Cargo multilateral stuck in neutral.(Global air cargo industry)(Government Activity)(International Pages)

From: Air Transport World | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Feldman, Joan M. | Copyright information

Hopes that the air cargo industry could lead the way toward relaxed citizenship requirements have not been realized

In 1977 the US government deregulated air cargo; the following year it deregulated passenger airlines. Why did cargo, a distinctly humdrum business, come first? One, it was low-profile. Two, then-upstart Federal Express exerted tremendous pressure because it needed freedom to fulfill its plans. Three, the government believed strongly that deregulation was i...

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