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Keeping tabs on the post is tough, says TIACA chief

The e-commerce boom and surge in mail parcel volumes are creating fresh challenges for pending Advance Data Filing regulations, Douglas Brittin secretary general of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), told the Universal Postal Union (UPU)’s Postal Security Group meeting in Bern, Switzerland in early April. The new regulations would require individual shipment information to be submitted to destination regulatory agencies before transport, rather than prior to arrival at the port ... [+]

Airfreight leadership training is lacking

A new report warns that managers in the airfreight industry need training in 'higher-skills' including leadership, team-building and market and financial analysis techniques, according to the latest BIFA newsletter. It is the result of a two year research project by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) with active participation from ... [+]

Test first before imposing data rules, says TIACA

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has called for further testing of advance data provision for air cargo and mail parcels security screening. Common global standards and procedures must also be developed to avoid disruption to world trade, secretary general Doug Brittin told the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Annual Technical ... [+]

TIACA hails emissions move

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has hailed the decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) General Assembly in Montreal to develop a global market-based measure for aviation emissions from 2020. TIACA had been concerned that different regions of the world were setting their own standards and had urged ... [+]

Aviation emissions need a global approach, says TIACA

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has reiterated its support for a global solution to aviation emissions, to be agreed through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It also endorsed the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) call for a single market-based measure to achieve this goal. With the triennial ICAO ... [+]

TIACA man quits

Former secretary general of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Daniel Fernandez, has left the association. Following the succession of Douglas Brittin to that role from 15 August, TIACA had originally stated that Fernandez would retain “a substantial continuing role at the association”. Brittin, who has 33 years in the ... [+]

New TIACA chiefs

Swiss International Air Lines chief cargo officer, Oliver Evans and Schiphol senior vice president cargo, Enno Osinga, were elected as the new chairman and vice chairman respectively of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) at the Association’s AGM in Dallas on 23 April. Oliver, who has held the post of ... [+]

Air industry cooperation

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have agreed to step up their cooperation. TIACA has been building a closer relationship with ICAO in the past two years and is already on a list of international organizations invited to attend relevant ICAO meetings. Enhanced cooperation ... [+]

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