tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60661415398803683452024-03-17T14:28:34.029+01:00Air Cargo - How It WorksAn introduction to the aircargo, airfreight and airmail businessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-76998624398873736732013-01-01T18:15:00.000+01:002017-10-05T18:50:24.405+02:00Introduction
The Air Cargo Market
The Air Transport Mode
For someone who wants to send a shipment door-to-door and over a medium to long distance fast, the air transport mode will best fit this purpose.
With air transport, cargo can be transported in different types of aircraft:
Passenger aircraft
in the cargo area below the passengers, the so-called "belly"
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The air freight shipping process further explained
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The door-to-door air cargo process starts with the shipper. - A shipper is the person or company that is physically and administratively responsible for shipping the goods ; nothing more and nothing less.
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The outgoing or export forwarding process further explained
The goods are delivered at the forwarder’s warehouse.
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The forwarder, sometimes also called expeditor is the ‘architect’ of the air cargo supply chain. A forwarder or expeditor can be IATA certified ; in that case he is referred to as agent. An agent is an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-18174680903905644072011-03-16T18:10:00.013+01:002015-01-21T12:44:56.315+01:00Air Transport
The air transport process further explained
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The goods (or consolidations) are received at the airline’s handling agent warehouse.
Air France Cargo handling (Boeing 747)
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The handling agent will often be a separate company contracted by the airline, but cargo handling can also be an in-house function of the airline, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-903127552076152072011-03-16T18:03:00.010+01:002012-08-29T16:55:02.727+02:00Air Transport 2
The air transport process further explained - one step deeper into the process
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The export / outgoing shipments are received from the customer / forwarder at landside Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-54932043494047494342011-02-19T11:06:00.005+01:002012-08-29T17:08:05.983+02:00Forwarding in
The incoming or import forwarding process further explained
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The receiving forwarder picks up the shipment documents at the handling agent.
This pick-up can be done by the forwarder himself, or can be outsourced to a local courier.
The forwarder prepares import documents (if necessary), performs customs clearance Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-31851215429267643152011-02-19T11:06:00.004+01:002012-08-29T16:57:07.782+02:00Consignment
The consignment process further explained
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The door-to-door air cargo process ends with the consignee.
A consignee is the person or company that is physically and administratively responsible for accepting the goods at final delivery ; nothing more and nothing less
Although in a lot of cases the consignee is also the customerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-66707652408366086042011-02-19T11:05:00.003+01:002016-03-16T22:39:04.226+01:00Cargo 2000 iQCargo 2000 (C2K) --> now relaunched as Cargo iQ
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Cargo 2000 (or: C2K, now relaunched as Cargo iQ, see below) is a self-funded, IATA sponsored interest group of major airlines and freight forwarders. Cargo 2000 is an industry initiative aiming at implementing a new quality management system for the worldwide air cargo industry. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-27755391928984940432011-02-18T11:05:00.003+01:002016-04-27T16:32:36.507+02:00e-Freighte-Freight
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e-Freight aims to take the paper out of the air cargo supply chain and -processes and replace it with cheaper, more accurate and more reliable electronic messaging. Facilitated by IATA, the project is an industry-wide initiative involving carriers, freight forwarders, ground handlers, shippers and customs authorities.
According to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066141539880368345.post-17888193131072207392011-02-18T11:00:00.233+01:002018-04-24T16:28:31.329+02:00The Air Mail ChainThe Air Mail Chain
How does Air Mail work? What does the Air Mail chain look like?
Airmail is probably the oldest air cargo service. Generally there is one postal organisation per country. In the old days tariffs with the airlines were negotiated by the government as owner. The home carriers were and are often best positioned for the local postal organisation airmail flows. They transport the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7