October Event at Rockford Airport

Stanley Wraight is the founder of SASI World Inc., which he established in 2005 with two partners with extensive backgrounds in Forwarding, Airlines, Integrators and Express. SASI World is engaged in global consulting and management services for airlines, airports, international trade organizations and financial institutions.

He has over 40 years of senior air cargo management experience in operations, marketing management and CEO or board level experience with four major global cargo airlines. Having lived and travelled extensively in America, Asia and Europe, he is extremely aware of the cultural and business requirements in each part of the world. His extensive management background includes his positions as Vice-President of Global Cargo Sales and Marketing for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines based in the Netherlands after previously serving in key management positions for KLM in London UK and Singapore. He also served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the U.S. firm Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and he also led the team that founded Volga Dnepr’s AirBridgeCargo Airline and was its first CEO in 2003, which grew to be a global scheduled cargo operator.

Stan also serves or served on the boards of various companies including scheduled and all cargo airlines, an all passenger LCC airline based in Europe, and leading ground handling and a global aircraft container leasing company.

SASI World is also fully engaged in the air logistics community and developed the “Air Cargo Professional Advancement” training certified by the CILT. Similar training assistance is also given to governments on safety and security issues. SASI World introduced this division to give back to the industry some of the extensive knowledge required for potential young managers in air cargo logistics.

With offices located in North America, Europe, the UAE and Asia SASI has developed into an advisory fully capable of understanding the global logistics environment.

Stan holds Certificates in Management and Executive Development from McGill University, Montreal.

Stan is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition of his contribution to Aviation.

• “Lifetime Achievement” awards in air logistics by both Air Cargo News in the UK in and STAT Times of India.
• In 2012, he was also named one of the top 100 “Most Influential” people in Global Freight by IFW/Lloyd’s List of the United Kingdom
• In 2017 received the “Golden Chariot” award for outstanding achievement in aviation at the United Nations in Geneva.
• In 2018 Stan was recognised by Air Cargo Weekly (ACW) in its 1000th edition as one of 20 “most influential” in airfreight globally.
• Stan is also a fellow of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and granted the distinction as expert of the international advisory panel for the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone.

Stan is a frequent contributor to numerous air logistics publications, a speaker at numerous conferences and also the author of numerous white papers on transport. The whitepapers published by SASI are available free of charge on our web at www.sasiworld.com