News / Air cargo at a crossroads, says IATA. 'We must go from documents to data'

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IATA has increased its drive to get the air cargo industry to digitise, but has warned that business models need to change to incorporate data.

“We are at a crossroads,” said Ariaen Zimmerman, head of Cargo iQ. “We can no longer wander; we need digitisation.

“But there is a lack of business model. We are not capable of transferring it properly into a digital world,” he said yesterday at an IATA webinar on the future for air cargo.

Henk Mulder, head of digital ...