TIACA: 'This year was about survival – next year, see our value proposition'

The reports of TIACA’s impending death have been grossly exaggerated – to misquote Mark Twain.

There has been a great deal of speculation over the success – or otherwise – of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum (ACF), its biennial cash cow, which can tide it over financially until the next show.

But this year, following years of losses, heavy competition in the events market and a second-tier cargo destination for the ACF (sorry, Toronto) in a country which has limited bilateral air rights with big spenders ...