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What's Next for the Air Cargo Industry in This Pandemic? Vol.10Issue09,No.91,September2020 ThefirstandonlyPAN-RegionalMagazine MiddleEastAfricaAsia&beyond Years 2001-2020 el C ebr ati ng www.aircargoupdate.com What's next for the air cargo industry in this pandemic? Steven Polmans, Chairman, TIACA Director Cargo & Logistics,Brussels Airport Company The Lounge Chairman, Air Cargo Belgium Global News Trucking Air cargo Mercedes Benz continues Trucks with 'gradual advances in but consistent technology to further recovery' enhance its safety features Joël Glusman President & CEO Airlines 1 Airports Logiscs Crystal Group 2 E DITOR IAL Monthly: VOl 10 | Issue 09 | No. 91 Middle East, Africa, Asia & beyond Air Cargo Update is a platform to disseminate news and tackle issues in the global air freight industry with emphasis in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Thenextphase At least 578 drugs and vaccines are reportedly in development targeting the coronavirus which has so far infected about 27 million people and killed nearly 900,000 worldwide. Skipping some tedious clinical trials, Russia became the first country in the world in August to approve a COVID-19 vaccine it named “Sputnik-V” developed by the Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow. While skeptics doubt Sputnik-V's reliability, The Lancet, a reputable UK-based medical journal, found out the Russian- made vaccine enabled participants to develop antibodies to fight the virus without having serious side effects. Germany, the US, China and the UK are reportedly in their ChiefEditor advance clinical trial stages for Covid vaccines, giving hope Gemma Q. Casas to a world wrecked by an invisible virus just months after it [email protected] was first discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Contributors By the end of this year or early 2021, at least half a dozen Nirmala Rao vaccines could potentially be made available for distribution Ayesha Rashed [email protected] to fight off the virus. At this stage, the air cargo industry would again be crucial in Sales&Marketing safely transporting millions if not billions of these highly Israr Ahmad valuable vaccines to every corner of the world to bring back a [email protected] semblance of normalcy in the new normal. Tousif Ahmed Speed, safe handling, adequate facilities, a skilled workforce [email protected] and other safety precautionary measures are necessary in HeadOperations this process. Mohammad Karimulla This early, different air cargo carriers and others in the supply [email protected] chain are already preparing for this historic mammoth task. CreativeDirector In this edition, we'll examine how the industry is coping with Mohammed Imran the changing world and how technology is becoming an [email protected] integrated part of its transformation. How governments are investing on their future by putting stakes on the global PhotoJournalist transport industry, mainly in air cargo and logistics. Wasim Ahmed We'll also bring you the latest news on how major industry [email protected] players have moved beyond the pandemic, setting their sights to a new future we all look forward to. Gemma Q. Casas Editor-in-Chief 3 C ON TE 22 N Cover Story TS What's next for the air cargo industry aer bridging the gap during the pandemic? The Lounge 06 From field messenger to becoming CEO, this French entrepreneur shares joy of his success with family Feature 26 DB Schenker roars in Asia-Pacific with the 'Red Lion' Trucking 30 Mercedes Benz Trucks accident research integrates advances in technology to further enhance its safety features 08 Global News 37 Airports 46 Upcoming Events 19 Logistics 41 Aviation 33 Airlines 43 Executive Moments 4 5 TH E LOU NG E From field messenger to becoming CEO, this French entrepreneur shares joy of his success with family peers, Glusman joined Qualitair and Sea in 1990 after returning to France. By 2007, he led a management buyout and Crystal Group was created and he became the company's CEO and President. Combining organic growth with some acquisitions, Crystal Group is today considered one of the largest independent logistics providers in France. “We started this business in 1986. It's more than 34 years ago. The challenges were just crazy but we managed to overcame Joël Glusman President & CEO, Crystal Group those,” shared Glusman to Air Cargo Update in an interview in TLF Board Member & Dubai where his firm participated at an MRO event held just Foreign Trade Advisor, France before the COVID-19 lockdown in March. “What we learned is that ethics in doing business is really important. You must also have ime and again, we the passion for your customers and the aerospace industry,” he added noting that his are shown that a company mainly deals with providing logistics for the aerospace industry. d e g r e e d o e s n ' t define a person's Today, Crystal Group is one of the most trusted names in the aerospace logistics in success