforms provide accurate information and allow businesses to avoid the nightmare of juggling time zones or waiting for replies from half way across the globe. Embracing platforms, like cargo.one, gives companies access 24/7, 365 days to a service, skipping the hassle and helping businesses run efficiently and effectively.
“Japan was the first step in our expansion in the region, but we have big plans to expand further in the near future,” Paz Rendal revealed.
“No matter when, you can access real-time capacity and rates on cargo.one, place or update bookings and track your shipments. This proved especially important at the beginning of the pandemic, “We see strong and permanent structural shifts, as capabilitiesdigitalgrow and digital cargo booking becomes the norm, not the exception”
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It’s not just about putting the technology providers themselves in a key position but about working across the sector to push through change in a way that helps bolster the industry as a whole. “By im proving the experience for forwarders, our partner airlines bene fit too, as it’s now much easier for forwarders to book with airlines they perhaps had never booked with in the past.”
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Digital book platforms have, so far, delivered for companies by cutting manual work, growing reach, freeing up time and better meeting market demands at speed. “Today, the question is no lon ger about whether to go digital, but how fast digitalisation can progress, with both forwarders and airlines pushing ahead on all fronts. We expect the proportion of digital sales to overtake offline sales channels in just a few years time. We’re really ambitious about building on our core product to help digitalise more business processes and activities for our customers, so the future is very exciting.”
“Digitalisation is helping to transform jobs. It ensures that teams focus on the most value-adding tasks and give more simple, pro cess-driven tasks to digital,” Paz Rendal explained. When customers are seeking simple solutions to increasingly complex tasks, a mix ture of real people and technology provides an important collabo rative approach to meet the needs of forwarders and airlines.
digitalisation when the situation was changing by the day and companies strug gled with the switch to working from home.”
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The start.hub offers an all-inclusive exhibitor package and is open to companies that present a logistics-related product or solution, employ 75 people or less and are younger than eightEdmontonyears.
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International Airport, through its Innovation Expansion Strategy, has become a leading supporter of innovative businesses looking at alternative energy, carbon reduction, technical advancements, unmanned operations and a host of other unique programmes and is a natural fit to host the start.hub.
“The Innovation Journey showed how vital it is for the industry to connect and explore innovations that can be applied into our businesses. We knew then that this could not be a one off and innovation needed to be incorporated into our events going forward. The launch of the start.hub logistics in Miami is yet another step toward our vision for air cargo and we are excited that Edmonton International Airport, which has such a focus on supporting innovative start-up businesses will be the first host.” Steven Polmans, TIACA chair.
The start.hub logistics has been developed to encourage new and innovative Start-Up’s to exhibit and network with the air cargo and logistics industries at the air cargo forum and transport logistic Americas this November. Individual businesses that want to boost their exposure can take advantage of this low-cost entry into the world’s largest air cargo trade show of 2022.
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“We’re excited to partner with TIACA and Messe München in launching the inaugural start.hub in Miami, creating a new space for entrepreneurs committed to sustainable innovation to connect with logistics leaders from around the world. Exploring new and innovative ideas is inherent to who we are,” Mammen Tharakan, director of e-commerce, cargo & aviation real estate at Edmonton International Airport, said. “Whether it`s launching the first scheduled commercial drone logistics route at an airport, hosting the world’s largest solar farm at an airport or partnering with some of the world’s best clean fuel technology companies for transport, YEG is home to more than 250 businesses and countless partnerships,” Tharakan added.
“We feel that it is important to be inclusive and offer a wide array of solutions for the logistics industry and start. hub logistics will allow us again to put the spotlight on new innovations and companies that are typically not seen this openly at industry events,” Robert Schönberger, head of transport logistic exhibitions at Messe München, stated.
“After a first run in Munich in 2019 we are now excited to add this new addition to the air cargo forum in November,” Schönberger, announced. air cargo Europe - Munich
Following the success of the Innovation Journey held during the Executive Summit in March 2022, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and Messe München have announced the launch of the start.hub logistics in Miami during the air cargo forum (ACF) and transport logistic Americas 2022.
