Air Transportation Characteristic

Air Transportation Characteristic

As we know, air transportation the movement of passengers and cargo by aircraft such as airplanes and helicopters. Air transportation has become the primary means of common-carrier traveling. Greatest efficiency and value are obtained when long distances are traveled, high-value payloads are moved, immediate needs must be met, or surface terrain prevents easy movement or significantly raises transport costs. Although the time and cost efficiencies obtained decrease as distance traveled is reduced, air transport is often worthwhile even for relatively short distances. Air transportation also provides a communication link, which is sometimes vital, between the different groups of people being served.

First characteristic of air transportation is speed, the air transport is the fastest and the costliest mode of transport. The manufacturing of large size passenger and cargo airplanes and their operations require elaborate arrangements, such as hangar, landing, fuelling and maintaining facilities. Thus, the air transport is used only for high value goods and passengers. Delivery speed, in-transit time is short, but also reduces the risk of goods in transit, so that many valuable items, precision instruments are often used in the form of air transport. Today's international market competition, rapid air transport services provided by the supplier can make foreign markets to respond to the changing of the stock market immediately, rapid introduction of marketable products to capture the market, to obtain better economic benefit.

Because of fastest speed, air transportation has distance advantage characteristic by reducing the distance of time travel, it is important and necessary due to the large size and planned economic development. The large industrial and commercial centers area spread out through the length and breadth of the country. These centers require very fast transport links.

Air transportation also save packaging, insurance, interest and other expenses. As a result of air mode of transport, goods in transit time is short, fast turnaround, business inventory can be a corresponding reduction. On the one hand beneficial to the recovery of funds and reduce interest expense, other companies can reduce storage costs. Also, because air cargo transport safety, accuracy, cargo damage, cargo less poor, and insurance costs are lower. Compared with other modes of transport, air transport packaging simple and packaging cost reduction. All these are the hidden costs of the decline in business, revenue increases.

Intermodal: Passenger Transport

In intermodal, its have two has two types which are intermodal freight transport and intermodal passenger transport. This post will explain about intermodal passenger transport. Intermodal passenger transport, also called mixed-mode commuting, involves using two or more modes of transportation in a journey. The goal of mixed-mode commuting is often to combine the strengths (and offset the weaknesses) of various transportation options. A major goal of modern intermodal passenger transport is to reduce dependence on the automobile as the major mode of ground transportation and increase use of public transport, to assist and encourage such trips.

Mixed-mode commuting often centers on one type of rapid transit, usually rail, to which low-speed options (i.e. bus, tram, or bicycle) are appended at the beginning or end of the journey. Trains offer quick transit into an urban area, where passengers can disembark and access a similar array of options to complete the trip. Most modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, to get to the airport people have always needed drive or be driven (e.g. take a taxi) or to take public transport (if available), and to get to an inter-regional railway station people have needed take local transport such as a bus, tram, or urban rail.

Advantages of Mixed-mode commuting by combines the benefits of walking, bicycle commuting, or driving with the benefits of rapid transit but location plays a large role in mixed mode commuting. Rapid transit such as express bus or light rail may cover most of the distance, but sit too far out from commute endpoints. Locations close to major transit such as rail stations carry higher land value and thus higher costs to rent or purchase. A commuter may select a location further out than practical walking distance but not more than practical cycling distance to reduce housing costs. 


Other cost advantages of mixed mode commuting include lower vehicle insurance, lower fuel and maintenance costs and increased automobile life. In the most extreme cases, a mixed-mode commuter may opt to car share and pay only a small portion of purchase, fuel, maintenance, and insurance, or to live car-free.