David Hoppin to Present at the 4th Annual South Central American Air Freight Conference

Arlington, VA, March 2, 2006 – David Hoppin, Managing Director, MergeGlobal, Inc., will give the kick-off presentation at the 4th Annual South & Central American Air Freight Conference in Panama City, Panama, on 19 April 2006.

Organized by Aircraft Commerce/Nimrod Publications, this event attracts industry professionals from throughout the Americas. Mr. Hoppin will discuss “The Future Supply/Demand Balance of the Latin American Air Freight Market.” His presentation will draw on MergeGlobal’s proprietary datasets and forecasting models to highlight key trends driving demand and competition in air freight markets to, from and within Latin America.

The 4th Annual South & Central American Air Freight Conference will attract a number of other experts and senior executives, including: Jaime Alvarez, Copa Airlines Cargo; Kai Heinicke, Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Emilio Barrios, TACA International Airlines; Juergen Haberman, EADS-EFW; Juan Mencio, LAN Cargo; Sebastiann Scholte, Cargolux; Frank Visconti, Capital Cargo International Airlines; Jose Antonio Obaldia, FedEx Express; Boris Franchomme, Kuehne & Nagel; Raja Kasilingam, Sabre Airlines Solutions; Jacob Netz, Bedek Aviation Group; Richard Gauvin, Alcoa-SIE; and Marco Balbo, Aeronavali.

MergeGlobal provides clients a continuum of services ranging from financial advisory to strategic consulting. Our financial consulting practice combines finance expertise with deep industry knowledge to significantly improve shareholder value for clients in the global travel, transport and logistics industries. The MergeGlobal strategy consulting practice focuses on developing competitive strategy for companies in similar industries. Our approach is highly quantitative and hypothesis-driven. We have completed over 200 engagements for clients in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Our industry experience spans all modes of transportation, logistics and suppliers to the industry.