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1961
1961 - 1354.PDF
FLIGHT, 14 September J961458 AIR COMMERCE AS recorded in "Flight" for August 24, Hawker Siddeley Aviationrecently published a study, by Dr K. Sealy and P. C. L. Herdson of the London School of Economics, of the European freight market.* Thework has been summarized specially for "Flight" by the authors, and this is the first instalment. Primary aim of the study was to investigatethe part played by air freight in the physical distribution of goods. The survey was intensive rather than extensive, and covered the export ofmachinery and textiles from the United Kingdom to Europe. In this first part the authors make a general appraisal of United Kingdom airfreight, with special reference to Europe. A similar appraisal provided the basis for the field survey and enabled them to pinpoint the com-modities which are currently important in air freight; and the survey was accordingly devoted to the study of machinery and textiles. NETHERLANDS • UK IMPORTS BY AIR, WORLD AIR FREIGHT UK EXPORT —I BY AIR FOODSTUFFS--, / BASIC V /MATERIALS MANUFACTURED // MANUFACTURED GOODS I MANUFACTURED GOODS ONLY AIR FREIGHT in developed countries differs considerablyfrom air passenger traffic in that a high proportion of totalpassenger traffic now travels by air whereas only a tiny proportion—less than one per cent—of the total goods traffic goesby air. Thus in Europe air traffic accounts for about 45 per cent of the passenger traffic volume between the UK and the Continent,while in the USA air passenger traffic is greater than any other form of inter-city common-carrier traffic. Growth in air freightwill largely result from the diversion of existing traffic on surface routes, whereas passenger-traffic growth will depend far more oncreating new traffic. The total goods traffic is itself rising, and Brewer1 has shown that this growth is closely linked with the risein a country's gross national product. Hence air freight's future depends on the increase in total goods traffic and the degree towhich such traffic can be diverted to air transport, together with any new traffic which the medium may itself create. The chief stumbling-block in all this is to assess just what airfreight's share of the total is likely to be. The factors here may MACHINERY l I PRECIOUS METALS,. AND \ JEWELLERYX PRECIOUS /- METALS AND JEWEURY MACHINERY ONLY TELEPHONES. RADIO AND TV |— RADIO ANoi-; NAVI EQUIPMENT^' PHOTO -^ INSTRUMENTS AIRCRAFT AND PARTS /AIRCRAFT '/ ENGINES , OTHER INSTRUMENTS -^ EXPOSED —-^y CINE FILM r TELEPHONES -P RADIO AND TV 7 AIRCRAFTAND PARTS OFFICEMACHINERY Air Freight and British Trade By KENNETH R. SEALYand PETER C. L. HERDSON A SAMPLE STUDY OF CURRENT CONDITIONS Part 1 a — 1.500,000 kg ---1,000,000 kg •--- 750,000 kg 500,000 kg 250,000 kg ' 150,000 kg 50,000 kilograms 500 Fig I (above) A summary of UK air freight, 1957, show- ing the UK portion of the total world air freight market broken down into imports and exports and sub-divided to show the type of commodity Fig 2 (left) Distribution of BEA total air freight ex- ports in 1957: (I) Food; (2) inedible animal and vegetable products; (3) tex- tiles, etc; (4) metals; (5) machinery, vehicles and elec- trical equipment; (6) non- metallic materials and pro- ducts; (7) chemicals; (8) paper, reed, rubber and wood products; (9) Scientific and precision apparatus; (10) Miscellaneous
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