
American Friendship World Air Cargo Corporation was founded in the year 2000 to become the first new 'intelligent' all-cargo airline of the millennium AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP is in the business of operating various types of feeder, small, medium-wide body, wide body and oversize aircraft on long term leases to airlines, forwarders, government agencies and large shippers. We will always seek to provide our customers with the most modern and environmentally friendly aircraft sourced from both the new-build market as well as from late-model conversions. D.J. Ghosh is the Founder and President of AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP WORLD AIR CARGO CORPORATION, a company incorporated in the year 2000 in the state of New York. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of international trade, sales and marketing. AIR CARGO SHIPPER Between 1977-1982 the Gramophone Company of India Ltd. (a subsidiary of Capitol Records-EMI Music) employed him as an Export Executive, in which capacity he was responsible for the sales and shipments by air of the company’s music products including records and tapes to Asia, Europe and N. America. PORTS & AIRPORTS D.J. Ghosh moved to North America in 1982. Based in Seattle, Washington, he attended a program in Seaport Management at the University of Washington. Shortly thereafter, he prepared a plan for North American airports and seaports showing them how they could expand their cargo business with the newly developing Asian economies. This led to an offer of employment as an Economist in the Strategic Planning Department of the Port Authority of NY & New Jersey and subsequently with the NY City Departments of Ports & Aviation. INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CONSULTING & MARKETING Since 1988, he has been involved in various marketing and consulting assignments, as well as in the preparation of business plans. In 1993, he was retained by leading consultants McKinsey and Company to assist in the preparation of a business plan to help a major Asian Government market it’s production of apparel in North America. He has also assisted numerous foreign governments including Finland, Spain, Hungary and India in marketing their exports to North America. AIR CARGO TRANSPORTATION & AVIATION FINANCE Since 1993, D.J. Ghosh has been an entrepreneur in creating new air cargo market opportunities. He is a graduate of the New York School of Aircraft Finance and has attended the Air Cargo Workshop organized by Cargo Facts. In 2004, he was invited by the Boeing Company to attend their one-week Airline Planning Seminar in Seattle, WA with other senior airline executives. He is a regular attendee at air cargo and air finance conferences worldwide, including TIACA, Cargo Facts, ISTAT, Air Finance Conference, Freighters World Conference, Payload Asia, Commercial Aviation Events and Air Cargo Americas. An expert in the air cargo industry, he meets on a regular basis with industry leaders, including banks, operating lessors and heads of cargo. He has been profiled in the Tacoma News Tribune in the state of Washington and has lectured at several universities in the Pacific Northwest. As a 25-year veteran of New York City, he is well known in the Wall Street community. More recently he was featured in Air Finance Journal. He foresees tremendous opportunities for cargo carriers in the expanding world market. His startup airline, AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP WORLD AIR CARGO CORPORATION addresses these opportunities by supporting traditional airlines with additional freighter capacity on long-term leases. |
