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Monthly: VOl 10 | Issue 12 | No. 94
Middle East, Africa, Asia & beyond
Air Cargo Update is a platform to disseminate
news and tackle issues in the global air
freight industry with emphasis in the Middle
East, South Asia and Africa.
Editorial
Innovatetosurvive
Never before has the impact of technology been visibly
important than now. Digital health technology facilitated
swift pandemic strategy and response in ways that are
extremely difficult to execute if done manually.
BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID vaccine harnessed the
“mRNA” technology which essentially relied on a synthetic
strand of genetic code called messenger RNA to prime the
immune system. This has never been done before and
experts said it has the potential to dramatically reshape
vaccine production in the future which under traditional
methods take years to develop.
ChiefEditor
Gemma Q. Casas
gemma@7dimensionsmedia.com
Contributors
Nirmala Rao
Ayesha Rashed
ayesha@aircargoupdate.com
Sales&Marketing
Israr Ahmad
israr@7dimensionsmedia.com
Tousif Ahmed
tousif@7dimensionsmedia.com
HeadOperations
Mohammad Karimulla
karimulla@7dimensionsmedia.com
CreativeDirector
Mohammed Imran
imran@7dimensionsmedia.com
PhotoJournalist
Wasim Ahmed
wasim@7dimensionsmedia.com
The air cargo industry has also turned to innovation to
deliver vital medical and other essential supplies during the
pandemic. Passenger planes were turned into freighters to
meet growing capacity. New health and safety protocols
were quickly modified and adopted.
And its innovations are likely to continue with the lifesaving
mission of distributing COVID vaccines on the
horizon requiring expertise, special equipment and
infrastructure tailored for different regions and weather
conditions.
The pandemic has certainly hastened digitalization in the
industry and it's going to be the norm in the new world
where contactless business is the now the new normal.
In this edition, we'll share with you the story of Saudi
Arabian Logistics Company (SAL), which Saudi Arabia
envisions to be the catalyst for its quest to become a global
logistics hub as part of its economic diversification
program.
With logistics becoming an integral part of every business
and even individuals with the rise of e-Commerce, SAL is a
force to be reckoned with in Saudi's changing economic
landscape away from oil economy.
In Dubai, technology's impact on every industry in the
future is very much alive. The futuristic city recently hosted
the world's first global tech event, GITEX, amid the
pandemic, showcasing its superiority in safely hosting an
event with strict health and safety protocols in place.
Technology is here to stay. Its impact will be wider and far
reaching across continents. It has become our top tool for
survival and now is the time to harness it further.
Gemma Q. Casas
Editor-in-Chief
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