Visions on Air Cargo

Visions on the future of Air Cargo, Air Freight and Air Mail

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If you are trying to form a vision on the future of the Air Cargo markets and processes, take a look at the following links below.

Another way to develop a vision is of course to take a look at history ; our page about the history of Air Cargo or Air Freight and Air Mail can be found here.

For the latest important developments, views and visons on air cargo, always check here at my Twitter account's favorites.



2013

• Vision and remarks of IATA's Tony Tyler at the Aviation Day India
• IATA - Tony Tyler, mar 26th, 2013
• US firm develops new airship for cargo
• Al Jazeera - Rob Reynolds, feb 20th, 2013
• Drones – The Birth of a New Transportation Mode
• Logistics Viewpoints - Adrian Gonzalez, feb 6th, 2013
• The Belly Freighter ; Low Cost Freighter program
• Air Cargo News - Peter Conway jan 25th, 2013

2012

• Airbus’ Global Market Forecast for 2012-2031
• Airbus, 2012
• Boeing Market Outlook 2012-2031
• Boeing, 2012
• Customer Centric Business Model Innovation in the airline industry (business modeling and marketing ; could apply to cargo as well?)
• Patrick Stähler, Oct 06, 2011
• Airbus Smarter Skies vision for 2050
• Airbus, Sep 08, 2012
• Wave goodbye to window seats on plane of the future (aircraft ; this plane is actually developed as a military cargo plane)
• The Telegraph, August 09, 2012
• Low-cost A340 freighter scheme seeks launch customer (aircraft)
• Flightglobal, Mar 30th, 2012
• LAN Cargo introduces the CO2 calculator (market strategy)
• ATW, Apr 27th, 2012
• Green Issues: A greener future for air freight?
• deliveryquotecompare.com, Apr 13th, 2012
• Delta's risky oil refinery bet (finance and strategy)
• CNNMoney, May 2nd, 2012
• Supply chain visibility is key to success, say shippers (market, ICT)
• The Loadstar, Apr 20th, 2012  
• Beware the minefield of 2012 – It will be a terminal year for some airlines (market)
• CAPA, Apr 16th, 2012  
• Rethinking the Passenger to Freighter conversion concept (aircraft conversions)
• David Harris, CargoFacts, Mar 28th, 2012    
• I want Punks! We need renegades and wild cards to pave the way for the next big thing (strategy)
• Oliver Evans, Blogistcs, Mar 15th, 2012 
• Forwarding and Logistics From a Business Owners’ Perspective (market, shipping)
• MTS, Ed Marsh, Mar 5th, 2012
• ATW 2012 Forecast 
• ATW - Air Transport World, Jan 1st, 2012    

  
2011

• Future of Mail by Air - FoMbA (airmail developments) 
• IPC - International Post Corporation   
• Near-shoring: trouble for air cargo? (market) 
• ACW, Nov 23rd , 2011   
• Do air cargo carriers need new thinking? (products, pricing, revenue management) 
• IFW, Oct. 21st , 2011   
• Air cargo pallet promises 35percent weight saving (equipment, environment)
  • LogisticsManager.com , Oct 12th, 2011
•  Catastrophic risk high on WEF’s supply chain agenda (economy in relation to airlines)
  • Eye for Transport, Oct 12th, 2011
•  Introducing: Aircargoshop, how does it work? (changes the traditional business process of freight forwarding into a "self-service" concept) 
  • Aircargoshop.com, Oct 3rd, 2011
•  ECC airline signs first-ever MoU with forwarder (market)
• Air Cargo World, Sep 29th, 2011
•  A New Vision For Air Cargo - Global Air Cargo Advisory Group - GACAG (process, security, environment)
•  IFW. Thu, 22 Sep 2011
•  Airbus Global Market Forecast 2011-2030 (fleet + economy)
•  www.airbus.com
•  OAG launches OAG Alerts (market) 
•   www.routesonline.com , Sep 1st, 2011
•  Lockheed Martin To Develop Cargo Airship (new air transport concepts)
•  Aviation Week, Mar. 25th, 2011
• Carrier expresses interest in air ship (new air transport concepts)   see also:  Hybrid Air Vehicles
• Air Cargo World, Mar. 18th, 2011
• Boeing WACF - World Air Cargo Forecast (fleet + economy)  see also: wacf pdf document
• Boeing.com
• Vision for the future of the air cargo process (airport process set-up)
• ACN, Dutch Customs and Schiphol Group 
• The floating future of air cargo? (new air transport concepts) 
• Air Cargo News, Jan. 18th, 2011

