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EDITORIAL<br />
Monthly: Vol 09 | Issue 05| No. 74<br />
Middle East, Africa, Asia & beyond<br />
Chief Editor<br />
Gemma Q. Casas<br />
gemma dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Contributors<br />
Nirmala Rao<br />
Ayesha Rashid<br />
ayesha aircargoupdate.com<br />
Sales Marketing<br />
Israr Ahmad<br />
israr dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Tousif Ahmed<br />
tousif dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Head Operations<br />
Jamal Ahmad<br />
jamal dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Photo Journalist<br />
Wasim Ahmed<br />
wasim dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Creative Head<br />
Mohammed Imran<br />
imran dimensionsmedia.com<br />
Editor’s Note<br />
World's many firsts<br />
April is gone but left many historic firsts in different fields,<br />
including the air cargo industry, with great impact on<br />
humanity's future.<br />
On April 10, the first image of the black hole was captured<br />
using a network of eight telescopes around the world.<br />
Located some 500 million trillion km from earth in a distant<br />
galaxy, the black hole, scientists say measures about 3<br />
million times the size of our planet.<br />
In another world's first, Russia launched in April an<br />
autonomous space cargo ship with two more unpiloted<br />
resupply spacecraft scheduled later this year to travel to the<br />
International Space Station out of the Baikonur<br />
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan via the Soyuz-2.1a carrier<br />
rocket.<br />
In industry first, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and<br />
WebCargo by Freightos launched real-time air cargo<br />
eBooking with instant pricing and capacity that can save<br />
shippers, airlines and forwarders tons of money and time.<br />
In Europe, Athens International Airport became the first to<br />
use face scan as boarding pass by having passengers merely<br />
scanning their faces at check-in and at security points.<br />
In this edition, we'll share with you how the upcoming<br />
Expo 2020 Dubai is fueling growth in air freight and logistics<br />
in the UAE with more than 190 countries participating in the<br />
first world expo in the Middle East and North Africa spending<br />
millions of dollars for their national pavilions. In an exclusive<br />
interview, a German official shares insights how this mega<br />
event is becoming the biggest global image platform for<br />
countries and its economic implications.<br />
We'll also bring you the story of Zhukovsky International<br />
Airport Cargo which aims to become the new gateway in<br />
Central Russia to spruce up businesses in the region.<br />
Technology is fast changing the world and industries are<br />
trying to catch up despite the many challenges.<br />
It's an interesting time for many of us, including those who<br />
simply watch on the sidelines.<br />
Gemma Q. Casas<br />
Editor-in-Chief
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