UK air freight study report
Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Study aims and objectives
- 1.2 Study approach and methodology
- 1.3 Air freight industry structure
- 2. Description of structure of UK air freight industry
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Historical Development of the air freight industry
- 2.3 Categorisation of air freight
- 2.4 Physical freight movement
- 2.5 Roles of key sectors in the traditional air freight structure
- 2.6 Integrators
- 2.7 Express operators and couriers
- 2.8 The role of key sectors: postal services
- 2.9 The role of Transit Shed Operators
- 2.10 Specialist air trucking companies
- 2.11 The role of international rail transport in the distribution of air cargo
- 3. The demand for airfreight
- 3.1 Methodology
- 3.2 Difference in coverage
- 3.3 Data errors
- 3.4 Definitions
- 3.5 Market size, market growth and market share
- 3.6 Origins and destinations of UK air trade
- 3.7 Commodities carried by air
- 3.8 Major UK Airports Handling Freight
- 4. Airports and their facilities
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Overview of Airport Traffic
- 4.3 Airport Infrastructure
- 4.4 Recent and future developments at major airports
- 4.5 Environmental Issues
- 4.6 Survey of Key Airport Issues
- 4.7 Aircraft capacity at airports
- 4.8 Continental European Airports
- 5. Air freight charging structure
- Belly Hold Capacity
- Pricing of Air Freight
- 5.2 Additional charges
- 5.3 Charging structure by integrators and express operators
- 5.4 The impact of bilateral agreements on airline capacity
- 5.5 Economics of supply - airport capacity
- 6. Characteristics of air freight demand
- 6.1 Commodities carried
- 6.2 Consigment types
- 7. Shipper requirements
- 7.1 Service Standards
- 7.2 Price of air freight services
- 7.3 Views on integrators
- 7.4 General views on the air freight industry
- 8. The value to the UK economy of the air freight industry
- 8.1 Air Cargo under the Standard Industrial Classification
- 8.2 The Estimated Value of the Air Cargo Sector from the Input-Output Accounts
- 8.3 The Airfreight Share of Total Gross Output
- 8.4 Estimated Value-Added by the Air Freight Industry
- 8.5 Summary of the Estimated Output and Value-added Contribution of the Airfreight Sector to the UK Economy
- 8.6 Direct Employment in the Air Freight Industry
- 8.7 The Share of Air Services Employment accounted for by Airfreight
- 8.8 Summary: Estimated Direct Employment in Airfreight
- 8.9 Indirect and Induced Employment
- 8.10 The Importance of the Airfreight Industry as a Service to UK plc
- 8.11 Overall importance of air freight for the UK economy
- 9. Summary and conclusions
- 9.1 Air Freight Industry Structure and Development
- 9.2 Environmental issues
- 9.3 Summary of the Estimated Output and Value-added Contribution of the Airfreight Sector to the UK Economy
- 9.4 Estimated Direct Employment in Airfreight
