november 2010
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12 Healthy business PhillipHastings looks at the growing air freight demands of the pharmaceutical industry
22 Hong Kong still burns bright The traditional air cargo gateway tomainland China is not going to give up its leading position easily. SamChambers reports
34 Volga-Dnepr – 20 years on The Russian carrier and its fleet of AN-124 and IL-76 freighters are celebrating two decades in the heavy-lift business
40 Conservation calling Air freight can lendMother Nature a handwhen needed, Megan Ramsay discovers
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44 100 years of air cargo A replicaWrightModel B aircraft has retraced the steps of the first known air cargo flight
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Pharmaceuticals: a boombusiness
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Centenary cargo flight is a success
44 REGULARS
4 NEWS All the latest news from around the world
20 INTERVIEW We speak to Neel Shah, cargo vice president at Delta Air Lines
30 QUESTION OFTHE MONTH
48 ENDPIECE Better spirits
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