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Feb 20, 2012 (newstodate): The growing importance of larger carriers' membership of airline alliances may be gradually changing the business environment for independent airline cargo GSA companies.
-We are seeing carriers selecting cargo GSA representation in markets where the GSA is not even actually represented because of a one-stop shopping policy, says a Nordic cargo GSA that remains to stay anonymous.
-This means that the days of the independent cargo GSA may be nearing the end as he sees new airline contracts in his own market being placed with competitors that are not yet set up locally, but already contracted by the newcomer or other carriers within the airline alliance.
-The response to this development may be for the individual independent GSA service provider to follow the trend and team up with other international GSA providers to enter larger and more competitive entities, strong enough to attract business from airline alliance carriers, she says.
-We are seeing carriers selecting cargo GSA representation in markets where the GSA is not even actually represented because of a one-stop shopping policy, says a Nordic cargo GSA that remains to stay anonymous.
-This means that the days of the independent cargo GSA may be nearing the end as he sees new airline contracts in his own market being placed with competitors that are not yet set up locally, but already contracted by the newcomer or other carriers within the airline alliance.
-The response to this development may be for the individual independent GSA service provider to follow the trend and team up with other international GSA providers to enter larger and more competitive entities, strong enough to attract business from airline alliance carriers, she says.