TATV Spotlight: Texel Air's George Chisholm on Bahrain's cargo boost

International cargo movements from the Middle East and Africa outstripped most of the global markets with double digit growth of 10.6% and 11.3 respectively.

But like many other regions there have been challenges from labour shortages due to Covid quarantines, lack of storage capacity and supply bottlenecks.

In Bahrain, the forward-thinking of the operators and the government to build on the long-time focus on freight at the Kingdom’s airport has seen continuous growth.

Now with the arrival of the first 737-800BCF in the whole region there is even more optimism.

Alan Peaford talks to the managing director of Texel Air, George Chisholm, about the new aircraft, the market outlook and riding the challenges.

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Alan Peaford

Alan Peaford MBE

Alan is a regular broadcaster and is the consultant editor-in-chief and presenter for Times Aerospace TV and is a regular commentator on aviation issues for many global broadcasting channels. He is conference chairman of the Aviation Africa summit and the Aviation MENA summit and has moderated or chaired conferences for organisations such as IATA, DCAA, the Global Aerospace Summit and business aviation associations in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

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