Sometimes when you truly love somebody or someplace the feeling can drive a further celebration. I have loved Chicago where I first went to school and was elected President of the Third Grade. I am still a member of the fabulous Chicago Art Museum where I got lost in the beauty of the place and the art especially by Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks when I was only 12 years old. So Chicago as home base for United Airlines has always been a fave, not only because UA is a great story, but also for the emotion of lifelong love affair with that city that endures and continue ..read more

     Brett Ullrich is Corporate Air Procurement Manager at EMO Trans, the historical freight forwarding and logistics enterprise led by the late Jo Frigger, whom our readers have met in repeated occasions in the past. Jo was a superb entrepreneur and a close friend for Geoffrey and Sabiha Arend.      What that means is that now trucking companies know exactly what to expect by pre-booking appointments for a dedicated time to arrive at the WFS cargo facility. Pure Chicago EMO Trans' Brett Ullrich ..read more

     The deluge flooded out Dubai Airport and other UAE gateways and elsewhere in the Middle East creating chaotic conditions all around.      Everyone in the air, on land and on the sea could only stand by and hope for better weather as the rain shut down everything; filling up gateways with people and cargo and packing every available hotel room, as uncertainty was the rule ..read more

FIATA & IATA Alongside Each Other      Time goes by, things change and the conditions of the business go up and down, but FIATA meetings show stability, surprising even for those who participate. When FIATA members meet again, year after year, all their doubts, issues and questions suddenly are lifted into a collaborative atmosphere that they share, celebrating with renewed enthusiasm their reunion, one global meeting after another. This atmosphere thrilled me back in 1992, always coming back in ..read more

     We bid a fond farewell to this kind gentleman with the wonderful face, Robert Nicholas Arens, who died Monday, May 6, 2024 at age 82.      We knew Bob for a number of years as a force for good and a genuine nice guy when he worked for Icelandair’s Al Shea at JFK ..read more

Eppur si muove (And yet it moves)      Eppur si muove (And yet it moves) is reportedly the utterance that Galileo Galilei pronounced after being obliged by the Inquisition to recant his findings that the Earth revolves around the Sun. True or false the idea that he really pronounced this phrase, it has become celebrated in Italy as a slightly rebellious exclamation that means a self-evident truth is refuted against all evidence ..read more

FACE To FACE—East Side/West Side Cargo      Both New York and Los Angeles organized air cargo have big doings at important meetings this week bringing together industry leaders on both coasts of the USA ..read more

     Nice Picture, Nice Guy and Consummate Professional . . . Took this picture of Peter Penseel during Messe Muenchen Air Cargo Europe in 2019.      Beginning June 1, Peter currently serving as COO at CEVA Logistics, assumes command at Delta Air Lines as SVP and President –Delta Cargo ..read more

Party For The Age Of PayCargo      Remember “Hair”, the age of Aquarius? There was a Broadway production in 1968, there was Foreman’s film eleven years later and there was and international hit, indirectly connected with the musical, released on March 1st 1969, precisely 55 years ago. The 5th Dimension marked a turning point in music and show-business, when 1968’s events changed the world for a generation or more. We thought it was forever; well, that did not work ..read more

     The party may be just about over for IATA’s World Cargo Symposium in Hong Kong where the show closes on Thursday at noon at the Hong Kong Expo Center but no doubt results are in when standing back and taking measure of the gathering experience for our air cargo business ..read more