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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/299/299-003.pdf

Air cargo is becoming a more important source of revenue for many combination carriers, and dedicated air cargo operators are integrating the services required to handle all of the shippers' transportation requirements for documents and commodities. There are some potential limits to the growth of air cargo, especially in international operations, but the industry is expected to outperform real growth in the economy during the next ten years.

Appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 299, The Future of Aviation, Report of the Fourth International Workshop on the Future of Aviation held at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 8-10 October 1985. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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1986-2

Transportation Research Circular

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Air transportation; Economic forecasting; Economics; Freight transportation; Transportation; Trend (Statistics); Urban growth

Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General)

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Aug 31 1986 12:00AM

• AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
• AVIATION: TODAY, TOMORROW, AND IN 1990
• BUSINESS AVIATION
• CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
• FAA AND THE CAPACITY ISSUE - SUMMARY OF REMARKS
• HELICOPTER INDUSTRY
• REGIONAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY
• THE DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE
• THE FUTURE OF AVIATION. INTRODUCTION
• THE OUTLOOK FOR THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY