Logistics, Trade Administration and Supply Chain

In addition to the earlier advantages listed, the following additional services are offered by air cargo agents: Door to Door Delivery As there are many landlocked countries, such as Nepal, Laos, Switzerland, Austria, Mali and many more in the former Soviet sub-continent, air transportation has provided new access into these countries for international trade. The air cargo agents also provide door delivery service for those customers that may require them. Arranging Customs Clearance With the Just in Time (JIT) concept, some users prefer that the goods move from the shipper's door to the consignee's door under one contract, thus the need for the air cargo agents to arrange Customs clearance of cargo. Insurance Coverage More and more users of air cargo services are going for a package of services. In view of this, the carriers have always provided for insurance coverage on their own where one may declare a "value for carriage" and then a premium ls levied by the carrie

The transportation charges by air are generally higher than by surface or sea. However, such charges are only part of the long list of all the cost of distribution. Goods will be forwarded by air if this means offers the customers some advantages. The advantages will be the combination of the following: Speed and Frequency The most important factors that a customer will consider are no doubt speed and frequency, especially if he has some urgent shipments. Reliability Owing to the high cost of the airport facilities, these comes a need for maximum utility. As such, the arrival and departure times of flights are highly reliable. Network of Destination and Interline Facilities Nowadays, there are many airlines that have a large network which covers almost the entire world. Airlines also accept each others air waybills and that means the shipper can send his shipment to nearly every destination using the same air waybill. Warehousing Using air cargo, the customer has less need for local wa

Prior to World War Two, the air cargo industry was almost limited to the transportation of air mail and emergency supplies. During the period from 1939 to 1945, a tremendous development took place in response to military requirement. Like the beautiful lotus flower with an ugly looking and dirty root system. Wars have somehow been the mother of invention for many new equipment, machinery and in this case transportation logistics, namely the air transportation. The progress made in aircraft design and conversion of military transport aircraft into civilian purpose led to the growing use and demand for this mode of transportation. The birth of the fan jet engines brought about the birth of the Boeing 707 and the McDonald Douglas DC-8 aircrafts, the forerunners to yet better designed aircrafts to come to uplift greater capacities of cargo by air. As a result, airlines after the end of the war improve their fleets, enlarge their networks and were soon able to provide fast and economical se