Chapter 13 | Air Transportation

Major commodities shipped by air according to the Air Transport Association include:

-machinery and parts. -chemicals, elements, and compounds. -auto parts and accessories.

Factors that affect the air freight rates are:

-volume of traffic. -directionality -characteristics of the traffic. -value of the service. -competition

A basic reference publication for shipping freight by air is:

Air Cargo Guide

The three types of air cargo carriers are:

All-cargo carrier, combination carrier, and integrated carrier.

Consolidating packages from a shipper or group of shippers would be:

Assembly service.

Setting lower rate levels where the cargo tonnage is lower northbound than southbound is a factor in establishing rates called:

Directionality.

Federal Express was established by Frederick W. Smith to provide:

Door-to-door overnight service for small packages.

Specific commodity rates are:

Established for unusually high-volume shipping of certain products between certain cities.

Because of the special handling involved, shipping live animals would require a(n):

Exception rate.

The basic or normal price applicable to all commodities in all markets is called the:

General commodity rate.

Express carriers operating door-to-door freight transportation service including all cargo aircraft and delivery vehicles are called:

Integrated Carriers

Speed package service:

Is a small-package fast-delivery service.

"Stacking losses" refer to:

Losses in the use of space due to irregularly-shaped shipments.

Restricted articles:

Might be accepted by one airline and not another.

Air express service was inaugurated in 1927 by:

National Air Transport

Combination carriers provide:

Passenger and cargo service.

Until 1925 air mail service in the United States was controlled by the:

Post Office Department

Container rates are low rates charged by the carriers to shippers using containers to ship air cargo.

True

The first regularly scheduled all-cargo service was started by in 1940 between New York and Chicago.

United Airlines

The first air cargo services provided was:

air mail