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By Alex Lennane
A long three years after the idea was first debated, it appears that forwarders will soon be treated as principals in their contracts with airlines, not their agents.
The Cargo Agency Modernisation Programme (CAMP), set to be agreed at FIATA’s World Congress in 2014, is still not ready, owing to continued disagreement between IATA and FIATA. But the key point , agreed points will be implemented.
“We have reached agreement on a significant number of issues,” said Glyn Hughes, IATA Cargo chief. ...
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Markus Bachofner
December 14, 2015 at 9:48 pmYour headline is misleading. And you have explained why that is, yourself when you said “The issue appears to be a fairly significant sticking point, and means that the agent-role change must be introduced under the existing IATA ‘Conference’ rules – an airline-only, decision-making body.” CASS governance under the old IATA Conference Rulse has been the sticking point which was sought be addressed under the aegis of CAMP. Without the joint CASS governance, the rest of CAMP is just semantics. It is sad the project which was started more than 4 years ago has still not seen the light of the day, especially when, given the tough situation air cargo faces, the need for airline/forwarders co-operation has never been more acute.
Alex Lennane
December 15, 2015 at 11:47 amMany thanks for this comment. It helps clear things up. I will dig a bit more and try to find out whether joint CASS governance will ever happen, in that case! Thank you.