In a call to arms for the air cargo industry, Glyn Hughes, new global head of cargo at IATA, said cutting 48 hours off transit times was a question of “survival”.
There is “no alternative”, he told a press conference at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Seoul.
“All of the industry owns this situation and problem,” he said, “it’s about the survival of the industry going forward. Without it, modal shift will accelerate. We have no alternative. This industry has survived for 103 years, and we want to secure the next 103 years.”
Michael Steen, former chair of TIACA, speaking on the sidelines of the event, agreed: "The six-day process has got to change.
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