The Role of Air Transport in Handling the Polish Foreign Trade Contra Worldwide Trends
The Role of Air Transport in Handling the Polish Foreign Trade Contra Worldwide Trends
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Apart from maritime transport, air transport is the main transport branch supporting the international merchandise trade, especially on the long-range distance.Air cargo represents 0,25% to 1% of the weight of all international cargo.At the same time, air freight transport is responsible for approximately 13% to 35% of the total powell and mahoney bloody mary mix value of global trade and its share is rising.Compared to the alternative modes of transport, this transport branch has a marginal importance in handling the Polish foreign trade.
In terms of weight, air transport is responsible for less than O, 1 % of the total volume of the Polish foreign trade in exports and imports (according to the data for 2013).As regards value, its share is increasing to nearly 4 %.However, over the past few years there click here has been a noticeably steady growth in the international air cargo from/to Poland.This article aims at determining the importance and identifying the development barriers of air transport in handling the Polish foreign trade.