FedEx Memphis air hub to strut its stuff March 10

THE Memphis FedEx hub will be inspected by the Airports Council International-North America Air Cargo conference on March 10-12 just a month after the airport was named the world's busiest cargo station for the 17th consecutive year, reported the Memphis Daily News.

Dubbed Critical Partnerships for Uncertain Times, the event is set for March 10-12 at the Peabody Hotel and is expected to draw 200 delegates from airports, cargo companies and related industries throughout North America. Conference partners include Air Cargo World Magazine, Airforwarders Association and Cargo Airline Association.

The conference will centre on Memphis International Airport and all the carriers that have kept it the top facility for air cargo since 1992, when Washington-based ACI-NA - an affiliate of Geneva, Switzerland-based ACI - first began tracking cargo data.

Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority president and CEO Larry Cox said the authority was delighted to host the conference, which will showcase Memphis International and its chief cargo tenants to players from across the cargo industry. Moreover, the event also will give attendees a chance to discuss issues critical to the industry right now.

We're going through very difficult times, Mr Cox said. Air cargo was a booming industry up until about a year ago, so it's taking all the stakeholders and trying to work together to make sure our industry continues to thrive in the future.

Source: Schednet