What are the service scope of international air freight forwarders, and what are the procedures to be handled？ The import and export of goods by air (hereinafter referred to as air) need to go through certain procedures, such as the sale of export goods before they are delivered to the airline at the departure airport, pick-up, booking, order, customs declaration, transportation, etc.;To receive, receive, declare, deliver or transship goods at the airport of destination。The aviation industry generally does not undertake this business, so the industry that undertakes such business in different categories - air cargo agency came into being, and its main business is air cargo agency。
Air cargoThere are two main forms: one is through the air agent, and the other is handled directly by the carrier to the airline。Air transport acts as a bridge and link between carrier and carrier，It can not only act as the carrier's agent，It can also handle the carrier's shipping space on behalf of the carrier，托运，Ready for shipment，报关，Handover, etc.You can also act as an airline agent，Receive goods and book shipping space on behalf of airlines，Make master waybill，Issue shipping documents from the agency。
Air freight forwarder because it can bring convenience and benefit to cargo owners and airlines, air freight forwarder can rise and develop rapidly。
First, most air freight forwarders are very familiar with the transport links and relevant rules and regulations, and have extensive contacts with civil aviation, customs, commodity inspection and transportation departments, and have the relevant conditions for handling transport procedures。At the same time, air freight forwarders have branches or agents all over the world, which can contact and control the entire process of cargo transportation in a timely manner。Airplanes are only responsible for transportation from one airport to another。Therefore, it is more convenient to entrust an air freight agent to handle import and export cargo transportation than to handle it directly to the airline。
Secondly, an important business of air freight forwarders is centralized consignment, which will combine some separate goods into a batch, send the goods to the same destination airport with the same total waybill, receive the goods by the local agent, and distribute them to the actual consignee after customs declaration。This centralized shipping method can reduce airline freight costs, and both agents and shippers can benefit from the service (Consol container, bubble separation, etc.)。
Thirdly, for airlines, they can also make profits through agency business。Although the airline must pay the agent some honorarium (freight discount), but the agency company has organized a batch of cargo sources, contracted a large number of customers, centralized consignment of tens of millions of households of goods, saving a lot of manpower, material resources and time, and further opened up the air transport market。At the same time, the carrier and carrier can get convenient and fast value-added services from the freight forwarder, which not only saves costs, but also improves efficiency and enhances the competitiveness of the industry。