Welcome to our March edition of inSight. The Covid-19 crisis has proven one thing: the world as a whole, and the airline industry in particular, needs air cargo. For airlines, air cargo has proven one of the few revenue sources that has kept going, often even with improved financial results. For the world it has – again – proven that many serious logistical problems cannot be solved without it. We may be tempted to think that air cargo now has a secure position in the air tra

We have been shining a spotlight on one of our projects in each episode of our inSight series to give you an update on their progress, and to give a more in-depth understanding of what these projects mean for Cargo iQ and the membership. This month, we’re focusing on the small and medium forwarders project, or when shortened, the SME project. The Cargo iQ SME project was launched in spring 2019 with the aim of broadening the number of shipments covered under Cargo iQ’s qualit

Board Member Markus Muecke, Managing Director, Im3pact AG When Cargo 2000 (C2K) was launched more than twenty years ago there was a strong concern that integrators would threaten and increasingly replace the traditional air cargo model. That model felt dated, and the industry – were it to survive – was to become more integrator-like, with comprehensive performance reporting and seamless track and trace across the various involved parties. More recently technology-driven new e

Throughout our series of inSights, we introduce our six strategic focal points, divided into two different themes: The Basics, addressing the industry basics, and The Future, helping our industry to be ready for future opportunities. Within The Future focal points, one aim is to develop the Cargo iQ membership. In this issue, we address this focus and how this fits with Cargo iQ’s projects, for instance the SME Project spotlighted this month. Developing the membership Cargo i

Cargo iQ’s mission to create and implement quality standards for the worldwide cargo industry has come into full focus over the last twelve months. We need to be agile and adaptable as never before and have been busy implementing changes to ensure that we have solid foundations for the future. Working with members, we have looked into redesigning existing project lines, to inject new energy, future proofing our systems, and further evolving Cargo iQ into a greater planning, c