IATA vs FIATA (again): the battle for control of air cargo
The decades-old power struggle between IATA and FIATA is intensifying as air cargo digitalisation and settlement systems become new battlegrounds.
Coverage of cass moves quickly, and the details that matter — who is involved, how large the figures are and when changes take effect — are rarely clear from a headline alone.
The recurring vocabulary of cass reporting — Air Cargo, Cargo Airlines, CASS, Digital Standards and FIATA — is a useful early indicator of which angle is gaining momentum.
With The Loadstar among the active sources, readers can gauge whether a theme reflects a one-off report or a more widely covered development.
The most recent coverage of cass is collected here, ordered with the newest items first. Each report links back to its original source, so the freshest developments — and the dates attached to them — are easy to follow.
Recurring prominence usually means Air Cargo sits at the centre of an active development — a decision, a deal or a dispute. When a name repeats across reports, it is worth reading the underlying stories to see what has actually changed.
Significant stories usually carry verifiable detail — a named figure, a date, a percentage or a clearly identified organisation — and tend to appear across more than one outlet. Reports that stay at the level of general commentary are better treated as background.
A shortage of firm numbers usually means a story is still developing or is being reported qualitatively. In that case, the useful signals are who is reporting, which places feature and how widely the theme is covered; concrete figures tend to follow as events firm up.