Services Extended by Air Freight Carriers

These are dedicated planes used specifically for thisand military equipments. There are specific air freight
industry. Air freight can be categorised into simplecargo which transports items, both big and small.
household goods, freight shipments, parcel shipmentSmall goods can be transported using small passenger
and express deliveries. Depending on the weight andair planes.
the urgency, the freight rates would vary. HouseholdBoeing 747-400 is used for forwarding goods to their
goods implies house contents like furniture, appliancesdestination. Airfreight carriers like North American Van
etc. Express deliveries include business documents,lines and Bekins help in transport of household goods.
envelopes, mails etc. Parcels are those items whichCompanies like UPS, DHL, FedEx top the list when it
are packed and placed in boxes.comes to express deliveries. UPS and FedEx grounds
Air freight is further sub categorised into less thantop the list of parcel deliveries.
truckload wherein the weight is not more thanOld Dominion, Schneider, A Cooper and JB Hunt are
fifteen thousand pounds and the height is aboutideal for transporting truckload freight and less than
twenty eight inches. The other category is the onetruckload freight.
which weighs forty three pounds and the length isThere are many freight brokers who also earn their
about fifty three inches.commission in this business. These brokers are
Any shipments which are really big and heavy arebasically institutions who do all the paperwork and
transported using cargo planes which are exclusivelyrelated work between the air freight companies and
for delivering heavy luggage. The biggest cargo planeshippers.
is Antonov AN-225 which carries plans, helicopters