INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FREIGHT FORWARDERS (FIATA) ANNOUNCE NEW AIR CARGO PROGRAM

August 26, 2016

On July 18, 2016 IATA and FIATA signed an agreement to implement the IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP). The IFACP aims to refine and re-engineer the existing Cargo Agency Program to accommodate recent changes in the role of freight forwarders from airline selling agents to purchasing customers. The IFACP also eliminates unnecessary administrative procedures and corresponding costs in order to dedicate additional resources towards regulatory compliance, safety, and security initiatives, as well as for the introduction of new technologies. Public endorsement of the IFACP is scheduled in October at the FIATA World Congress in Dublin, Ireland. The program will begin in Canada in early 2017, with full global rollout projected by late 2018.

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