air transport is considered all activity whose purpose is to transport passengers or cargo by aircraft from one place to another. In this category include aircraft, helicopters and balloons.
Air transport is the mode most regulated in the globe, following World War II, most countries in the world signed the Convention in Chicago in 1944 which laid the foundations of air transport regulations.
Air transport is the safest of all modes of transport. Advances in navigation, telecommunications and electronic facilities have allowed the aircraft has progressed beautifully. The first flight plane was made in 1904 by the Wright brothers a hundred years later, the man can go into outer space and visiting other planets with unmanned spacecraft. (See ICAO)
Al develop in the air has the advantage of continuity this extends over land and sea, but is limited by the need for costly infrastructure and more cost effective than other transport .
air transport within the most developed is related to air transport aircraft for its speed, safety and efficiency.
Air transport can have civilian or military. Within the civil field, has developed a business model based on operators providing transport services for passengers or cargo for commercial purposes, commonly referred to as the airline industry, or more specifically, the airline industry.
Most air freight is carried out under the regime of "Knowledge Air" basic document regulating the conditions of carriage of the goods from the carrier is in charge of it until delivery at the designated in their own knowledge.
The basic rules of international journey by air freight, passengers and luggage, is contained in the 1929 Warsaw Convention.
The development of aeronautical technology was necessary to incorporate certain amendments to this Convention, producing three reviews so far: The Hague 1955, Guatemala 1971 and Montreal 1975.
AIR WAY BILL
air Knowledge (also known in English terminology as air way bill), are made in the wording and format by the IATA (International Air Transport Association), a private agency that brings together almost all airlines operating regular flights, based on the agreements established in the Convention Warsaw and subsequent protocols.
Its function is to: 1, Da
prima facie evidence to the contrary, the discharge of the contract of carriage.
2 º Acknowledgement of receipt by the carrier, the merchandise has been delivered for transport.
3 rd letter serves as instructions for handling and care during transportation and delivery, the goods must be dispersed. 4 º Proof
accounting of the amount of freight.
5 ° constitutes a declaration for customs clearance. 6 º
insurance certificate, if the consignor has requested coverage amount appropriated express the insured value.
7 º Trial of receipt of the goods by the consignee. 8 º Da
proof of the data of weight, dimensions and packing of goods, and the number of packages and addresses.
A standardized format support document, the (Shippers Letter of Instructions or SLOI) where all data is entered relating to the goods to the airline or IATA agent complete the final knowledge.
auxiliary Another important document is the (Shippers Declaration for Dangerous Goods), also standardized, which entered all the identification details of the goods in question and and special instructions for handling and transport.
Unlike the Ocean Bill of Lading, Air Knowledge is not the owner of the goods, hence not tradable or transferable, or transferable. It is always nominative. The supply airline, therefore, the goods to the consignee who appears, whether or not the rightful owner of it. Knowledge
Each consists of a set of three originals and at least six copies distributed as follows:
* Original 1: Airline
* Original 2: Recipient
* Original 3: Consignor
* Copy 1: Signature of the consignee when the carrier delivers the goods.
* Copy 2: Destination airport
* Copy 3, 4 and 5: For the successive carriers.
* Copy 6: For the air cargo agent.
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