What are the advantages and characteristics of air cargo?

Advantages:

(1) Fast delivery speed

(2) Low breakage rate, good security

(3) Large space span

(4) Can save the costs associated with the production enterprise

Disadvantages:

(1) Freight rate is relatively high

(2) Limited carrying capacity

(3) Susceptible to weather

With the development of air cargo business, air freight forwarding industry came into being. The import and export of goods in the form of air cargo requires certain procedures, such as booking, storage, documentation, customs clearance and delivery of exported goods before delivery to the airline at the place of departure; imported goods are picked up by the airline or airport at the destination airport, supervised storage, documentation, customs clearance, delivery and transshipment, etc. The airline is generally not responsible for these operations. Airlines are generally not responsible for the above business, as a result, the consignee, the consignor must be through the air freight forwarding company for air freight business, or their own to the airline for air freight business.

The main business of the airlines for the flight protection, they are affected by manpower, material resources and other factors, it is difficult to directly face a large number of customers, to deal with shipping and shipping before and after the complexity of the service project, which requires air freight forwarders for the airlines to export cargo, organizing sources of goods, the issuance of waybills, collection of freight charges, imports of dredging, customs clearance, delivery, transit, so that airlines can focus on. Do their own business, to further develop air transportation.

Air freight forwarding company's work is an indispensable part of the whole air transportation, its service function for the cargo owner and the airline both bring convenience and benefits. With the substantial growth of China's foreign trade in recent years, the air freight forwarding industry to develop rapidly.

Air freight forwarding company as a bridge and link between the owner and the airline, generally has two functions:

- the owner of the services provided by the function: instead of the owner of the consignment to the airline or the withdrawal of goods;

- the airline's agent function: some of the cargo to the airline for consignment or withdrawal of goods;

- the airline's agent function: some of the cargo and the airline are convenient.

Air freight forwarding companies are mostly very familiar with the air transport links and related rules and regulations, and with the airlines, airports, customs, commodity inspection, health inspection, animal and plant inspection and other transportation departments have extensive and close contact with all kinds of facilities and necessary conditions on behalf of air freight. At the same time, the air freight forwarding companies around the world or have branches, or agent network, can contact in a timely manner, grasp the whole process of cargo transportation, therefore, entrusted to the air freight forwarding company for import and export cargo transportation is more convenient.