CARGO LOGISTICS AIRLIFT SYSTEMS STUDY (CLASS). VOLUME 1: ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AIR CARGO SYSTEM

The material presented in this volume is classified into the following sections; (1) analysis of current routes; (2) air eligibility criteria; (3) current direct support infrastructure; (4) comparative mode analysis; (5) political and economic factors; and (6) future potential market areas. An effort was made to keep the observations and findings relating to the current systems as objective as possible in order not to bias the analysis of future air cargo operations reported in Volume 3 of the CLASS final report.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also ATRIS 191506.
• Corporate Authors:

  Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated

  3855 Lakewood Boulevard
  Long Beach, CA  United States  90801
• Authors:
  • Burby, R J
  • Kuhlman, W H
• Publication Date: 1978-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 580 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cargo; Air transportation; Analysis; Costs; Economic factors; Economic forecasting; Logistics; Marketing; Mode choice; Physical distribution; Politics; Routes; Systems analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Distribution systems
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00191507
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-158912
• Contract Numbers: NAS1-14948
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 1979 12:00AM