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Chapter 3: Freight Transportation Emissions at the Regional Level - Freight Movement and Air Quality - FHWA Aircraft tend to be cost-effective only for small, high value shipments, so commodity flows by air make up only a fraction (less than 0.5 percent) of the total freight flows in every study region. Through this process, we estimate that freight is responsible for 1.4 to 6.7 percent of passenger aircraft emissions at the study airports. Freight accounts for 40 to 52 percent of all mobile source NOx emissions, and 29 to 39 percent of all NOx emissions in the study regions (total emissions data was not available for Baltimore). www.fhwa.dot.gov /environment/freightaq/chapter3.htm   (6589 words)

Cargo aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The cargo class should be compared to the freight aircraft, which is a conversion of an existing passenger design, which lacks most of these "custom" features. Aircraft were put to use carrying cargo in the form of air mail as early as 1911. Although the earliest aircraft were not designed primarily as cargo carriers, by the mid 1920's airplane manufacturers were designing and building dedicated cargo aircraft. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cargo_aircraft   (259 words)

Emery Air Freight Corporation, Docket No. 00-1475 Freight arriving at the Dayton facility is unloaded, sorted, and reloaded by Emery onto aircraft for distribution throughout the United States. The working conditions preempted by the FAA is the aircraft’s safety and integrity, which includes the proper weight and balancing of cargo in the cargo hold and the entering and exiting of the aircraft. After the aircraft is unloaded, the K-Loader would be driven away and the crew stairs moved back to the cargo door to allow the cargo handlers to exit the aircraft. www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_2004/00-1475.html   (6996 words)

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before In 2000 403 trillion tonne-kilometres of freight were flown around the world. Central Africa-registered aircraft carry 0.1% of all air freight in the world. High counts of tonne-kilometres could be due to many heavy loads being transported short distances, lighter freight being moved a long distance, a combination of both, and/or many average weight loads being transported average distances. www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk /worldmapper/display.php?selected=37   (174 words)

Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook Freight rail adjustment coefficients (used to convert dollars to volume equivalents) are based on historical data and remain constant. The freight adjustment coefficients (used to convert dollars to volume equivalents) are based on historical data and remain constant throughout the forecast period. Total aircraft supply for a given year is based on the initial supply of aircraft for model year 2003, new passenger sales, and the survival rate by vintage (Table 32). www.eia.doe.gov /oiaf/aeo/assumption/transportation.html   (3437 words)

Utilicraft Aerospace Industries - Press As an example, the 737-200 thru 400SF jet freight aircraft are an integral part of the current air freight system, and are configured to carry 88”x 125” main deck containers and pallets. The FF-1080-300ER Freight Feeder aircraft is a new air vehicle which is the result of Utilicraft’s extensive research and development. The aircraft satisfies an industry recognized need to cost effectively feed containerized air cargo to the major hubs of the scheduled passenger carriers and the overnight express airlines. www.utilicraft.com /070509.htm   (541 words)

Freight aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freight aircraft, commonly referred to as freighters, are airliners designed or converted for cargo hauling. They are often adapted from aircraft originally designed for passenger use, perhaps when the aircraft type is considered to have become uncompetitive in passenger airline service. Most air freight is however carried in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freight_aircraft   (264 words)

Aircharter International: Air Cargo Charter Aircraft, Transportation and Freight. Air Charter International provides Cargo Aircraft Charters to freight agents, corporations, oil companies, etc. Freight or Cargo aircraft are provided according to the requirements of the client and the nature of the cargo. Cargo aircraft are chartered by airlines for transporting cargo to locations where the requirements of the landing strips are not met by their aircraft. Cargo aircraft are chartered for transporting cargo over areas of restricted access, civil strife etc. where Chartered cargo aircraft can fly in to both international airports and rough landing strips. aircharter-international.com /cargo_aircraft/cargo_aircraft_charter.htm   (535 words)

People's Daily Online -- Airbus predicts solid growth It said China's passenger aircraft requirements would triple in the next 20 years, rising from 760 at the end of 2005 to 2,650 in 2025, thanks to booming inbound and outbound tourism. Freight aircraft are expected to climb to around 400 over the next two decades, as the nation's demand for freight grows sixfold and remains at a high level, with an average growth rate of around 10.9 and 8.9 percent in domestic and international markets respectively. Airbus is now a major aircraft provider in China, second to Boeing in market share, but surpassing its arch-rival in winning new aircraft orders in the past two years. english.people.com.cn /200702/15/eng20070215_350337.html   (370 words)

