Air Transport System

7. Summary

In order to sum up the topic „Air Transport System“, we will present you some advantages and disadvantages of the air transport system.

Advantages

high transport speed
no need for packaging enduring see transportation
high safety standards and low transport risks
overall logistics concept is less susceptible to disruptions than that of other freight methods
high degree of punctuality

Disadvantages

high transportation costs
high energy consumption
transport of dangerous goods usually excluded

Sometimes, a combination of Sea and Air Transport is the best transport option. The following figure shows, what kind of goods might be suitable for a Sea-Air-Transport.

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By choosing the intermodal Sea-Air-Transport, the CO2 emissions and transport costs can be reduced (compared to air freight only) while also the transport time can be reduced (compared to sea transport only).

Literature

BSL Management Consulting Hamburg (2007): Die Vorteile von Sea-Air Verkehren.

Schulte, C. (1995): Logistik. Wege zur Optimierung des Material- und Informationsflusses. 2., überarb. und erw. Aufl. München: Vahlen.