Definition of Air cargo

BTS Transportation Expressions
Air Cargo
Total volume of freight, mail and express traffic transported by air. Includes the following: Freight and Express-commodities of all kinds, includes small package counter services, express services and priority reserved freight; U.S. Mail-all classes of mail transported for the U.S. Postal Service. (ATAB1)
Cargo is freight and mail loaded and unloaded (arriving and departing) at the airport. Freight is any property carried on an aircraft other than mail, stores and baggage. Mail comprises closed bags handed over by the postal service, whatever their contents may be. Does not include passenger baggage and trucked freight. (ACI1)

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Air cargo Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
air cargo
(*) Stores, equipment or vehicles, which do not form part of the aircraft, and are either part or all of its payload.
  


Air cargo Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Air Cargo
Property of any kind that is transported by aircraft (excluding passenger baggage)


Air cargo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.

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