Air Cargo Exam II

Generally speaking, the catchment area of an airport is geographically broader for a long-haul flight than for a short-haul flight.

True

Airport landing fee is the only factor considered by cargo airline in selecting airports for providing cargo services.

False

Which of the following U.S. airports has a very large cargo operation, but very small passenger operation? 

 

Ted Stevens Anchorage Airport (ANC)

Which of the following except _________ will make an airport less likely be selected by a cargo airline?

The presence of a lot of freight forwarders serving the airport

Which of the following except ____________ is a common characteristic of mega freight forwarders?

The mega freight forwarders only purchase shipping capacity from ocean shipping companies.

Which of the following mega freight forwarders has the largest number of virtual airlines?

DHL Global Forwarding

In 2021, which of the following mega freight forwarders is ranked No. 1 in both ocean and air freight forwarding volume?

Kuehne+Nagel

Integrators are not only competitors but also business "partners" and "customers" of cargo airlines.  

True

Which of the following integrated carrier ended its service contract with Amazon in 2019? 

FedEx

In 2021, the total air cargo revenue of UPS Airlines was $7.6 billion, and its total air cargo traffic was 15.6 billion FTKs. What is the unit revenue ($ per FTK) of UPS Airlines in 2021?  

$0.49

In 2002, Duetsche Bahn, the German national rail company, acquired the integrated carrier, DHL, and became the Deutsche Post DHL group. 

False

DHL currently has a 51% ownership in Polar Air Cargo. 

False

Which of the following integrated carriers invented the use of hub-and-spoke network for providing overnight express services? 

FedEx

Which of the following integrated carriers was founded in 1969?

DHL

Which of the following except _______ are the founders of DHL? 

Frederick Smith

Miami International Airport (MIA) is the most important air cargo hub for the U.S. trade with Europe. 

False

The occurrence of a future potential pilot strike of FedEx is expected to have no impact on global supply chain. 

False

Which of the following except ______ can be considered as a mega carrier? 

USPS

Which of the following is correct about the measurement of CR4? 

The higher the value of CR4, the more concentrated the industry is

The U.S. is ranked as the leading country worldwide by logistics performance index (LPI) in the year of 2018. 

False

Which of the following except ____________ is considered by World Bank as determinants of logistics performance index (LPI)? 

The absence of import tariffs and non-tariff barriers

Which of the following except ____________ is the common characteristics of mega freight forwarders?

The mega freight forwarders only purchase shipping capacity from air cargo operators.

In 2021, which of the following mega freight forwarders is ranked No. 1 in both ocean and air freight

Kuehne+Nagel

Which of the following mega freight forwarders has the largest number of virtual airlines?

Kuehne + Nagel

Which of the following except ____________ is the common characteristics of mega freight

The mega freight forwarders only purchase shipping capacity from ocean shipping companies.

Which of the following air cargo operators provide contract services to both Amazon and DHL Express?

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG)

Which of the following strategies except _______ have been used by LATAM Cargo in increasing the shipment of flower products to the U.S. for the Valentine's holiday?

Decreasing flight frequency from Columbia and Ecuador to the U.S

Which of the following airports has the highest landing fee?

Miami Intl. Airport

Which of the following except _________ will make an airport less likely be selected by a cargo airline?

The presence of large O-D demand

Which of the following U.S. airports has the large operation of both passenger and cargo traffic in 2021?

Atlanta Intl. Airport (ATL)

Which of the following except ________ will make an airport more likely be selected by a cargo airline?

the poor reputation of airport management in attending to cargo operation and services

Generally speaking, the catchment area of an airport is broader for a short-haul flight than for a long-haul flight.

False

Which of the following regulation deters the cross-border M&A in the airline industry?

Foreign Ownership Restriction

Which of the following is the only global air cargo alliances in operation today?

SkyTeam Cargo

Which of the following is correct about a hard block code-sharing agreement between two airlines?

Carrier A purchases a fixed number of capacity from Carrier B, and sells it independently.

Which of the following is the most advanced, highest-level alliance between two airlines?

joint venture

Which of the following is an example of horizontal alliance?

Lufthansa Cargo and United Airline has a joint venture partnership on transatlantic routes.

AeroLogic is jointly owned by _______ and __________.

Lufthansa Cargo; DHL Express

To improve operation efficiency, Amazon has recently changed its route network at Cincinnati Intl. \n Airport (CVG) from a hub-and-spoke to point-to-point structure

False

Which of the following integrators plan to invest $55 million at Felipe Angeles Intl. Airport (AIFA), \n the newest airport in Mexico?

DHL

Which of the following will occur when the air cargo industry experiences an increase of available \n ton-kilometer (ATK), but a decrease of revenue ton-kilometer (RTK) at the same time?

The cargo yield will decrease as a result

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In 2019, the world total revenue traffic of scheduled air services includes 8,676,650 million \n passenger-km, 228,371 million freight tonne-km, and 7,115 million mail tonne-km. Therefore, the \n total revenue tonne-km of scheduled air services worldwide is _________.

1,103,151 million