New security requirements drive up the costs - United States moving away from X-ray checks.

The air cargo industry will face soon new costs as additional safety rules should apply under the EU Regulation No. 300/2008 by the end of April 2010. "We therefore expect that   the opposite will happen of what the EU really targets as an object of it's policy, fears air freight analyst Dirk Steiger of the Frankfurt-based Aviainform.