Moving Boxes by Air

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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 Definitions Index