| m letters to air planes, it is now possible to ship just | | | | But when configured, this plane can be transformed |
| about anything through air freight services. | | | | into a huge cargo plane which can then haul as much |
| All these stuffs can be carried through commercial | | | | as 5 semi trucks. |
| airplanes to various mammoth-like flying machines. | | | | Since Boeing 747-400s are not specifically made as air |
| International air freight can be divided into simpler | | | | freighters, there is not as much room as with a |
| categories though. While just as we have said, | | | | cargo plane to fit a forklift truck for loading pallets, |
| everything can be shipped via air there should always | | | | special electric rollers are equipped on the load floor. |
| be some form of separation between items so that | | | | These rollers are used to move the cargoes into the |
| various risks can be avoided. | | | | inner chambers of cargo areas. |
| The three basic categories of air freight are: | | | | However, for hauling huge items, a super transporter |
| Air freights that are carried through passenger air | | | | is needed. It is used for transporting helicopters and |
| lines Air freights that are carried through special cargo | | | | planes and is purely designed to perform such tasks. |
| planes, and Air freights that are huge enough to be | | | | Such planes are built in a way that when an object |
| carried by super cargo planes | | | | fits comfortably through the door then it can fit into |
| Along with the passengers, international air lines can | | | | the body of the plane. The plane is large enough to |
| also carry with them stuffs that would be stationed | | | | carry terribly hugr stuffs. It carries up to 47 ton |
| to various air freight service locations. These then will | | | | stuffs but still not large enough to carry military |
| be delivered via rail or road to their proper recipients. | | | | tanks. |
| The United States Postal Service has leased some 15 | | | | For such big-time requirements, Antonov AN-225 can |
| 000 to 25 000 passenger planes daily to haul freight. | | | | do the job. |
| This takes up 5 to 10 percent of all air freight | | | | For this monster-air transporter, three military trucks |
| revenue. | | | | is just about as easy as for a Boeing 747-400 to |
| This type of international air freight are packed along | | | | carry international air freights at its own limits. |
| with other shipments on special containers that are | | | | This was originally a Russian space shuttle. With a |
| designed to fit the storage area beneath the | | | | wingspan as huge as a football field, this air freight |
| passenger compartment. However, some air freight | | | | super transporter can send to any destination some |
| can be put on pallets while other relatively smaller | | | | 80 cars or 3-4 military trucks. Well, if this isn't huge |
| items can be made to fit on remaining open spaces. | | | | enough for your air freight service requirements then |
| The Boeing 747-400 is usually used as the freight | | | | you might as well arrange multiple sending of stuffs. |
| carrier in the passenger air line category. However, it | | | | Now you've seen your options of air freights. From |
| can also be made to hold 10 000 cubic feet of cargo | | | | sending your niece her birthday present to shipping |
| when on the Combi mode. This is when some of the | | | | military tanks, you are sure to find your way of |
| passenger compartments are partly turned into cargo | | | | sending cargoes from coast to coast. |
| areas. | | | | |