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High standard cargo specific mode of operation are: transportation, transportation, charter flight consolidation; air express service, cash on delivery, air transport etc..


1, flight refers to regular sailing, scheduled routes, determined by the origin of the station, the way station and destination station aircraft. The biggest characteristic is that it can grasp the exact shipment and arrival time.


2, charter transportation refers to the airline or charter agency, in accordance with the conditions and the rate of hire people parties agreed in advance will be the whole plane or a part of space leased to the Charter (class), from one or several air station departure to the designated destination. Generally speaking, charter flights (freight) are less expensive than flights, but smaller in scope of activity.


3, the "centralized consignment" means that the air cargo forwarding company to a number of separate shipments of sporadic cargo consisting of a whole batch of centralized shipping to the airline. Fill in a general waybill and send it to the same arrival station, and then entrust the local agent with the air freight forwarder to receive the goods and send them to the actual consignee. The most important feature of this method is that it can obtain lower freight rates than scattered consignments, and reduce the cumbersome shipment by shippers.


4, air is air express transportation dispatch. This is especially suitable for fast transportation in urgent need goods, medical equipment, valuables, drawings, documents, samples, key parts and other small items, need to adapt to the fast pace of modern society.


5, cash on delivery, is by the consignor or the agent with the carrier prior agreement, the arrival of the goods at the destination by the carrier to the consignee at the same time, on behalf of the consignor or the agent to collect air waybill recorded on goods shelves, and then sent to the consignor or the agent, is the collection of money business. While the air freight, charges and fees should be declared by the shipper, prepaid or paid by the consignee at the destination.


6, the use of container transport in air transport is the trend of the times. However, because of the special shape of the cabin, the container can be used except for the standard tank in the cargo hold of large aircraft, and the nonstandard boxes with different sizes, sizes and shapes should be used. The use of container transport is mainly to improve transport efficiency, as well as save packaging and facilitate turnover.