This year's Air Cargo Day was dedicated to the topic of the
"The new normal" - in the area of conflict between crisis management, innovation, sustainability and interrupted supply chains".
Postponed to 2021 - Exact date TBD
Following up on the successful 1st Air Cargo Forum in 2019. The local Basel-Mulhouse chapter of IG Air Cargo renews the appointment. The theme of the this year forum and the list of speakers will be communicated closer to the date. Please block the date in your calendar.
IG Air Cargo Switzerland has elaborated the latest Foreign Trade Statistics from the Swiss Federal Customs Administration with a special focus on Air Cargo. They cover a 10 years period to give an overview of our industry key indicators. A comparison of several key indicators between 2019 & 2020 is also included (Covid pandemic effects). The file is available at this link: https://igaircargo.ch/images/Statistics/ForeignTrade/2020-ForeignTradeStatisticsAirCargo.pdf
Tuesday 05 May - Peter Somaglia, president of IG Air Cargo, participated to an online Webinar on the challenges brought by the Coronavirus to the Air Freight industry.
The webinar organized and moderated by GS1 Switzerland (https://www.gs1.ch/) also saw the participation of Gian Carlo Alessi, Head of Cargo Department at Euroairport Basel/Mulhouse, a member organization of IG Air Cargo Switzerland.