FLUG REVUE April 2001: Aircraft for the booming freight market But because ever keener competition among the freight airlines is putting pressure on their profit margins, he also predicts that a large proportion of the additional cargo jets will be converted passenger aircraft. According to Crabtree, the practice of carrying freight in the hold of passenger aircraft will recede significantly as ever more stringent hand luggage rules are forcing passengers' hand bags, carrier bags and rucksacks into the hold, severely restricting the space available for cargo. Moreover, the aircraft often need to operate at night at noise-sensitive freight hubs, but without the latest, significantly quieter engine technology many of the noise regulations cannot be adhered to. www.flug-revue.rotor.com /frheft/FRH0104/FR0104f.htm   (1592 words)

Fokker, A living history - Fokker F.XIV Commercial aircraft specifically designed for freight transport are few and far between and most of the 'full freighters' are in fact versions of passenger-carrying types or adapted from military transport aircraft. The early European transport aircraft were designed to carry some luggage, usually in an area aft of the cabin. Unfortunately the Carley jumbo became a victim of the rapidly declining demand for freight aircraft. library.thinkquest.org /C002752/fokker.cgi?page=db/f14   (985 words)

LEARN TO FLY - PILOT JOBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Freight and charter companies are ideal for building multiengine time and they hire instructors, banner towers, etc. who typically are in need of multiengine hours. Freight companies have as their primary business activity the transport of time critical materials. Charter services, like their freight counterparts, typically operate Piper Senecas, Beech Barons, Piper Aerostars etc. Unlike the freight companies, however, most charter flying is done during the day. www.studentpilot.net /articles/freight.html   (406 words)

Airbus Projects Strong Market Through 2023 [ December 15, 2004 ] Air freight is forecast to grow even faster, with freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) increasing annually by 5.9 per cent over the same period, generating the need for more than 700 new and 2,400 converted freighters. Accounting for 22 per cent of the value of all new aircraft delivered in the next 20 years, as many as 1,650 new large passenger and freight aircraft worth US$416 billion will be required. Influenced by increasing freight traffic flows from Asia and by the retirement of two-thirds of freighters currently in service, as many as 3,100 freighter deliveries will be required through to 2023, although three quarters of these will be converted passenger aircraft. www.aeroworldnet.com /1nr121504.htm   (740 words)

Kiwi Aircraft Images: Armstrong-Whitworth AW650 Argosy Like many freight aircraft, the service of the Argosies was undistinguished and the only time the SAFE Air aircraft achieved major media attention was after the sighting and subsequent filming by a television crew of alledged UFO's over the Kaikoura coast in 1978. The aircraft was de-registered on December 5, 1990. The aircraft remained parked in it's paddock for 8 years with only a small amount of restoration work carried out on the aircraft - most of the work on the airframe was to clean and preserve it. www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /argosy.html   (3400 words)

India to face $105 bn demand for aircraft Predicting robust growth in the India civil aviation sector European aerospace major Airbus on Thursday said the country would require passenger and freight aircraft, valued at $105 billion, to serve the strong demand by 2025. According to the forecast India will require 1,100 passenger and freight aircrafts by 2025, of which 935 will be passenger aircraft while the remaining 165 will be freighters. The freight fleet is poised to increase almost 20-fold to meet the potentially large untapped market from eight freighter aircrafts in service in 2005 to 165 in 2025. www.rediff.com /money/2006/dec/07air1.htm   (265 words)

Freight expectations However, Rolls-Royce predicts a shift from small and medium cargo aircraft to medium and large freight aircraft by 2022. For example, in 2002, large cargo aircraft accounted for 25 per cent of the market; in 20 years the aircraft group is forecast to account for around 34 per cent of the market. One aircraft that is likely to experience increased conversion is the B-747-400 passenger aircraft, which has recently sparked the interest of some investors and financiers who are keen to take advantage of the depressed market values and invest in their future as cargo aircraft. www.janes.com /aerospace/civil/news/jtf/jtf050420_1_n.shtml   (418 words)

Some 22,700 new aircraft worth US$2.6 trillion required to meet fleet modernisation and growth Freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) are forecast to increase by six per cent annually over the same period, generating the need for 3,580 freighter deliveries (mostly conversions), of which 800, or 22 per cent, will be factory-built freighters. While mainline single aisle aircraft demand will be highest in Europe and North America, in Asia, the low-cost market is expected to quintuple its fleet from 236 to over 1,300 by 2025. As leaders in the newest and most advanced technologies for fuel efficient and low noise aircraft, we recognise and act on the need to be sensitive to environmental concerns”, John Leahy added. www.airbus.com /en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/06_11_22_global_market_forecast_2006-2025.html   (779 words)

