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Air Cargo Management Basics

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Introduction to air cargo management for new joiners and aviation professionals re-deployed in cargo departments.

Syllabus

Basic Concepts and Main Stakeholders

  • Module overview
  • What is airfreight?
  • Air cargo stakeholders
  • The main international institutions
  • The main trade associations

Brief History of Air Cargo

  • Course introduction
  • The early years
  • Post World War 2
  • The modern age

Course Conclusions

  • Course conclusions and key takeaways

Economics of Air Cargo

  • Module overview
  • The value of air cargo for the world
  • Airlines and cargo
  • Airports and cargo

Final exam

  • Test your knowledge

Key Considerations to Strengthen Today’s Air Cargo Value Proposition

  • Today’s key strengths
  • Safety and security considerations
  • The digitalization imperative
  • Sustainability challenges
  • Focus on unmanned air cargo

What is Being Transported in the Cargo Hold of the Aircraft?

  • Commodities transported by air
  • Focus on live animals
  • Focus on dangerous goods and lithium batteries
  • Focus on pharmaceuticals
  • Focus on airmail
  • Focus on e-commerce

Taught by

Céline Hourcade

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