How to supply your air cargo fleet with shipments for transportation.

Any type of transport vehicle should not be idle. When it comes to such expensive transport assets as civil aviation aircraft, the cost of downtime multiplies many times over, which can cause significant damage to the airline that owns the transport aircraft. Therefore, owners of cargo airlines should strive to ensure that arriving aircraft with cargo are immediately unloaded, loaded, and sent to their new destination. Let us find out how to supply an air cargo fleet with orders for their transportation.

How to search for cargo for air shipping

Com-stil.com is a portal of international level, whose mission is to bring together shippers and carriers to conclude shipping contracts. Naturally, air transport is given an appropriate place. Those looking for the opportunity to send cargo by the fastest mode of transport and those who can deliver it should find each other, and com-stil.com provides all the opportunities for this.

You can search for cargo for air shipping in two ways:

• By studying shipper requests for air delivery of cargo.
• By placing your own announcement on the portal about readiness to ship cargo by air transport.

To review requests from consumers of air cargo shipping services, go to the section Air cargo - all requests, requests posted by shippers are available for review by all air cargo operators. After selecting cargo that matches the technical capabilities of your aircraft and is being shipped in the direction you need, you can contact its owner. All methods of contacting him are listed directly in the request text. If your capabilities coincide with the shipper's wishes, arranging air delivery will be straightforward.

The second option for finding cargo for air delivery is to place your own announcement about available air transport, its capabilities, and readiness to ship cargo along a specific route. In order for your air shipping request to become available to all site visitors, including cargo owners and logistics managers of transport companies, go to the section Add transport. Shippers regularly review the page of requests from air companies and owners of cargo aircraft for shipments. A call or letter from them will not be long in coming, and you will receive an order for air cargo transportation.

How to obtain a contract for air cargo shipping and outcompete rivals even at the initial stage of carrier selection

Competition on popular air cargo routes is quite fierce, and to attract a client, you need to present information about yourself correctly and attractively. The shipper of air cargo should clearly and distinctly get an answer to the question: will he be able to transport the cargo by your aircraft along the route he needs. For this, you should provide:

• Countries and airports of cargo dispatch and delivery, it is advisable to add cities located near them as well. Several airports may be located near some cities. The information you provide will help a potential client navigate and place an order for air delivery.
• Information about the period of time during which cargo can be sent along the specified route should also be included in the air shipping request without fail.
• The weight of cargo that your aircraft can transport and the available volume for placing cargo on board the aircraft, information that a potential client cannot do without.
• If you are able to provide additional services, such as air document preparation, cargo delivery to the departure airport and from the arrival airport, etc., mark these services in the list.
• Be sure to provide several methods of contact with you, clients may have certain preferences.

Take advantage of the opportunity to write in "Notes" — this section allows you to post any information that the air carrier considers important. Use the "consultants" section to describe all the air services you have available and your advantages over competitors. New aircraft, experienced crews, customs services at the airport, technical features of your air transport that allow it to take off and land where competitors cannot, all of this is of interest to a potential client and may attract him to you.

Place a request about your readiness to perform air cargo transportation, reduce aircraft downtime, and get a profitable order.