International Air transport Advantage and constraints

Presented by-: Saurabh singh

Air transport

The appropriate mode of transaction generally depends on market location, speed and cost.

To move goods between continents, sea or air transport are resorted to in most cases.

When speed is essential air transport is prefered .

When the need is urgent or delivery must be quickly completed, air transport serves the purpose.but quic delivery costs more.

Conti……

Air transport capability is limited by lift capacity (load size constraints) and air craft availability.

The fixed cost of air transport is low compared to rail,water and pipe line.

Air transport ranks second only to highway with respect to low fixed costs.

Advantage of air transport

It creates new market or brings new market withien reach and extends nmarkets.

Air transport extends the use of mobile production facility.

Packing cost for air transit are relatively lesser then ocean transport.

Apart from providing a high level of customer service,air transport,particularly helps in savings in distribution costs.

Conti……….

Because of the lesser time in transit,the locking of funds in the inventory in transit is minimized and inventory turn over is also fast.

Air transport comes handy in delivering perishables in prime condition. Sending of samples for quick decision making,high fashion clothing,partes, perishables like fresh fish and other such urgent demands can be fruitfully met out by using air transit.

Conti….Simplified documentation system is followed

with importance given for one document namely,air waybill.the IATA air waybill is. Acceptable on any IATA airlines thereby permitting flexibility .

Major airports world wide tend to be situated

in the centre of commercial/industrial areas compared with the major seaport.

Constraints in air transport Limited capacity of air freighter and overall

dimensions of acceptable cargo together with weight restrictions are constraints on air cargo.

Very high operating expenses and initial cost of aircraft when related to overall capacity.

Service is vulnerable to disruption when fog prevalis.

Conti…………

Air freight relies on road primarily as feed distributor service .

The total exports and imports of India in 1995 and 96 by air was 286000 and 129000 tonne respectively, which clearly highlights the substantial imbalance in the movement of goods by air.

For air export Delhi continues to be the main gateway, but as for imports are concerned Mumbai emerged as the hub.

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