2010

•  Slow recovery begins for widebody cargo conversions (aircraft)
•  Flight Global, Nov. 2nd , 2010
• Air Cargo rises again (economy)
• MichaelBarber - Boeing, Nov. 3rd, 2010
• Global Market Forecast 2010-2029 (fleet + economy)
• Airbus, 2010
• Global Air Cargo Traffic Growth Turned Positive (economy)
• Airlines Flight News, Sep. 21st, 2010
• Freight Forwarders: The Vital Link in Logistics Communication 
• Simon Kaye - Inbound Logistics, July 2010  
• Beginners' Guide to Aviation Efficiency (environment) 
• ATAG, June 2010  
• The Outlook for Freight Transport (presentation on economy + market)
• The Seabury group, May 2010 
• Are robo freighters the future? (new air transport concepts)
• Air Cargo News, Jun. 9th, 2010
• Crossdocking - A New Vision For An Old Idea (process)
  •  Inbound Logistics, Apr 2010  
  Concerns are raised over future European air cargo security rules (security)
• The Shippers' Voice ⋅ Feb. 2nd, 2010
• Air Cargo: Efficiency, Quality and Security Are Key - Entire Supply Chain Must Back Industry Initiatives (process + e-freight) 
• IATA, Mar. 2010

2009

• Air Cargo World 2020 Cargo Forecast (economy)
• Air Cargo World, Dec. 2, 2010
• Boeing scales back cargo forecast (economy)
• Journal Of Commerce, Jun.12th, 2009
•  Lightweight air cargo net saves costs and greenhouse gases (environment)
• Business Library, May 2009
• The future EU and U.S. air cargo security requirements (security) 
• ECBS09 Aviation Master Class, Feb. 17-18th, 2009
• Shippers to book air freight direct through e-booking portal (market + process)
• The Shippers' Voice ⋅ Dec. 2nd, 2009
• The Geography of transport systems (a.o. history and future of air transport) 
• Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Claude Comtois and Brian Slack - 2009 

2008

• Air cargo faces uncertain future (economy)
• Peter Conway - FlightGlobal / Airline Business, Sep. 24th, 2008

2007

•  Air Freight Security: Post September 11 Security Changes and How these Changes Effect Air Cargo Transportation (security)
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering CE410 Freight Transportation and Logistics, March 16, 2007
• Air Freight Industry White Paper (air freight industry current status + outlooks)
• J.Peterson - The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 1st, 2007
• Sea change: Is air cargo about to reach maturity? (market + environment) 
• Peter Conway - FlightGlobal / Airline Business, Oct. 22nd, 2007

2006

• Competing for Air Cargo - A qualitative analysis of competitive rivalry in the air cargo industry (market)   see also:  Competing for Air Cargo presentation
• Willem Jan Zondag - VU Amsterdam, 2006
• New air cargo portal makes waves in Asia (IT, CCS) 
• CargoNews Asia, Jun 26th, 2006

•  High 5 : Air Cargo's Top Challenges (market)
•  Lisa Harrington - Inbound Logistics, Oct. 2006

2005

• The changing shape of the air cargo market (market)
• Aerospace America, Mar. 2005
• Finding a Future Flying Freight (article on market + maintenance) 
• Paul Seidenman & David J. Spanovich - Aviation Week, Apr 6, 2005

2004

• Freight Forwarding Goes Native ; The future of international freight forwarding technology lies in the adoption of Internet-based solutions.
• Michael Sadowski - Inbound Logistics, Dec. , 2004
• The Future Of Air Freight (brainstorm new concepts)
• Biz Stone - Blogspot, Nov. 9th, 2004
• Air Cargo: Engine For Economic Development (economy)
• John D. Kasarda and Jonathan Green for TIACA, Sep 2004
• Best practice in air logistics (market)
• Holger Sindemann, Aug 26, 2004

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