THE KNOWLEDGE OF AIR EXPRESS

    Air express is a mode of fast transport,which carrier with egad personality transport import and export cargo or goods from consignor to consignee with his or agent’s network.

    First, the emergence and development of air express

    Second, the major business forms of air express

　　 1． Door/Desk　to　Door/Desk

  　 Door/Desk　to　Door/Desk is the normal fussiness form of air express company. Firstly, the consignor call the express, when he want to send packages. The express send staff to get goods and collect them together, and according to destination to sort, arrange, make bill, customs, and transport to all overwork. Reaching the DOP, the branches of regions do the formalities of declare and delivery to consignee.

　　 2． Door／Desk　to　Airport

　　 Contrast to the above service, the Door／Desk　to　Airport service is the express notify the consignee do the the formalities of declare and delivery, when the goods is sent to the airport of destination. The special cargo and goods in customs regulation always use this service.

　　 3． Courier　on　board

　　The Courier　on　board is a special service, the express order the appoint people take the goods to consignee in highest speed.

    Third, the characteristics of air express

　　 The air express is similar with the traditional air transportation and postal services, but as a specialized business it also have some unique, as follows:

    1.Difference in business range.

    The business range of air express are two main types of documents and packages, the documents means business documents and prints. The traditional air transportation is mainly on goods trade. The postal services take the private letters as business object.

    2.Difference in manager

    Most of the international air express are managed by the multinational companies, and these companies in the form of individual or joint venture develop the business in depth all over the world and establish a global network. The international postal services through the Universal Postal Union achieve corporation between most of postal departments of the world, and the mails are carried between postal departments of two or more than countries. International air cargo transport is in the form of concentrate check, or directly transport by air cargo agent entrusted by consignor, and when the goods reach the POD, relation people of the agent transit the them to consignee.

    3.Difference in organization form of internal manager

    The traditional operation of postal transport is relay transmission. The air express companies mostly use central distribution theory to organize global network. Simple for it is that the express company establishment Hub in the central region. The packages collected from areas are distributed in destination, and loaded on the plane. On the weight the plane fly to distribution Hub, changing the package and fly back. In next morning, the packages are sent by cars to the consignee.

　  4.Difference in bills

　　International air cargo transport use AWB, postal use the parcel, and air express use Proof　of　Delivery ( POD ). POD is quadruplicate. First Union is remained in POL for customs; Second Union is adhered to surface of goods, going with goods, and when the consignee receive the goods, he sign on it for documents of delivery; Third is kept by express company for finance; Fourth Union is kept by consignor, and the right clauses are d printed in the back of it for voucher of dispute.

    5.Air express have higher quality service

     Mainly reflected in:

    (1) faster. (2) more secure and reliable. (3) more convenient.