TIACA Times Fall 2003

DORA KAY SEES TIACA MEMBERS AS KEY TO SUCCESS OF �BRANDING� PROJECT: With the selection of Topflight Research Ltd., a London-based consultant, to carry out its image and perception survey, TIACA is ready to launch its �branding� campaign designed to validate or redirect TIACA�s efforts as the world-wide advocate of the air cargo industry and to grow its membership base.

Members Corner��: More TIACA members add more weight to our name, which is important when we are dealing with governments and other organizations. It�s in all our interests to expand membership within the industry to make TIACA an even more powerful voice.

TIACA�s New Online Registration for ACF 2004: TIACA members enjoy special membership privileges, especially at the biennial International Air Cargo Forum and Exposition (ACF). As a member, your password and user name will now give you access to a quicker, easier Forum registration.

ACF 2004 Off to its Fastest Start Ever: With 58% of exhibit space in ACF 2004 already reserved -- thirteen months prior to opening day-- TIACA is off to its best start in the promotion of its biennial exposition in over four decades. �Over 230 booths have been reserved, just six weeks after promotion commenced on the 22nd International Air Cargo Exposition,� according to Daniel Fernandez, Secretary-General of TIACA. TIACA�s biennial Forum and Exposition, regarded as the �world�s premier air cargo industry event� will be held in Bilbao, Spain from September 14-17, 2004.

The Bilbao International Exhibition Centre, The Euskalduna Palace Conference Centre and Concert Hall, The Guggenheim Museum: one of Europe�s best and most modern trade exhibition centers will be the headquarters for the ACF 2004 exposition located just a short distance from the Euskalduna Palace where the Forum sessions will be held. The Centre is located in the heart of the city of Bilbao and is only a 15 minute drive from the Bilbao Airport.

Calgary to Host ACF 2006: The TIACA Site Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Calgary International Airport as host for the 23rd International Air Cargo Forum and Exposition (ACF) in 2006.

Reflections from the Hall of Fame: Cargolux Airlines International traces its beginnings to Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines. Loftleidir Icelandic was operating transatlantic flights to Luxembourg as a main gateway to Europe in 1969 with newley-introduced DC-8-63 jets replacing its old Canadair CL-44 aircraft.

The Sun is Rising: The past 30 months have been unsettling for commercial aviation, in general, and air cargo, in particular. The tech bust, a prolonged global economic downturn, 9/11, terrorism, SARS and the Iraq war clobbered the industry. Increased cargo security measures (many of them not yet fully fleshed out) have slowed and sometimes disrupted aviation-based supply chains, weakening the competitive advantage firms gained through speed and agility.