Air cargo industry calls on airports to up their game

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Airports came under fire from the air cargo community in a no-holds barred debate at the Air Cargo Handling conference in Paris. Despite the theme of partnership, both handlers and carriers expressed their dissatisfaction with airports who have little interest in cargo operations.

“The two most important things to airports are real estate and shops,” said Olivier Bijaoui, president and CEO of Worldwide Flight Services. “The only guy at the airport who remembers me is the real estate guy, because I ...