IAI’s Rafi Matalon joins Cargo Facts Symposium 2023

Rafi Matalon, senior vice president and general manager of the Aviation Group at IAI, will join Cargo Facts Symposium 2023 for the panel discussion “Spoiled for choice: The intense widebody competition” on Friday, Oct. 27, at 10:45 a.m. PDT (GMT -5).

The 29th Cargo Facts Symposium will take place Oct. 25-27 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, where industry leaders will gather to share insights and analyses on developing market trends while providing an outlook on the air cargo industry in the Americas and around the world.

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IAI’s 777-300ERSF program took a step forward when the prototype took its first flight in March. The aircraft has not flown since then, but flight tests will resume shortly, the company recently told Cargo Facts.

IAI’s ”Big Twin” widebody conversion will enter service with the likes of Kalitta Air, Emirates, EVA Air and Challenge Group.

In the past couple of years, IAI has achieved two milestones in Europe, with the first European 737-800 conversion in June 2022 at the Atitech facility in Naples (NAP) and, more recently, the conversion of the first 767-300ER at the Jat Tehnika facility in Belgrade (BEG).

Matalon, who joined IAI in 1981, was appointed vice president and general manager of marketing for IAI’s Aviation Group in January 2019. He served in various roles at the company before serving as chief executive of IAI subsidiary Aerohandling Ground Handling Services Co.

Cargo Facts Symposium is the essential event for stakeholders in the freighter and air cargo industry.

There is less than a month to go until Cargo Facts Symposium, taking place Oct. 25-27 at the Omni San Diego. Learn more about the essential event for stakeholders in the freighter and air cargo industry, and register today.