航空運輸(air transportation),是使用飛機直升機及其他航空器運送人員、貨物、郵件的一種
運輸方式。具有快速、機動的特點,是現代旅客運輸,尤其是遠程旅客運輸的重要方式,為
國際貿易中的貴重物品、鮮活貨物和精密儀器運輸所不可缺。
航空運輸具有商品性,服務性,國際性,準軍事性,資金、技術及風險密集性和
自然壟斷性六大特點。航空運輸按照不同的標準可以分為不同的類型。航空運輸起源于1871年,由于近兩年國際經濟低迷使得航空運輸產業遭遇瓶頸,但是在未來航空運輸事業依然有廣闊的發展空間值得我們發掘。
Air transportation is a transportation method that uses airplanes, helicopters, and other aircraft to transport people, goods, and mail. Having the characteristics of speed and mobility, it is an important way of modern passenger transportation, especially long-distance passenger transportation, and is indispensable for the transportation of valuable items, fresh goods, and precision instruments in international trade.
Air transportation has six major characteristics: commodity, service-oriented, international, quasi military, capital, technology and risk intensive, and natural monopoly. Air transportation can be classified into different types according to different standards. Air transportation originated in 1871. Due to the sluggish international economy in the past two years, the air transportation industry has encountered bottlenecks. However, there is still broad development space for the future air transportation industry that is worth exploring.