Introduction To Air Cargo And Handling
Air Cargo industry, objective of the course, contents, study methods and Air Cargo terminology.
Organisations Involved In Cargo
ICAO - formation, functions, members, document
IATA - formation, functions, members and other IATA bodies FIATA, ACAAI, etc., Airport Authority of India and warehousing agents.
World Geography
IATA areas, airline prefix, city coding/decoding, freedoms of the air, time calculation.
Cargo Agency Management
Transportation of Air Cargo, logistics, management, operation and management of Air Cargo Agency, IATA approval, modern communication facilities and incentives, Sales Management.
Use Of Guides
OAG Air Cargo Guide, TACT Rules Book and TACT Rate Books.
Aircraft & Handling
Types of Aircrafts, Load Control, Air Cargo Loading Limitations, Cargo needing special attention in handling live animals, dangerous goods, human remains, valuables, perishables etc., unit load devices, types, aircraft loading procedure, trimming and loading distribution, freighters and sub charters.
Acceptence Of Cargo
SLI Shipper's Letter of instructions, Shipper's declaration for dangerous goods, Procedures for accepting live animals, human remains, life saving drugs, dangerous goods, perishables, unaccompanied baggage, etc.
Packing, labelling and marking and various restrictions, government regulations and formalities, documentation, Shipping Bill, Electronic Data Interchange, AWB, Bill of Entry.
Air Cargo Rates & Other Charges
Air Cargo, Tariff, chargeable weight, volume weight & dimensions, currencies and rounding off procedures.
General Commodity Rates (GCR) definition, applicability, validity, use of TACT – normal rate, quantity rate, examples.
Specific Commodity Rates (SCR) definition, applicability, validity, use of TACT.
Class Commodity Rates (CCR)
a)
Surcharge – Human remains, valuable cargo, live animals, automobiles.
b)
Rebated category – Newspapers, Unaccompanied Baggage (UB), human eyes, dehydrated corneas.
Precedence of rates and charges, minimum charges-applicability, valuation charges, charges collect shipments, disbursement charge, ULD rates, construction and combination of rates, Rate Construction Point (RCP)
Air Waybill
Format, boxes, contents, completion of Air Waybill, mandatory information, types of Air Waybills (MAWB/HAWB)
Charges
Charges Collect (CC) shipments, Prepaid (PP) shipments, payments (Mode), exchange rate, conversion, insurance, claims etc.
Consolidation
Concept – Breaking of consolidation.
Booking Procedures
Airline bookings procedures, conditions of contract, cancellation of shipments, communication facilities – SITA.
Company Stores & Mail Handling
Diplomatic mails – A, B and C categories, airline scores, mail acceptance procedures AV7, AV8 papers.
Tracer Procedures
Tracer messages, world tracer.
Conclusion
Scope, present industry scenario and job opportunities.