in life but France which has also expanded its network to the Middle East, Europe and beyond. rather his passion to Worldwide, Glusman employs about 600 staff. make a difference in “I'm driven by passion,” said Glusman who continues to break new opportunities for his his chosen path. company by adopting and blending technology to what they do. Bill Gates, the tech “There will always be giants like UPS, FedEx, DHL and we need those guys. Smaller billionaire ranked as the world's wealthiest companies like us provide added value services to them by improving the supply person before Jeff Bezos of Amazon took chain,” he added. over this year with assets of over $105.6 A devoted father to his two sons and his wife, his childhood sweetheart, Glusman finds billion, dropped out of college at Harvard joy splitting time between work and family. while making Microsoft. So, did the late “I like spending time with my family,” said Glusman who is also a grandfather to an Steve Jobs of Apple. He stopped his adorable girl. university studies and instead went to India to study Buddhism. This French entrepreneur says his family's strong support and undivided commitment to his endeavors enabled him to accomplish many things in life. Priceless. In France's logistics industry, Joël Glusman who never finished college, is a name to be reckoned with. Glusman, the President & CEO of Crystal Group and TALA, the aerospace logistics alliance in France, who is also a TLF Board Member & Foreign Trade Advisor of France, began his career at age 17 as an airport field messenger at Orly Airport in 1974. Passionate with what he's doing with a quest for knowledge, Glusman managed to climb up key positions in the industry, including becoming VP for sales and marketing stationed in New York for a major French international freight forwarder. Well-versed in English and well liked by his 6 7 G LOBAL N EWS Air France KLM Martinair Cargo grants WFS 5-year contract as it opens second new cargo terminal in Brussels LONDON/PARIS: Worldwide Flight Services, the world's largest security technologies. cargo handling company, got a five-year contract from Air “We are extremely proud that Air France KLM Martinair Cargo are France KLM Martinair Cargo to provide services to its new cargo extending their partnership with WFS in Europe as we continue to terminal in Brussels. invest in our presence at Brussels Airport. WFS is making this Under the terms of the agreement, WFS will provide a total strong commitment to support our customers, the Belgian freight handling solution including cargo, mail and truck handling, and and logistics industry, and Brussels Airport's ambition to be one services for special products, for some 30,000 tons annually. of Europe's most important and professional cargo hubs. We are The contract comes as WFS prepares for the opening of its new extremely confident in the long-term airport's growth potential,” 25,000 sqm Building 835 at Brussels Airport. said Marc Claesen, Senior Vice President Commercial EMEAA at WFS. The new facility is part of a €100 million investment by Brussels Airport in the cargo zone at the airport and will incorporate The opening of Building 835 will mark WFS' second new cargo 3,000 square metres of cooling facilities for pharma and terminal at Brussels Airport within two years. In February 2019, it perishables shipments, a covered airside staging area and also commenced operations in the custom-built Building 832 at outside container storage. As part of WFS' global commitment the airport, a 9,400 sq m freight centre designed to support fast to the highest levels of safety and security, it will also be and efficient loading, unloading and handling of cargo, and equipped with full CCTV coverage, x-ray and other specialist trucking and forwarding activities. KNN INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FZC P.O. Box: 9509, SAIF Zone, Sharjah, UAE. Mobile: +971 50 364 8360 INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FZC Tel: +971 6 7040890, E-mail: [email protected], www.knn-gse.ae 8 10,000 flights for Emirates SkyCargo in just 3 months DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo says it operated 10,000 cargo flights between April and June 2020, a mix of scheduled, ad- hoc and charter operations, to facilitate the movement of essential commodities and other supplies for individual consumers and businesses across the world. Between May and June, the Dubai-based cargo carrier said it operated on an average more than 3,800 flights per month, with the aircraft travelling to over 100 destinations and covering approximately 37 million kilometers, the equivalent distance of roughly 50 trips to the moon and back. Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Cargo said: “As a customer focused organization, Emirates SkyCargo has innovatively adapted our cargo operations and offerings over the last few months in line with rapidly evolving market demand.
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