The host for Air Cargo Forum 2012 will be Hartsfield-Jackson airport, which serves Atlanta in theUS South- east region, and this cosmopolitan city is already gearing up for the job of welcoming the air freight community in two years’ time. One of the gateway’s first jobs was
Atlanta set for ACF 2012 We are doing great things, and
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to host an evening of food and enter- tainment at this year’s TIACA ACF event. Held at the Amsterdam Pas- senger Terminal, the evening featured a drinks reception, three-course dinner with wine, a Southern band and wel- coming remarks from the mayor of Atlanta, KasimReed. He said that, since Atlanta was
burned to the ground by General Sherman during the US Civil War, it has “soared like a bird and transformed itself into the international gateway and centre for global commerce that it is today”. Hartsfield-Jackson, noted for the
past few years as the world’s busiest passenger gateway, is two hours’ flying time from 80 percent of the US nation’s population and the airport “serves as a gateway to the world” for the commercial aspirations of the surrounding region, themayor added. With Atlanta being “unmatched as a pas-
senger airport, we are now focused on developing continued growth in the vital sector of air cargo”, Reed continued. “I am a firm believer in building on our
strengths. We are doing great things, and exploring newopportunities, to expand air cargo operations. All told, the airport has 10 all-cargo flights aweek to Europe and 30 flights aweek to Asia,” he pointed out.
exploring new opportunities, to expand air cargo operations
Atlas:meeting the decision-makers ACF2010Review
“ACF is a fantastic opportunity for every company to promote their products and services,” believesMichael Steen, senior vice president and chief commercial officer atAtlasAir WorldwideHoldings, and vice chairman of The International Air CargoAssociation (TIACA). He noted: “Our customers
City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, who vis- ited Amsterdam to meet the air cargo industry and to help
promote the fact that Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International airport will host ACF 2012
Moreover: “The airport’s dominance in air
cargo doesn’t stop at Hartsfield-Jackson’s boundaries. Atlanta is quickly being positioned as a logistical and transportation hub for the region due to our close proximity with the port of Savannah. “We like to dream big in Atlanta,” Reed
emphasised. “Our goal is to be the logistical centre for theWesternHemisphere. “Air cargo is important to Atlanta and the
south-eastern US; it is important to me and to our continued growth and success as a city and a region,” he concluded.
Hartsfield-Jackson has exhibition history
When ACF comes to town, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport will be able to show that it is no stranger to staging interna- tional events in the field of air cargo exhibitions and conferences. Atlanta played host to
TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in 1962, making 2012 the 50th anniversary of the first time it helped organise the event. Plus, Hartsfield-Jackson is always there at the other big get-togethers of the global air
freight community that are held around the world every year. None of these are bigger than Air Cargo Europe, which is run by Germany-based organiserMesseMünchen with the A-Z Group, publisher of Air CargoWeek, as its sales partner. Hartsfield-Jackson has done more than just attend these shows, it has also proven
itself a winner – scooping the prize for the ‘Best Cargo Airport’ category in the ACW World Air Cargo Awards at Air Cargo Europe 2009 inMunich – and then again this year at Air Cargo China 2010 in Shanghai.
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here.ACF is about bringing everyone together. It’s also great formeetingwith the right level of decision-maker.”AtlasAirwill see its business step up a notchwhen the new140-tonne payload B747-8 freighters (above) that it has on order fromBoeing start to join its fleet next year. With his TIACA hat on, Steen observed: “The numbers (of attendees)were good, there
were excellent break-out sessions and the networkingwentwell. I think thatwe also attractedmore forwarders and shippers toACF this year.” Steen reviews the challenges that lie ahead at TIACAin Industry Talk on page 24
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