Transpacific trade – follow my lead
All eyes on the next move
FIATA and IATA finally appear to have made up and together have broken ground on the Cargo Agency Modernisation Programme (CAMP).
The programme marks a new era of a more equitable relationship, which will finally make freight forwarders principals in their contracts with airlines, instead of agents. The agreement, which is nearly finalised after being first proposed two years ago, appears to have overcome years of mistrust between the two associations.
FIATA needs now to “finalise the financial impact study of financing ...
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Comment on this article
Robert Keen
October 20, 2014 at 10:00 amIn the air context I’d prefer people to think that FIATA stands for Friendly with IATA or Forward together with IATA.