Connectivity facilitates trade

Governments need to
recognise the important
link between air cargo
connectivity and trade
competitiveness and, in
so doing, start to promote
and implement policies for
the facilitation of air cargo,
according to Glyn Hughes,
the International Air
Transport Association (Iata)
global head of cargo.
He pointed to a recent
Iata study showing that a
1% increase in air cargo
connectivity was associated
with a 6.3% increase in a
country’s total trade.
Hughes said that airlines
currently transported
around 35% of the total value
of goods traded globally.
Facilitating trade
with efficient air cargo
processes required a strong
partnership between
governments and industry,
he added.