In this issue

In the December edition of The STAT Trade Times, our cover story by Shreya Bhattacharya explains about the safety and security in air cargo industry's supply chain. The need of the hour is to strengthen coordination between governments across the world.

Our special report by Shalini Nair gives an insight into the battered infrastructure occurred due to natural disasters or by a war, where aviation sector has the unique ability and a keen desire to touch human lives in those affected areas.

In our industry report, Surya Kannoth writes on the conventional air cargo industry’s newest competitors, from Amazon to drones to Hyperloop, who are here to disrupt its space. The onus now lies on the industry to adapt to new learnings and to move its resources wisely to its advantage.

The regional report by Nahida Jafferi focuses on Africa’s air cargo industry entering into transformational phase. With 27 countries signed up for SAATM, the supply chain stakeholders talk about their significant initiatives to improve efficiency and meet the challenges.

Get to know about the review of Flower & Perishable Logistics Africa 2018 conference by Logistics Update Africa held at Nairobi, Kenya. Know how setting standards in cold chain process and integration between small scale farmers were identified as a key to achieving value proposition.

In our event report, Surya Kannoth reports on an exclusive media meet-up in Paris with the key members of the Air France KLM Cargo team unveiling the carrier’s “commercial digital journey”.

Don’t miss news roundup from air cargo, aviation, shipping, transport and tourism sectors.

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The STAT Trade Times is a multi modal international transport media, specializing in Air Cargo, provides in-depth coverage for the Aviation,Transport, Shipping and tourism industries. STAT TIMES, as it is popularly known, provides a ringside view of the latest developments in the multi modal transport industry worldwide. The Media’s integrated approach to news coverage is appreciated and used by the decision makers for their commercial benefits since 1986. Apart from the print media, the STAT Trade Times has also launched its Website as early as 1990 for the benefit of its high profile readers worldwide. This site is useful to professionals from Aviation and Air Cargo Industries. Breaking News related to Airlines strategies, Airport updates, Air Cargo, Air Traffic and Air Travel trends form a major source of latest information. The Billion Dollar News capsules provide encapsulated news for the benefit of its worldwide readers. STAT TIMES is news-specific.