Date: 3-4 October 2010
Venue: JEDDAH – KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
The extensive forces of liberalization and globalization have radically transformed world trade and opened up economies and fueled consumer demand in an unparalleled scale. In the Middle East these developments have resulted in the investments and development of all sorts of infrastructure to support the explosion in global trade. Government of Saudi Arabia is investing in better infrastructure and supporting services, in turn have become catalyst to even a greater demands for more goods to be delivered faster and at cheaper costs in the country and its trading partners.
The Air Cargo & Logistics Summit in Jeddah will evaluate the impact of air cargo trend resulting from aviation sector relating to policies, development of airports and airlines in the Middle East. Focus is given on its influence on the performance of airports, airlines, regulatory agencies and logistics in order to facilitate the growing demands of trade in the region.
ACLS key words: Liberalization, Performance, Air Cargo, Logistics and International Trade.
Strong demand for sector growth
Saudi’s rapid domestic development spearheaded by the planned Economic Cities means there’s strong demand for sector growth. The cities alone could contribute an additional 86-129 million tons per annum.
Saudi Arabian domestic cargo demand is expected to grow by a 4-5% compound annual rate through 2020, while international flows are expected grow at 5% and 7-8% for air and sea cargo, respectively. There are plans to modernize Saudi Arabian Cargo fleet & to modernize the warehouse facilities in Jeddah as well as improvement of cargo handling facilities in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
In order to update the global audience of the various initiatives of the government & to inform the market potential, SAUDI AIRLINES CARGO is hosting the First Air Cargo & Logistics summit in association with Arabian Reach FZ LLC, Dubai, with a concurrent exhibition and awards night.
THE FIRST EDITION OF AIR CARGO AND LOGISTICS SUMMIT (ACLS-2010) will provide a platform for top logistics executives from local, regional and multi-national companies in key industry sectors to hear experts address current industry topics and learn from the world’s best practices. The event will discuss and highlight the, existing & the future business opportunities in the Kingdom.
For more information please visit: http://www.arabianreach.com/acls/
Organised by
Arabian Reach FZ LLC
PO Box 125186,
Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 4 447 2811
Fax:+971 4 447 2810
info@arabianreach.com