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for speed, reliability and quality for transporting goods: known as network tailored for needs oftheir customers, air freight uses outstanding scheduling and specialized aircrafts to satisfied theircustomers need (Boeing 2017). Goods transported by air freight includes but not limited tocomputing equipment, electrical equipment, and medical equipment’s. Express carrier operatessubstantial part of freighters fleet: using almost 40% of their fleet and generating almost 40%revenue of air cargo industry (Boeing 2017). This makes air freighter vital to national economicgrowth. freighters will continue to carry more than half of the world’s air cargo for the next 20years (Boeing 2017).One of the major factors that influence air freight is nation’s economy (Jeff, Cheung,Michael, Xiande, & Min 2010).As air freight remains one of the biggest contributors to nationaleconomy, nation’s economy can affect demand and supply of air freight: when economy isbooming, demand for air freight services can exceed capacity, which could lead to higher prices.
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Fall '16
Kelly Lawton
Cargo airline, Air Cargo Operations, Impact of Air Cargo operations