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          AUGUST 2014
        
        
          
            By Perry King
          
        
        
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          Despite decades of experience and a large
        
        
          customer base, Airline Services International
        
        
          Inc. (ASI) still faces formidable challenges in to-
        
        
          day’s competitive air cargo market.
        
        
          ASI was founded in 1989 by Joseph Law-
        
        
          rence, an ex-Wardair Canada employee. The
        
        
          company objective was to provide cost effec-
        
        
          tive sales and marketing solutions for the air
        
        
          cargo market. ASI has just celebrated it’s 25
        
        
          th
        
        
          year in business, has a customer base of over