Let me start off by welcoming our new members this month. March was an exciting month for IACAC. Our March Madness event was a success (check out the gallery here) and I also want to thank everyone that attended. Special thanks as well to our co-sponsors the Young Freight Forwarders of America for having a great turnout. We also recruited a new member at the event.
Another great event was our luncheon this month. We had Linda Dreiffin from American Airlines speak about the merger and how it will affect the forwarding community. She also educated us on the new birds they will be flying and their capacity. We were also able to meet the entire sales team for ORD for both AA and US Airways. I want to thank Linda and her entire group for participating and interacting with our members and making it a great experience. We are currently working together with AA to possibly start tours of their facility to show new and current members what goes on behind the scenes.
I’m looking forward to getting the air cargo community more involved with all industry professionals and I do want to also take a moment and thank all the airlines that attended this event. We had over seven airlines in attendance including Singapore Airlines and IAG Cargo to name a few. Thank you so much to all the other airlines that attended as well. We as an organization are very grateful and hope to have your continued support in future events.
We will be having a luncheon in May. The speaker will be announced shortly. I hope to see everyone there.
Mark your calendars for our annual golf outing which will be held August 12th at Bridges of Poplar Creek in Hoffmann Estates. There will be an 08:00 shotgun start. Please make sure you register and sponsor a hole. We are looking forward to a record turnout. Reach out to Jim Wilbrandt if you have any questions. You will be able to register via our new site, which Position: Global has been doing a great job maintaining.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the next luncheon and hope to see many of you register early for the golf outing. Thank you for your support of IACAC and helping to continue to grow our membership and bringing back the voices of the airlines.