AIR TRANSPORT
Advantages:
- Aircrafts are now built larger to carry more goods.
- Mail, newspapers, medicine and perishable goods can be transported very quickly by air.
- Aircrafts are now available at short notice.
- Goods sent by sea need special packing for protection. But this is not so in the case of air.
- As the risks involved in transporting goods by air are less the insurance charges are low.
- The documents used in air transport are less complicated when compared with the documents used in sea transport.
- As there are no obstructions, aeroplanes can take the shortest route.
Disadvantages:
- Airfreight transport is very expensive because of high capital investment and maintenance costs.
- As aircrafts have limited cargo capacity, bulky goods cannot be sent.
- Usually airports are located outside the cities, so road transport has to be arranged to carry the goods to and from the airport. This results in higher costs and wastage of time.
- Bad weather may restrict flights.
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