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Air Cargo II:Market Characteristics
Dr Narudh Cheramakara
MAY 2016
Volume v. Value (IATA 2015)
• What do you thinks are the products transported by air?
Cargo Categories (2007)
• Hi-tech products 27%• Capital equipments 19%• Apperel, textiles and footwear 17%• Intermediate products 12%• Refrigerated foods 5%
Asia to Europe Cargoes
Europe to Asia CargoesWhy the differences?
Directional Imbalance
• Generally, developing world heading to the developed world
• The imbalance is vast (i.e. Asia-EU is 75% more than the EU-Asia)
• Generally Asia to US/EU: Apparels, Telecommunication• US/EU to Asia: Machinery, Documents• Latin America – US: Agricultural Products, similar case to
Africa – EU (Particularly Kenya flowers industry)
• Exercise: How to address the imbalance?
• Special handling items?
• What are they?
Special Handling Items
Special Handling Items: Perishables• Large markets on the Latin America – US and
Africa – Europe• Flowers export is a significant segment:
Kenya / South Africa/ Ecuador/ Also Thailand (Mostly orchids)
• Fruits/Vegs
Special Handling Items: Animal Transports
• Racehorses (Middle East)• Farm animals (For
Bleedings purposes)• Zoo animals (Pandas,
Tigers, ETC.)
• Trans borders transportation of animals require complicated paper works; permits, vet certificates, quaranteen etc.
Humanitarian Aids
• UN (World Food Programme) / UNHAS (UN Humanitarian Air Services)
• Chartered from various operators• Humanitarian crises (e.g. Africa)• Natural Disasters (Bring in supplies take ppl
out)
Defence Support• Civil Air Reserve Fleet (US) FEB 2016• International Segment - Long Range• · ABX Air• · Air Transport International• · American Airlines• · Atlas Air• · Delta Air Lines• · Federal Express Airlines• · Hawaiian Airlines• · Kalitta Air Cargo• · National Air Cargo Group dba National Airlines• · Omni Air International• · Polar Air Cargo• · United Air Lines• · United Parcel Service
Modal Choice
• Costs• Delivery Time (Longer the distance, faster by
air. Short-range shipments are often faster shipped by trucks)
• Frequencies (Higher the better)• Security: sea-pirates v. airport heist (2013 50
million USD diamond heist at BRU)• Quality of Service
BRU diamond heist
• https://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/Documents/cargo-strategy.pdf
• IATA Cargo Strategy