What Are The Characteristics Of Air Freight Transportation?
Logistics News
13-Apr-2023
This is obvious. International air cargo transportation usually takes 1 to 3 days to arrive. If it is a direct flight, it only takes a few hours to more than ten hours, and it usually arrives on the same day. If there is a need to transit, for example, if China does not have a plane to fly directly to South America, it must be transited through the United States or Europe, and it usually takes 3 to 5 days to arrive. Air freight has a high timeliness and is suitable for goods with particularly urgent time requirements.
The speed of air cargo transportation not only refers to the fast speed of the aircraft, but also refers to the short route of the aircraft (compared to sea transportation). The aircraft basically flies in a "straight line" and is not restricted by geographical conditions. Fast speed and short distance, two factors, ensure the timeliness of airline cargo shipping transportation.
This is confusing, the distance of airline cargo shipping is short? The same is to the United States, why is the distance short? This is relative, especially relative to shipping. For example, if you go from China to New York, if you go by sea instead of passing through the US land bridge, you have to bypass the Panama Canal in Central America. The transportation distance is greatly increased, far exceeding the "straight-line" flight distance of air transportation. Another example is shipping to Europe, generally going southwest first, passing through the Strait of Malacca, then going west through the Indian Ocean, reaching the Gulf of Aden, passing through the Red Sea, passing through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean (Southern Europe), going west through the Strait of Gibraltar, and then going Northeast China can reach the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Northern Europe and other regions. Sea transportation has to go through so many detours, and the transportation distance is very long. Slow speed and long distance, two factors, lead to low timeliness of shipping.
This is also relative, especially compared to rail and road transport. Because airline cargo shipping only needs to build airports and necessary navigation stations (except for airplanes), and it can be put into use after preparations for sailing. The construction of railways and highways, especially expressways and high-speed railways, requires a lot of road construction costs. Not only is the cost high, but it is also restricted by geographical conditions, and the investment cycle is relatively long, often taking several years. On the other hand, the civil aviation industry has obvious social and economic effects on a city or region. Regions with well-developed airline cargo shipping are often easier to attract investment, have obvious competitive advantages, and are easy to develop.
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