Air Transport System
In this section, you will learn more about the air
transport system. The air transport system will
be presented according to the structure of the conceptual system model of transport and traffic.
You will learn more about the goods, being
transported by air, the different kind of airplanes, used air corridors
and airports.
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.
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.