Aviation Logistics: The Dynamic Partnership of Air Freight and Supply Chain

by Michael Sales

Aviation Logistics looks at the function of the air cargo business and its role in global supply chains and logistics. As global economies are constantly evolving, the supply chain business with its transport partners must be proactive for the future. Technology and its resulting efficiency and transparency are therefore a central part of this book. Aviation Logistics examines how carriers are coming up with new methods and technologies to improve ground handling and road transport, traceability systems and barcoding, security and screening, and safe delivery of perishable items (such as in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors).

Endorsed by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Aviation Logistics is supplemented with case studies and contributions from a team of experts including Oliver Evans and Stan Wraight, both industry experts.

Online resources Air Cargo News' Freighter Directory.

208 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2014

Reviews

[Cuong Pham Quoc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dẫn nhập tuyệt vời đối với những ai trong ngành, cũng như đang muốn tìm hiểu về chuỗi tiếp vận hậu cần toàn cầu. Hoạt động này không chỉ là tiếp vận hàng không đơn thuần mà là tổng thể chuỗi tiếp vận, trong đó khoảng 75% là dưới mặt đất, 25% trên không.

Đọc cuốn sách sẽ biết được vai trò quan trọng của tiếp vận hàng không trong thương mại quốc tế cũng như thương mại nội địa. Hiệu quả của tiếp vận hàng không sẽ ảnh hưởng trực tiếp đến giá thành sản phẩm thương mại. Thực tế có những sản phẩm, hàng hóa bị đội lên tới 50-60% giá thành do chi phí vận chuyển từ nơi này đến nơi kia quá đắt đỏ.

Việc vận tải các hàng hóa đặc biệt cũng được đề cập sâu và trình bày các giải pháp trong cuốn sách này. Nhiều chuyên gia hàng đầu thế giới trong ngành vận tải hàng không cũng như đại diện các hãng hàng không hay hãng tiếp vận lớn trên thế giới cũng xuất hiện trong cuốn sách.

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[Spyros Kalpogiannis]

Good overview of Air Cargo

The book gives you an o review of aviation logistics. Easy to read, with industry references and real life examples.

[Darren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Air freight is something that can touch all of our lives, whether as a business or a private person – iPhones, post and even flowers don’t normally sit on a boat for several weeks but are sped around the world in the belly of an aircraft. To keep the deliveries flowing the air cargo supply chain is dependent on aviation logistics and this is a fascinating subject, brought into focus by this book for both specialist practitioner and interested amateur alike.

This is one sector that does not stand still. Technology brings new challenges and benefits at the same time and this book looks at how the industry is working with different sectors such as ground handling, security and supply chain management to improve and streamline matters. Hopefully a win-win for everybody. Since transport costs can account for a high proportion of a product’s price, anything that can keep the costs down whilst ensuring the efficient and safe delivery of the product should be seized upon. As customers, we don’t like waiting: we are used to getting our orders at a speed our forefathers could only dream about. Whether it is getting a critical part for our business or just a piece of clothing or a bag of sweets, often the item will be transported to us by one or more aircraft before being delivered by road at the final stage.

Despite what may appear to be an impressive delivery network, industry experts note that much more can be done. Apparently the average time taken to move goods by air has stayed static – six to seven days – for the past 40 years, even though it takes less than 24 hours in flying time to connect any two airports in the world. The industry is seeking to shave off 48 hours from this average by 2020 through the use of greater efficiencies, electronic processing and an even tighter, integrated supply chain. Four years can be a long time in the world of aviation logistics.

Throughout the book a fair few interesting factoids pop up, such as costs associated with air freight rising by as much as eight times from the early 1970s to today with one exception, the average air cargo rate per kilogramme (for a transatlantic flight by comparison) has stayed the same and even fell in many cases, even before adjusting for the present day value of money.

This is a great book that the curious, general reader could enjoy; it is a shame that its price (very modest for what you are getting as a professional reader) may put it out of their reach. Hopefully some public libraries will acquire it! For the professional, whether directly involved within the freight business or even an end-user business, this can be a useful, helpful resource that refreshes your knowledge and then some. If it was not for this book, this reviewer wouldn’t have known that packed lobsters don’t like transport vibration which, in turn, causes its metabolism to increase above normal levels and shorten its survival time out of water. Even special packaging and handling can make a difference, in other words.

Powerful, incisive, actionable and much more, this book is capable of giving much to many.