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Airforwarders Association selected to serve on TSA Advisory Ccmmittee
Executive Director Brandon Fried reappointed to TSA Aviation Security Advisory Committee to provide expertise on indirect air carrier interests Washington, DC – The Airforwarders Association announced today that its Executive Director, Brandon Fried, has been reappointed to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Aviation Security Advisory Committee. This is the third time Brandon has been appointed to the committee, and he will serve for a two-year term. Continue Reading
AirCargo Conference opens registration for 2020 event
WASHINGTON - July 9, 2019 - PRLog -- The Airforwarders Association (AfA), the Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Air Expedited Motor Carriers Association (AEMCA) announce the opening of online registration for the annual AirCargo Conference to be held January 26 - 28, 2020, at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme of this year's conference is "Everything Counts" and coming off one of the most well-attended AirCargo events in Las Vegas this year, the conference is poised to grow even more next year. In 2020, AirCargo is introducing a two-track curriculum for attendees. One track is focused on topics that corporate leadership deals with in both the day-to-day management and the vision planning of operating a business. The second parallel track is for compliance professionals and operations staff who are interacting daily with customers, vendors and regulatory agencies. "This is the first year in AirCargo's history we have made a concerted effort to develop a rigorous, full set of parallel sessions targeted at attendees who our surveys have demonstrated come from these two primary audiences," says Brandon Fried, Executive Director of the AfA. Fiona Morgan, Executive Director of the AEMCA and the Conference's coordinator offers, "This year's conference is going to take advantage of our location in Nashville. Our logo is a nod to the heritage of Music City, USA. We are planning our annual golf event at Top Golf to ensure a warm and new challenge on our opening day." "Programming this year will begin with our annual Women's Networking Event. Drawing increasingly larger crowds every year, we are featuring a panel discussion for 2020 that will bring even more knowledge and experience for our attendees," Morgan continued. Members of the three hosting associations have preferential pricing for conference attendance and exhibition booth rates, with early bird rates available well into early January, 2020. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.aircargoconference.com. About The Airforwarders Association: The Airforwarders Association (AfA) represents more than 275 member companies dedicated to moving cargo throughout the supply chain. The association's members range from small businesses with fewer than 20 employees to large companies employing more than 1,000 people and business models varying from domestic to worldwide freight forwarding operations. In short, they are the travel agents for freight shipments, moving cargo in the timeliest and most cost-efficient manner whether it is carried on aircraft, truck, rail or ship. For more information, visit the association's website at www.airforwarders.org. About AEMCA: AEMCA is a national trade organization that has represented the interests of the Air and Expedited Freight Trucking Community for over 50 years. AEMCA members offer a variety of important ground transportation services and solutions that support and enhance the products made available to the Freight Forwarding community. These include airport-to-airport (RFS), local air and expedited pick-up and delivery, same-day dedicated, home delivery, and time definite delivery services. About ACI-NA: The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) is the voice of North American airports, representing local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. ACI-NA is the largest of the five worldwide regions of the Airports Council International (ACI). Our members represent more than 300 airports operating in the United States and Canada and nearly 400 aviation-related businesses. Contact Scott Case ***@positionglobal.com Photo: https://www.prlog.org/12778570/1
North America air cargo heads south post boom
North America’s air cargo industry has never been brighter, according to Brandon Fried, executive director, team builder and air cargo expert, The Airforwarders Association (AFA). The global uncertainty has not only created challenges in North America but opportunities as well. “The volumes from China to the US increased before the imposition of the most recent round of tariffs as shippers augmented inventories to avoid the new taxes,” he said. Continue Reading
Amazon Air is quietly expanding toward Asia's doorstep in its latest warning shot to FedEx and UPS
Anchorage, Alaska. Amazon's in-house air cargo fleet, which will total 70 plans by 2021, is key to the e-commerce behemoth's plan to acheive one-day shipping for its Prime members this year. Continue Reading

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North America air cargo heads south post boom

Amazon Air is quietly expanding toward Asia's doorstep in its latest warning shot to FedEx and UPS

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