Advantages and disadvantages of air transport

The advantages of air transportation are as follows:

1, with high flexibility. Not limited by terrain, whether it is plateau or Pingchuan, ocean or desert, it can fly over. Compared with other modes of transportation, air transportation is much shorter in distance and time, and different models can be adjusted according to passenger flow or freight volume, including passenger planes and pure cargo planes.

2, high security. The safety of air transportation is higher than that of railway, sea and land transportation. Over the years, the safety of air transportation has been continuously improved. According to the statistics of ICAO, the highest number of planned flight crashes in the world is 1966 with 0.44 deaths per 100 million kilometers, which has dropped to 0.04 in recent years.

3. High degree of internationalization. Air transport can establish close ties between countries. International trade enables goods to be transported quickly, safely and reliably from anywhere in the world to their destinations at any time, which is a great contribution of air transport to international exchanges and the development of human civilization.

Disadvantages of air transport:

1, with high cost. Aircraft has small space, limited load, high manufacturing cost and high fuel consumption, so the cost of flying once is very high. Therefore, the high cost of air transportation leads to the high freight rate of passenger and freight, which is only suitable for passenger transportation, emergency material transportation and mail parcels with high timeliness requirements.

2, vulnerable to the weather. The limitation of weather conditions has affected the punctuality and normality of transportation timeliness to a certain extent, which is avoided by air transportation.