Air Transportation

In intercontinental logistics, sea and air freight becomes prominent. In sea transport, the most important advantage offered is the low costs and in air freight it is speed and safety. (Boeing, 2012:8) However, as the process of loading, unloading and handling the cargo at the airport is a slow one, speed loses its quality as an advantage. In long distances, air freight has many advantages for both commodity and passenger transportation. Nevertheless, in air freight, unit costs are higher than in other means of transport. Therefore, in long distances, mostly small and valuable cargo items are transported.

During the cargo and passenger transfer in air transport, road transport is required. The superstructure, infrastructure and technical competency of the airport play a significant role in transferring the cargo to the hinterland by road transport vehicles. The storage and transfer function of the airport is determined by several factors such as technological competency, equipment and space. However, air freight is a means of transport that does not require any investment on transportation other than on airports.