Air cargo and logistics are directly concerned with the understanding of the aviation management field, development of air transportation, airport planning and global airport authorities. It is an area of aviation study that educates on how to manage air cargo and entire aspects of logistics.
Therefore, the subject of air cargo and logistics management occupies an important place in the course contents of various aviation management universities and colleges such as MBA in Airline and Airport Management, MSc in Maritime and Air Transport Management, BBA in Aviation Management, diploma in Airport Operations and postgraduate diplomas in Aviation Management and Crew Resource Management, etc. Therefore, air cargo operations can be very complex, as precision delivery and safety rely on how well air cargo professionals are trained.
This manual is designed to train thousands of air cargo professionals to be at the top of their game. It offers the industry’s most dynamic and innovative training solutions for every aspect of air cargo operations to achieve the on-time performance of warehouse management and shipment of consignments.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO AIR CARGO
Air transport is one of the world’s most important industries. Its development and its technical and service achievements make it one of the greatest contributors to the advancement of modern society. Logistics and air cargo management is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations.
Therefore, Air cargo professionals need to be at the top of their game. The present manual provides every aspect of air cargo operations to achieve on-time performance of warehouse management, and shipment of consignments to generate revenue for airlines and transport companies.
The manual is designed methodologically to train professionals who can easily handle air cargo operations which are very complex as precision delivery and safety rely on how well air cargo personnel are well trained.
Objectives
The following are the objectives of this training manual on air cargo and logistics:
1. To understand the air cargo and logistics concepts
2. To elaborate the cargo booking and delivery process
3. To provide knowledge on IATA’s Cargo Tariff and Rules
4. To inculcate the comprehensive cargo acceptance procedures
5. To understand framework of carriage conditions
6. To use an air waybill as the official contract of carriage
7. To Calculate air transportation charges
