Air Cargo

 

Air Cargo by Excess Luggage company offers a range of products for global trade via air freight, air cargo to trucking to air transportation utilising Passenger Aircraft. Whether you are shipping commercial cargoes, nuts and bolts, Spare, freshly caught seafood, shipping Air Cargo is simple.

On average, about 70 million Kilos of air freight are handled each year by major global air carriers, including the integrators DHL, Federal Express (FedEx) and United Parcel Service (UPS) at Heathrow International Airport. Because air freight has the benefit of a much shorter transit time, goods need to travel quickly through the airport. Where these four elements, customs procedures, inspection facilities, freight-handling services, and storage facilities are integrated in a streamlined operation, much of the cargo moves through an airport in just a few hours.

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Air cargo UK cargo operations and offer cargo capacity uplift via passenger aircraft as well as Cargo Airlines or cargo aircraft (CAO) Some passenger airlines have found transportation a very profitable venture (in fact, an estimated 50% of all airline freight is moved in this manner), to the extent that this has reduced demand for large cargo-specific planes. Although some attempts were made at organizing airline carriers from the early 1920s, the first commercial carriers which were entirely freight-only did not appear until after the Second World War. Despite the widespread hopes of an air cargo industry, for decades, the air freight sector did not grow as expected, remaining a very small portion of overall air traffic.

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Air cargo is a small segment of the total freight market, but supply chain challenges, restrictions on movement, and ravenous consumer spending have thrust this niche into the limelight in times of pandemic. Excess Luggage Air Cargos mission is to be the safest, most reliable, most cost-efficient, on-time air cargo agent within the airline cargo business. Safety, reliability, cost effectiveness, and compliance with CAA regulations.

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Retail shippers from the UK and around the world can take advantage of the exceptional airfreight consolidate rates, space-blocking agreements, supply chain and dedicated handling for neutral air freight via our Air Cargo network of agents.

 

Air Cargo

We are a British owned Air Cargo & Freight forwarding company, freight forwarders offer air cargo shipping services for business users, and private individuals seeking to send Excess Baggage overseas. Established in 2001 as an international cargo freight company excess Cargo is a division of Excess Luggage Ltd.

​Air Cargo UK

The term Air cargo is used for goods transported by aircraft. It may contain cargo, freight ranging from mail to goods we use every day in our lives including live animals. There are different types of aeroplane transportation such as passenger aircraft, cargo and comb aircraft. We are air cargo agents called excess cargo a division of excess luggage shipping company, we are a freight company based in the UK in London and Manchester airports, we have been shipping air freight globally since 2001.

​Air Cargo Services

​our international freight services at excess cargo include assistance with import and export of goods and cargo on airport-to-airport basis as well as door to airport services, we can offer door to door air freight services for shipping commercial, business supply chains for airfreight to and from the UK. air freight transit times may vary subject to your destination.

The term Air cargo shipping is used for air freight shipments or goods transported by aircraft. It may contain anything ranging from mails to freight. There are different types of aeroplane transportation such as passenger cabins, cargo and comb aircraft. We are air freight, excess cargo a division of excess luggage company, we are a freight company based in the UK in London and Manchester airports, we have been shipping air freight globally since 2001.

​Air freight or cargo is most popular transportation option available to shippers of air cargo shipping which has become a much relied upon service all over the globe, it has a shorter history since air freight only starts with the invention of the aeroplane in early 19th century see below some cargo facts. 

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Cargo Flights 19th Century

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The first cargo flight to which carried cargo freight by air was in November 1910, when bolts of silk were transported by aeroplane from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio in the USA. This was less than seven years after the Wright brothers’ historic first powered flight.

By 1914, the United States had started regularly moving post by air, with a more comprehensive airmail service in place by 1925. Within decade, domestic airmail contracts accounted for a large amount revenue for airlines. only a small amount of revenue came from passenger transportation and, at that time. World War II brought an explosion in the use of aircraft and expansion in freight transport, for example approx., 600,000 tons of air cargo moved between India and China in the last few years of World War II.

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Air Cargo 1940 to 1990

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A important event for air freight occurred in the year 1945 with the formation of a cargo, freight body called International Air Transport Association (IATA). With the emergence of All-cargo airlines, although it was still common for aeroplanes to carry a passenger and Cargo, Air freight. new aeroplanes development 1968 Boeing launched the famous 747 aircraft – the first aircraft wide enough to transport full pallets in its cargo hold that cargo capacity could be increased to travel further and faster, In the early 1990s we saw grow of cargo airlines, the primary purpose of transporting cargo really gathered pace. This was thanks to the growth of express parcel carriers (such as FedEx, DHL and UPS).

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Air Cargo 1990 to 2020

Wither the arrival of integrators air Cargo, air freight emerged as a solid pillar of the industry in the early 21st century. arrival all cargo airlines which could carry larger volumes of in the upper hold and lower belly and the express parcel carrier like FedEx, DHL & UPS with small parcels. Integrators whom could carry small parcels on a door-to-door shipping basis their own dedicated aircraft. Specialists in 32 Kilos or less in 2-3 days, not possible without all-cargo aircraft.

Large cargo airlines tend to use new or recently built aircraft to carry their air freight. However, many cargo airlines still utilize older aircraft, including those no longer suited for passenger service, like the Boeing 707, 727, 747 McDonnell Douglas DC3, DC-8, DC-10, MD-11, Airbus A300, and the Ilyushin Il-76. carrying cargo, airliners such as the Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26 can carry over 40 tons of cargo in one lift.

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Air Service for Global Cargo

With new fuel-efficient aircraft, planes the world is now so reliant on airfreight, cargo to move commercial goods, form auto parts, perishables, pharmaceuticals, and general cargo, Air cargo, freight Air Freight Companies like excess cargo use cargo carriers, airlines like British Airways, China Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa. Air France / KLM, Korean Air, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, Jordanian airlines, Qatar Airway, Kuwait airways, American airlines, Air Canada, Virgin Atlantic, Delta, United airlines, Ethiopian airlines, DHL Aviation, Air Rwanda, Saudi Arabian airlines, south African airlines, Tam, Caribbean airlines, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Aeroflot, Thai Airways, 

For real time information on sending or shipping your air fright please email us or call our customer services on Telephone number + 44 208 577 0033

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