Senior Consultant
Cargo Facts Consulting

Jim Edgar has been associated with the air transportation industry over 50 years. Both commercial and military experience in various passenger and cargo positions are included. Jim managed passenger and cargo terminals in the U.S. and Middle East while in the Air Force (including a three-year assignment with ‘Air Force One’), spent three years with a regional carrier and four years with American Airlines. Before becoming a Senior Consultant for ‘Cargo Facts Consulting,’ Jim retired from Boeing after more than 30 years, in his last position as a Regional Director of Cargo Marketing for nearly 25 of those. In that capacity, he was also on the Board of Directors of “The International Air Cargo Association.” His Boeing responsibilities included the annual “Freighter Fleet Forecast” and as a contributor to the biennial “World Air Cargo Forecast.” Jim was instrumental in bringing key customers together with Product Development and Strategy in defining and launching both the 747-8F and 777F. He especially enjoys four international industry conferences organized by ‘Cargo Facts’ each year as well as promoting the outstanding CFC freighter/market data-rich and analytic resource “Insights” subscription platform!