“Impacts of Rising Transportation Costs – Opportunity Knocks!”Looking for the Silver Lining in

Airfreight

Brandon Fried

The Airforwarders Association

www.airforwarders.org

What is an Airforwarder & What Does AfA Do?

• Travel Agent for Freight

• Respected Voice

• Advocacy

Existing Challenges

• Fuel• Security Surcharges• 100% Cargo Screening• Certified Screener Program

CCSP Status

• Political Status: Political Concerns with the Program Today

• Regulatory Status: Slow Implementation but Moving Ahead

Support

&

Support

Funding:

AfA’s

Response

A

Support CCSP• Not Enough Space at All

Airports to Screen• No Pallet Screening Devices

Approved• Piece Level Mandate- No More

Container Discounts?• Program is Here to Stay

AfA’s Response

“We foresee the biggest risk and downside to doing it at the airport, with cargo piling up and no space and no time to screen it. [It would] be a logistical nightmare.”

John Sammon, TSA Assistant Administrator

AfA Response (Continued)

Support CCSP Funding

• Central Piece of the 100% Mandate

• Congressional Efforts

• Coalition Efforts

Indiana Market Issues

•Fuel•Kitty Hawk is Gone•Weakened Economy

Silver Linings

• Fuel prices are coming down

• Most forwarders are surviving without excess consolidation

• FedEx expansion of Indy hub

• Indy is still the Midwestern hub for many industries and manufacturers

More Silver Linings

• Competitive options for screening of air freight will keep hubs open and prices down for forwarders and shippers

• Federal subsidies to forwarders would further decrease costs and improve output at airports

• CCSP must be funded!

312 Member Companies Can’t Be Wrong!

Why Not Join AfA Today?

www.airforwarders.org202-393-2818