Airlines Attacked Over Freight

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31124, 29 July 1966, Page 17

Airlines Attacked Over Freight

Mr M. L. Newman, a Christchurch fish exporter, said that airlines on the whole were ‘•quite unrealistic” over assisting the development of overseas markets for perishable goods by trial consignments.

Mr Newman, who is man-i aging director of F. P. Feron and Son, was speaking from the floor in a panel discus-, sion at an air cargo seminar. He said that the develop-, ment of this sort of market should be a partnership between industry and airlines. Mr Newman said that airlines did not seem to be interested in developing this perishable air freight Airlines, in effect were saying to the potential exporter, “you do all, you pay and if you lose out then too bad.” | Mr Newman said that airlines always charged full! rates. “And there is a fair! chance your goods will be rot-

'ten at the other end, or of no use anyway.” Mr Newman said that there were no reduced rates for! trial shipments. I.A.T.A. I should try to help trial shipment costs. In reply, the south-west Pacific area cargo sales officer. of 8.0.A.C. (Mr H. Galbraith) said he knew of no I.A.T.A. rule that would prevent an airline from carrying a few samples. But this would not mean, a few tons, at below the I.A.T.A. minimum irate. He said that 8.0.A.C. had one man in London in constant negotiation in this field, trying to find markets for goods overseas.