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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"  look here for an example:

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The outgoing or export forwarding process further explained  The goods are delivered at the forwarder’s warehouse.  go to: Site Map    >>> 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

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The air transport process further explained go to: Site Map    >>> The goods (or consolidations) are received at the airline’s handling agent warehouse. Air France Cargo handling (Boeing 747) .  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,

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The air transport process further explained - one step deeper into the process go to: Site Map    >>> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} p\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} v\:textbox {display:none;} The export / outgoing shipments are received from the customer / forwarder at landside

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The incoming or import forwarding process further explained go to: Site Map    >>> 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

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The consignment process further explained go to: Site Map    >>> 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 customer

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Cargo 2000 (C2K) --> now relaunched as Cargo iQ go to: Site Map    >>> 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. 

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e-Freight go to: Site Map    >>> 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

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The 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

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