Enhanced Aviation Security Package Download airport screening procedures video Screening individuals and their luggage prior to entering aircraft boarding areas plays an important role in ensuring that our airports and aircrafts remain safe. This video presentation, shown at airport screening points, informs travellers, and their friends and family accompanying them to the boarding areas, of the screening processes they need to participate in and the reasons why they are necessary. Measures will be determined by individual owners of aircraft and could include fitting auxiliary locks (for example to propellers or prop controls), securing aircraft in hangers or fitting door locks. www.dotars.gov.au /transport/security/aviation/package.aspx   (1033 words)

Jetstream Cargo Conversions - Jetstream 31, Murray Aviation, cargo aircraft, freighter, cargo door STC, British ... The emergency exit has been moved forward and now doubles as the crew access door when the aircraft is fully loaded. We are going to prioritize converting aircraft that we have purchased and will resell once the conversion is complete. The key to the aircraft is its low operation cost, its reliability, and a good availability of aircraft and parts....with trained pilots and mechanics. www.jetstreamcargo.com   (385 words)

Utility Aerospace Industries FF-1080-200 Twin-Engine Turboprop Utility Freight Aircraft - Aerospace Technology The purchased aircraft will be the FF-1080-300, which uses the same basic airframe as the FF-1080-200, but will be 3m (10ft) longer. The aircraft is also designed for Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL), having the capability to take-off from airfields with less than 3,000ft of runway, expanding air cargo capacity to many smaller cities and airports. The AFRS is designed to economically manage the power of turbine-powered aircraft engines and automatically sense and adjust the required engine power for takeoff and cross country flight depending on aircraft weight and atmospheric and runway conditions. www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/ff   (1007 words)

SunWest Home Aviation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Many of our aircraft in the Sunwest fleet are equipped for air freight. These aircraft include our Lear 35, Metro II & 23, Cessna Grand Caravan, King Air 100 and 200 and our fleet of Piper Navajos. With several aircraft engaged in full-time freight work, we have established an enviable track record of dispatch reliability and on-time performance. www.sunwestaviation.ca /freight.html   (58 words)

Aircraft Chartering Services - The air charter broker for all your worldwide passenger aircraft charter /cargo aircraft ... Using our extensive Freight Aircraft database, we can ensure your air cargo is delivered on schedule and within budget. Our comprehensive database covers aircraft of all sizes from 3 seat propeller aircraft and helicopters to corporate jets and luxury Boeing 757's. Aircraft Chartering Services offers total AOG / subcharter support solutions to the airline industry. www.aircraft-chartering.com /indexn.html   (262 words)

Micro Craft Selected to Build FF-1080-200 Freight Feeder Aircraft American Utilicraft has selected Micro Craft to build a prototype of a new freight feeder aircraft, the FF-1080-200, Utilicraft president and CEO John Dupont has disclosed. Dupont also envisions an eventual family of aircraft including an FF-1080-500, which would be a 727 replacement. Dupont said response to the concept has been enthusiastic and that financial backing is coming from "a major fund with billions." This unnamed fund will be placing orders and leasing the airplanes to operators. www.aviationnow.com /shownews/nbaaday2/intell39.htm   (384 words)

Biz Stone, Genius: The Future of Air Freight Most current "freight" aircraft were originally designed to transport people. Passenger aircraft requires more expensive features such as high speed, long runways, high altitude, pressurized environment, windows, exits, and docking capabilities. Built with existing aircraft tools and technology and with the ability to take off from a standard, medium sized runway and haul the same intermodel containers currently used with trucks, trains, and ships, the new hybrids will fit right in. www.bizstone.com /2004/11/future-of-air-freight.html   (382 words)

Utilicraft Selling Stock to Fund New Freight Aircraft @ AMTOnline.com Top News The builder of a proposed twin-engine freight aircraft, which recently moved to Albuquerque's Double Eagle II airport despite the collapse in 2005 of a major financing and manufacturing deal, is having another go at selling over-thecounter stock to finance the project. It is designed to carry standard air freight containers and operate from short runways ferrying freight to and from major international hubs. The company is also working on proprietary freight tracking and efficiency-improving software to be used on the planes, according to a news release. www.amtonline.com /article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=3061   (910 words)

Private Jet Charter - UK based Aircraft Charter Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Consider the fees the owner of a fractional must pay: in addition to the purchase of the share in the aircraft, there are also monthly maintenance and operating fees, along with insurance. The truth is, while you technically own a share in a particulare aircraft, in effect you have a contract with the fractional company that allows you to use any equivalent aircraft in the company's fleet for a specified number of hours each year. Fractional aircraft owners who were assured five years ago when business aviation was booming-that their shares would retain 75-80 percent of their value are discovering to their dismay that those shares have in some cases retained as little as 50 percent of the original worth. www.privatejetcharter.com /content.asp?PageID=8   (851 words)

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