AIRFREIGHT: SWAN LAKE OR SWAN SONG?

Air cargo traffic is expected to grow faster than air passenger growth in coming years. However, the air cargo industry is still facing major challenges. First, costs continue to rise across the board, and many of these costs are outside the direct control of the airlines. At the same time, the average yield per kilo generated by air cargo continues a slow but steady decline. A second challenge the industry is security and the difficulty of complying with a variety of competing security standards. The industry also faces challenges due to the regulatory regime that airlines operate under, and the slow adoption of technology in the air cargo industry. To meet these challenges, a close relationship based on cooperation and communication between the airline and freight forwarder industries is needed.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: pp 91-92, 94.
• Corporate Authors:

  Russell Publishing Limited

  Court Lodge
  Hogtrough Hill
  Brasted, Kent  United Kingdom  TN16 1NU
• Authors:
  • Sims, P
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • International Airport Review
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Russell Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1366-6339
  • Serial URL: http://www.russellpublishing.com/pages/airport/airport1.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cargo; Air freight forwarders; Airlines; Cooperation; Costs; Freight security; Freight service; Freight transportation; Regulation; Technology
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Freight Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00979230
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 2004 12:00AM