Moving Boxes by Air

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword by Ram Menen
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Air cargo traffic and capacity
	1.1 Air cargo traffic trends
	1.2 Air cargo and the economic cycle
	1.3 Airport traffic
	1.4 Hub transhipment traffic
	1.5 Air cargo traffic variation within a year
	1.6 Air cargo capacity
2. Air cargo market characteristics
	2.1 Demand for air cargo
	2.2 Regional flows of demand
	2.3 Demand for charter services
	2.4 Air freight as a multi-modal product
	2.5 Modal competition
3. Economic and technical regulation
	3.1 Licensing of airlines
	3.2 Regulation of international air services
	3.3 Mail regulation
	3.4 Future air cargo liberalisation
4. Supply – passenger and freight airlines
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Passenger airlines
	4.3 Combination carriers
	4.4 All-cargo carriers
	4.5 Charter and ACMI operators
	4.6 Air cargo carriers by region
5. Supply – integrators, post offices and forwarders
	5.1 The logistics industry
	5.2 Courier companies
	5.3 Integrated carriers
	5.4 The post offices
	5.5 Freight forwarders and consolidators
	5.6 Conclusion
6. Air cargo alliances and mergers
	6.1 Air cargo alliances
	6.2 Air cargo mergers and acquisitions
7. Aircraft and flight operations
	7.1 Freighter aircraft
	7.2 Freighters: converted from passenger aircraft
	7.3 ‘Combi’ and ‘Quick Change’ aircraft
	7.4 Passenger aircraft: lower deck
	7.5 Aircraft operations
	7.6 Future freighters
8. Airport and ground operations
	8.1 Information flows
	8.2 Physical facilities
9. Distribution and marketing
	9.1 Marketing environment
	9.2 Air cargo marketing strategies
	9.3 The air cargo product
	9.4 Air cargo promotion
	9.5 Air cargo distribution
10. Pricing and revenues
	10.1 Cargo revenue and yield trends
	10.2 The structure of yields by major region and type of service
	10.3 Air freight pricing
	10.4 Revenue management
11. Airline costs
	11.1 All-cargo airline costs
	11.2 Freighter aircraft costs by aircraft type
	11.3 ACMI/wet lease aircraft operating costs
	11.4 Problems of joint production on passenger services
12. Air cargo financial performance
	12.1 Cargo airline profitability
	12.2 Nippon Cargo Airlines case study
	12.3 Federal Express case study
	12.4 Network carrier cargo subsidiaries
13. Air cargo and the environment
	13.1 Background
	13.2 Aircraft noise
	13.3 Air transport’s existing contribution to global CO2 emissions
	13.4 Emissions taxes and charges
	13.5 Emissions trading schemes and air cargo
	13.6 Global market-based measure: ICAO’s CORSIA
	13.7 Non-CO2 effects of aviation
	13.8 Air cargo and food miles
	13.9 Conclusions
14. Air cargo forecasting
	14.1 Air cargo forecasting approaches
	14.2 Airline forecasts
	14.3 Airport forecasts
	14.4 Air traffic management forecasts
	14.5 ICAO forecasts
	14.6 Other industry forecasts
	14.7 Aircraft manufacturer forecasts
	14.8 Forecasting cyclical air cargo developments
	14.9 Outlook
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Index