These days, in the midst of the worst downturn the air cargo industry has ever experienced, there’s not much to celebrate. But for Payload Asia we’re thinking its time to pop some Champagne corks because we’ve turned 25! It’s been a challenging, intriguing and wholly satisfying 25 years for the magazine that grew out of a small colonial-era bungalow in Singapore’s formerly tranquil Seletar neighbourhood (now bustling with construction activity for Singapore’s new US$42 million Seletar Aerospace Park).

The magazine, which has strived to inform, entertain and occasionally put a few noses out of joint, continues that venerable tradition as part of the Reed Elsevier global publishing group which boasts scores of titles including the well-known giants like Flight International, New Scientist and Variety. But we haven’t forgotten our ‘humble’ roots, nor our mission to keep our industry readership informed and entertained.

In the September issue, which coincides with one of Asian Aerospace’s integrated events, Air Freight Asia conference and exhibition in Hong Kong from 8-10 September, we will be bringing readers a ‘blast from the past’ with a retrospective of past issues, a look at the evolution of the air cargo industry over that last 25 years, all-time Belly Ache favourites, guest editorial and of course, an interview with Payload Asia founder and industry provocateur, Nol van Fenema. For advertising in the September supplement, please contact Alvin Lim of Reed Business Information at email: alvin.lim@ rbi-asia.com or call him at +65 6780 4521 (GMT +8). For editorial coverage please contact Donald Urquhart at email: [email protected] or call him at +65 6780 4396 (GMT +8).