AVS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wide-Body Aircraft, Reed Business Information, Dangerous Goods
Document Summary
Air cargo traffic contains both domestic and international freight/express and mail. Cargo moves in the bellies of passenger aircraft and in dedicated all-cargo aircraft on both scheduled and nonscheduled service. Cargo carriers face price competition from alternative shipping modes such as trucks, container ships, and rail cars. Containerized freight was slower to pick up than air freight: speediness of air overcame the cheapness of sea at the start of the economic upturn. However, significant structural changes have occurred in the air cargo industry: maturation of the domestic express market, a shift from air to other modes (especially truck), use of all-cargo carriers (e. g. , fedex) by the u. s. Postal service to transport mail: and the increased use of mail substitutes (e. g. , faxes, e-mail) Air cargo security regulations by the faa and tsa increasing security costs. Air cargo industry is experiencing inconsistency of terms, definitions and national requirements: unhelpfully diverse opinions regarding security controls.
