ABSTRACT
Airports provide the interface between road and occasionally rail delivery and distribution and the flight. Airlines kept shipments on average for 45:44 hours from RCS to NFD status, which shows that most time in air freight is still spent on the ground, waiting in warehouses or being carried on trucks. In addition to the physical facilities needed to process the vehicles, aircraft and unit load devices (ULD), data needs to flow between all the parties involved, records kept and authorisations given. The airline manifest contains the details of both passengers and cargo carried on a flight. For cargo this would be the air waybill number, the ULD reference number, the number of pieces on each air waybill, the revenue weight, the actual gross weight, a description of the goods, and any special handling instructions. Cargo terminals or warehouses are the interface between road feeders and the aircraft.
