Characteristics and management mode of air logistics transportation

Characteristics and management mode of air logistics transportation

Introduction: Although air freight started late, it developed rapidly. This is a modern mode of transportation. Air transportation has incomparable advantages over other modes of transportation, such as fast transportation speed, short transportation distance and safe and accurate transportation. The following is the characteristics and operation mode of air logistics transportation I brought to you, hoping to help you.

Characteristics of air logistics transportation

Disadvantages of air transport:

The main disadvantages of air transportation are that the cabin volume and load of aircraft are relatively small, and the carrying cost and freight are higher than those of ground transportation. Because the flight is limited by meteorological conditions, it affects its normality and punctuality. In addition, it is difficult to give full play to the advantages of fast air transportation in short-distance transportation.

(2) Advantages of air transportation:

1. Its delivery speed is very fast. Nowadays, the competition in the world market is fierce and the market is changing rapidly. Time cost is an important factor that enterprises need to consider, and the high delivery speed of air transportation has become a favorable factor for commodity competition in the current international market.

2. Low breakage rate and good safety. The high value of goods transported by air, the strict ground operation process and perfect management system make the damage rate of goods very low and the safety is good.

3. Suitable for fresh and seasonal goods. With the improvement of people's living standards, people now demand high freshness of food, especially for those expensive products. The logistics from Dongguan to Shandong can only be realized by air. Fresh goods have a high demand for time, and the delay in transportation will make the goods lose their original value. Taking air transport can ensure the fresh survival of goods and help to open up long-distance markets. For seasonal goods, air transportation can ensure that the goods are listed before the arrival of the sales season, thus avoiding the cost of not being able to sell the goods because of missing the season.

4. It can simplify the packaging, save the packaging cost, and is not limited by the ground conditions, and is suitable for transporting small commodities, fresh commodities, seasonal commodities and precious commodities. Although the cost of air transportation is high, it is beneficial for large and light goods, because the starting point of air transportation is lower than that of sea transportation, and it is fast and punctual. With the development and deepening of new technology, products are developing from thick, heavy, long, large to thin, light, short and small, so there will be more and more goods suitable for air transportation in the future, and the role of air transportation will become increasingly apparent.

Operation mode of air logistics transportation

Air transport modes mainly include flight transport, charter transport, centralized consignment and air express service.

1. Flight transportation

Refers to flights that follow a fixed route. It has a fixed sailing time, routes and stops. Flight transportation is usually a mixed passenger and cargo aircraft, and the cargo hold capacity is small, which is difficult to meet the large-scale cargo transportation and the freight rate is high. However, due to the fixed flight schedule, it is beneficial for customers to arrange the transportation of fresh goods or urgently needed goods.

2. Charter transportation

When the cargo volume is large and the flight mode cannot meet the transportation requirements, charter flights are generally used for transportation, which can be divided into two types: complete charter flights and partial charter flights.

The whole plane charter refers to the mode of transportation in which airlines or charter agents rent the whole plane to charter flights according to the conditions and rates agreed with charterers in advance, and transport the goods from one or several air stations to designated destinations. It is suitable for transporting bulk goods. Generally speaking, its freight rate is lower than that by air. China civil aviation charter freight is charged at a fixed rate per flight kilometer, and 70% of the freight is charged per flight kilometer.

Part of the charter transportation means that several air freight forwarding companies or delivery companies charter an aircraft, or airlines rent the space of an aircraft to several air freight forwarding companies respectively. Suitable for goods smaller than the whole machine. The freight is lower than the flight, but the delivery time is longer than the flight.

3. Centralized consignment

It means that the air freight forwarding company entrusts several batches of goods shipped separately to airlines as a whole, fills in a general waybill and sends it to the same place, and the air freight forwarding company entrusts the local freight forwarding company to handle the business of receiving goods, customs declaration and distribution. The more goods consigned centrally, the lower the freight paid, so it is widely used in international air transport, and centralized consignment is one of the important businesses of air freight forwarders.

4. Air Express Service

Companies specializing in air express cooperate with airlines to provide fast delivery services for shippers. The specific method is: after the company sends a special person to the delivery office to pick up the goods, it will send the goods to the airport in the fastest way, put them on the nearest flight, and then cable the flight number, name and consignee of the foreign agent to receive the goods. After the flight arrives at the destination port, it will be picked up by a special person and delivered directly to the consignee after completing the customs clearance procedures. This mode is called "table-to-table transportation", which is the fastest mode of transportation and is especially suitable for transporting all kinds of urgently needed articles and documents.

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