Question

Illustrate various Air Cargo Scheduling Problems (ACSP) with appropriate examples taking any imaginary route/data of your choice (500-600 words).

Answer 1

Planning the activities necessary to run an airline is a complex task. In planning air cargo we go through different stages each we follow in a strategic way step by step without lefting any one behind.

Cargo operations takes place in three primary areas on airport. landside trucks are operated at cargo building where cargo handled stored as well as sorted, building ware houses, loading docks and parking lots. there are various other steps also to be follwed which we discuss now:-

(a). Security Operations we collect data on warehouse space is designated for security purpose is a great challenge as these are reluctant to discuss or provide information due to it's senstivity. the utilization rate for security equipments varies greatly. example, passenger carrier may have a single workbench to trace detector equipment while for a cargo carier it's three two of which are used to scanning packages and other one for oversized cargo positioned on wooden plates.

(b). Air Forwarders These are located at off-airport positions which are makes gathereing data exteremely difficult these are loacted on airport when they are need direct advantage of access to aircraft. an airport planner work efforts may include collecting data from off airport forwarders to gather information on the number of truck movements to local airport.

(c). Truck Parking Truck movement on the landside area of the airport truck trips on airport access road as well truck parking in the designated lots in the cargo area. Data for truck parking can be collected by the airport planners by conducting an air cargo truck parking survey In 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concluded a study using webcams to evaluate a technology capable of collecting data to determine whether a truck parking area is full or not full and to indicate number of spaces available.

(d). Warehouse Bypass Truck Traffic Airport permit trucks transporting air cargo to pass through secutrity gates to delier or pickup air cargo This practice allow for expidited cargo handling of a large project cargo contaning ULDs, bulk loaded and loose cargo.Data collection tool would be webcams that road traffic through these gates.

(e). Cargo Transfer from Traffic to Passenger Terminal Data neede for accurate analysis of these operations include distance of the passenger airlines's warehouse to the passenger terminal as well as average tug time and frequency of these operations. Data include sufficiency of the tug time and the distance between the terminal to warehouse.

(f). Ground Support Equipment GSE needs spac efor manuvering equipments between the warehouse and aircraft storing equipments when it is not use and storage of ULDs taht may contain cargo. Data collection regarding GSE includes types of entities using space fro GSE. These includes primarly integrated space carriers,third party ground handlers, passenger airlunes moving belly cargo and cargo carriers with freight aircrafts all have differents types of requirement with GSE. For example, in passenger airlines we do not need aircraft ramps space adjacent to the cargo warehouse but still requires space for manuevering and storage of tugs and carts .

(g). Hydrant Fueling Hydrant fueling are typically required at cargo area on airports where hive volume of Air Turbine Fuel(ATF) required for large aircraft. Airport thata act as a air cargo hubs or international gateways to the air cargo industry benefit from hydrant fueling beneath the cargo apron as it reduces the fuel truck traffic as well as expenses. Data collection to dtermine whether a need for it exist within the aiport's cargo carrier community must take place with direct consultation with a cargo carrier's facilities planning/engineering division.