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By Alex Lennane
It would be nice to write a cheery little Friday blog. Perhaps looking at an upturn in the market, some little boost for the weekend.
But it’s not going to be. Sadly, despite the announcement that Atlas Air and Emirates are doing pretty well, things are really tough elsewhere. (There’s a good blog from Cargo Facts about it here.) Cathay has just issued a warning about ’disappointing results’. European carriers in particular are making heavy weather of it. And they are ...
Comment on this article
Daniel Fernandez
May 29, 2012 at 3:33 pmHi Alex,
Indeed the reason to go to Moscow was to connect with this important region. Opening up the door to growing regions may bring complexities such as visa requirements but surely that cannot be a reason to hide in our protected comfortable world that we know?
Attendance of 200 with the largest contingent coming from the local region is exactly why TIACA does schedule meetings in logistically less traditionally strong places. In fact the number of attendants of these meetings have been stable over the last years.
And finally we are lucky to have hosts like Volga-Dnepr who are prepared to help the local organization and act as perfect hosts. Despite that TIACA spends a significant amount of money to organize these meetings and certainly does not make any profit out of the Executive Summit.
Best regards,
Daniel Fernandez
Secretary General
TIACA