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).#% !02), OF THIS YEAR -ONCTON )NTER NATIONAL !IRPORT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BOAST A " FREIGHTER LINK TO %UROPE COURTESY OF #ARGO !IR ,INES #!, WHICH HAS BEEN ROUTING A CARGO ³PLANE UP FROM .EW 9ORK TO LOAD UP WITH SEAFOOD AND LOBSTER FROM THE #ANADIAN CITY FOR THE RETURN LEG TO ,IEGE !CCORDING TO THE )SRAELI CARRIER LOADS HAVE SINCE BEEN SUPPLE MENTED WITH OTHER SHIPMENTS ±/RIGINALLY TARGETING THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WE ARE EXCITED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ² COMMENTS %YAL :AGAGI PICT URED INSET #!,´S CHIEF EXECUTIVE ±,OOKING FORWARD WE FORECAST SIGNI½CANT GROWTH IN OUR #ANADA BUSINESS AND WE ARE DE VELOPING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE REGION ² HE ADDS /THER OPERATORS IN #ANADA ARE LESS UPBEAT *OE ,AWRENCE PRESIDENT OF 4ORONTO BASED '3! !IRLINE 3ERVICES )NTERNATIONAL SAYS WHEN ASKED BY A CUSTOMER IF HE COULD ½LL A FREIGHTER IN THE #ANADIAN MARKET ¯ ±) SAID NO ²

7ITH BELLY CAPACITY GROWTH STILL OUTPACING THE RISE IN DEMAND YIELDS REMAIN DEPRESSED ±2ATES IN THE MARKET ARE THE LOWEST ) HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME ² SAYS 2ON "USCH MAN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF '3! AND CHARTER BROKER !ERODYNE #ARGO 3ERVICES -ANY OIL AND GAS COMPANIES HAVE RECRUITED FOR WARDERS TO RUN THEIR SHIPPING DEPARTMENTS RESULTING IN BETTER PLANNING AND LESS USE OF AIR FREIGHT HE ½NDS 3HIPPERS ARE STILL BENT ON SQUEEZING OUT COSTS %VEN LUXURY RETAIL BRANDS ARE MORE TUNED TO COST REDUCTION LATELY NOTES *EFF #ULLEN PRESIDENT OF FORWARDER 2ODAIR )NTERNATIONAL (E LIKENS THE VOLATILITY IN AIRFREIGHT RATES TO A ¾EA MARKET -ARKETS HAVE IMPROVED THOUGH POINTS OUT ,ISE -ARIE 4URPIN VICE PRESIDENT OF CARGO AT !IR #ANADA !LTHOUGH INBOUND TRAF½C FROM 3OUTH !MERICA HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN HOPED FOR ¾OWS

ACROSS THE !TLANTIC AND THE 0ACI½C HAVE BEEN GOOD OF LATE AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE MOMENTUM WILL HOLD BUT NOBODY IS EXPECTING A STRONG BOUNCE ±)T IS BETTER ¯ BUT NOTHING TO JUMP UP AND DOWN ABOUT ² SHE COMMENTS )T HAS NOT HELPED THAT /NTARIO #ANADA´S ERSTWHILE MANUFACTUR ING HEARTLAND HAS SEEN A STEADY EROSION OF ITS FORMER CORE INDUS TRY ±-ANUFACTURING IS NOT A BIG COMPONENT IN /NTARIO ANY MORE ² CON½RMS ,AWRENCE )NSTEAD HIS COMPANY HAS BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTS SIDE ±3OME AIRLINES HAVE ASKED US TO DEVELOP IMPORTS 7E SET UP AN OF½CE AT ORIGIN AND HANDLE IMPORTS ² HE SAYS !IRLINE &LIGHT 3ERVICES HAS NOW MORE OR LESS COMPLETED ITS FOOTPRINT IN )NDIA AND IS LOOK ING CLOSELY AT THE !SIA 0ACI½C REGION ,AWRENCE SAYS 2ODAIR IS STRENGTHENING ITS DISTRIBUTION CAPA

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BILITIES FOR INBOUND LOGISTICS AND IS TRYING TO EXPAND ITS TIES WITH CUSTOMERS TO MULTIPLE SERVICES )T IS ALSO HONING ITS CAPABILITIES IN SPECIALTY NICHES A LONG STANDING STRATEGY 4HE MED TECH SECTOR HAS BEEN ONE NEW TARGET AREA "ASED ON THE ACQUISITION OF A SMALL FORWARDER WHICH SPECIALISES IN THE FUR TRADE 2ODAIR HAS GROWN INTO A GLOBAL PLAYER IN THIS SEGMENT OVER THE PAST YEAR ±&UR STILL ¾IES ² REMARKS #ULLEN !IR #ANADA IS ALSO EXPANDING ITS CAPABILITIES WITH SPECIAL CARGO SEGMENTS )T RECENTLY OB TAINED APPROVAL TO CARRY '03 TECHNOLOGY DE VICES ON ITS ³PLANES WHICH OPENS THE DOOR FOR /N!SSET TRACKING APPLIANCES AND SIMILAR TECH NOLOGY FOR REAL TIME MONITORING OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND THE LOCATION OF A SHIPMENT ±) THINK THIS WILL GIVE PEACE OF MIND TO PERISH ABLES SHIPPERS ESPECIALLY IN THE PHARMACEUTI CAL SECTOR ² REMARKS 4URPIN -EANWHILE !IR #ANADA´S BELLY CAPACITY KEEPS GROWING WITH THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF BELLY HUN GRY WIDEBODIED " S IN THE ¾EET 4HIS OPENS UP A FEW NEW DESTINATIONS SUCH AS 4OKYO (ANEDA #ONTINUED ON PAGE

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