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What is Air Freight?
Air Freight
Air freight is a transportation that is gaining widespread popularity. Countries have developed commercial airports to be modern and sufficient to meet their needs. Airplane building companies are building planes which has a large size and high flight performance Able to carry more cargo and carry more passengers, equipped with modern transportation equipment. For the transportation of goods to be carried out easily and quickly from the sender at the origin city to the destination city.
The role of air transport in international trade
Important characteristics of air cargo are:
1. Speed air delivery is considered the fastest. Consistent and punctual. From the above features, it is beneficial to importers-exporters directly, namely: 1. Helping international trade transactions proceed quickly.
2. Importers-exporters can reduce other expenses such as building warehouses to store goods. To be imported – exported
3. Helping new models or new models, especially fashion items, to be delivered to the global market at the same time.
4. The packaging for goods sent by air is often simple, saving materials. and transportation costs.
5. If the popularity in the international market changes Importers-exporters can adapt to keep up with the situation.
6. Air freight can process documents quickly.
When should I use air transport?
The decision to choose the type of transport usually depends on the following factors:
1. The nature of the goods. easily deteriorated (eg fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, flowers) trendy (e.g. fashion, ready-to-wear), urgent, high value ) 3. Nature of the market such as in a landlocked country Other means of transport may not be up to date.
Persons who play a role in air freight
1. Shipper means a person named in the invoice or Air Waybill who will carry out or participate in the transportation of goods under the conditions of Air Waybill
2 . Aviation Company, Airline Company, or Carrier means any aviation company, including an aviation company that issues Air Waybill invoice that will perform or jointly transport the goods under the conditions of the Air Waybill. The goods must be delivered upon arrival at the specified destination.
3. Air transport and appointed by the airline company to carry out the receipt and issuance of invoices
4. Air Waybill and collect the relevant freight on behalf of the aviation company
5. Customs
A consignment note/consignment note An Airway Bill is an invoice with evidence of the carriage of goods made in the form of a contract, the carriage of goods between the exporter and the carrier with a third party consignee that makes the contract of carriage fit. This contract covers the point of delivery of the goods at the point of origin to the point of delivery of the goods of the destination. all kinds of products
Air Waybills are divided into 2 types.
- Master Air Waybill is an air freight document issued by a carrier.
- House Air Waybill is an air freight document issued by a freight brokerage firm that combines the goods of several operators, but only Master Air Waybill 1. The edition covers transportation only.
