CONTENTS:

  

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 3

 

CHAPTER I. AIR FREIGHT: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTUALISATION................................................................................... 5

1.1 Empirical studies on Air Cargo: definitions and facts..................................... 5

1.2 Air Cargo – historical evolution and basic international organisations............. 12

1.3 Forms of cooperation in the field of air transport of goods........................... 15

 

CHAPTER II. THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS............................................... 21

2.1 The basic characteristics of international air cargo expedition........................ 21

2.2 Rates for international air shipments............................................................. 29

2.3 The system of international air cargo expedition with vane, igloo and containers   35

 

CHAPTER III. THE ACTUAL PLACE OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA IN THE INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO EXPEDITIONS........................................... 39

3.1 Material, technical base and organisation of air cargo expeditions in Republic of Moldova................................................................................................................ 43

3.2 A comparative study of the systems of air cargo expeditions: Republic of Moldova, European Union and USA....................................................................................... 52

 

CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................................. 61

REFERENCES................................................................................................... 63

 

TABLES............................................................................................................... 65

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