Central Asia, East Asia and Africa arethe key growth areas that Champ Cargosystemshas in its sights, according toits director of sales, Nick Barlow.

The company, formed as a jointventure by Cargolux and SITA Inc inDecember 2004, provides IT systemsfor some 60 carriers, and is particularlystrong among Middle Eastern airlinessuch as Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways andMEA.

Barlow says Champ is in discussionwith a couple more carriers in the region,but expects the markets mentioned tohave the best growth going forward.

Champ is also participating in efreightand the IATA Messaging ImprovementProgram and Barlow saysit is getting a lot of enquiries fromexisting customers who want to beready for it.

"They want to be assured they willbe compliant, even though they don’tknow what the standards will be yet,"he says.