IATA Head Pushes for Secure Freight Principles
The International Air Transport Association said there are four priorities to make air cargo more secure, and it urged stakeholders to move forward on the implementation of the Secure Freight principles. "The stakes are high. If regulators and governments lose…
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confidence in the security of air freight, then bureaucracy will increase and ultimately some items may not even be viable to be air freighted. Commerce as we know it would look very different," said IATA Director General Tony Tyler at the Secure Freight Forum at IATA's offices in Geneva (here). Tyler said a team effort engaging the entire air cargo supply chain and governments is necessary to enhance and deploy global standards for security. The International Civil Aviation Organization should be the focal point for this work, which could embrace a roadmap for states to obtain mutual recognition of cargo security regimes, he said, and harmonization and recognition of air cargo security requires a continued commitment from all parties over the long-term. Tyler said a case study of the Secure Freight pilot in Malaysia shows that the benefits anticipated from full national implementation of Secure Freight are estimated to be $350-600 million annually.