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IATA announces a new CASS Associates Global Model


IATA has announced that a new CASS Associates Global Model was launched in January this year. The conditions of the new


model include several changes that were approved by airlines at their Cargo Agency Conference (CAC) in 2018. The main features of the model


are:


• New CASS associate applicants will be requested to provide an upfront financial security;


• One CASS airline sponsorship is required for new applicants;


Funds raised for Transaid


Transaid CEO Caroline Barber addressed the guests at the BIFA Freight Service Awards ceremony in January detailing the work of the charity in Africa. Transaid focuses on two core areas:


• The first is road safety, specifically tackling death and injury on the roads through professional driver training.


• The second is providing access to essential health care services for remote communities. Caroline spoke about how 90% of road traffic injuries


Sandford Freight celebrates 20 years


BIFA Director General Robert Keen joined the staff and clients of Sandford Freight in November last year to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary. During the evening Robert Keen


presented Chairman Sean Sandford and managing director Roy Walker with a commemorative trophy marking the achievement.


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throughout the world occur in low- and middle-income countries, placing a disproportionate burden on their fragile infrastructure. Thanks to the support from UK industry, Transaid has


trained over 160 personnel in countries such as Zambia and Sierra Leone to pass safe driving skills to bus, truck and motorcycle drivers. To date, they have trained over 30,000 drivers. Guests at the BIFA Awards ceremony dug deep last month and raised the grand total of £2,420.


• Current CASS associates with three irregularities accumulated in the last 12 consecutive months are to provide a financial security;


• The calculation of any financial security will be based on the amount of risk.


As many CASS associates


operate and trade as freight forwarders, representations were made by national and international trade associations to delay the implementation and allow for proper industry consultation. However, IATA’s airline members decided that the implementation would go ahead in January as planned. A working group made up of


airline and forwarder representatives will now consider recommendations for potential solutions that could lessen the impact of some of the changes. They will also consider making a recommendation to ensure that in the future all participants in CASS will be part of any industry consultation process.


Further information about the New CASS Associates Global Model can be obtained from the IATA Customer Service team via the IATA Customer Portal www.iata.org/cs


February 2018


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