Air Cargo Management and Operations

AIR CARGO MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
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Executive Summary
The report has been done on air cargo management and operations and two airports are known as
Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore Changi Airport. Hong Kong International
Airport had been giving aviation services to customers since the year 1998. CAI, a division of
Singapore Changi Airport had been mainly involved in every level of asset management since
2004. Hong Kong International Airport has been known as HKIA and it is the best in doing
cargo business in Hong Kong and in other countries too. CAI has been helping KFIA and other
airports to do business over the years. CAI has been dealing with the consulting services to
improve aviation facilities of global airports in future years.
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Step 1: Analysis and critical reporting on overall business.............................................................4
Step 2: Analysis of the factors of airports.......................................................................................7
Step 3: Analysis of business performance of airports of the past decade......................................14
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
Reference List................................................................................................................................17
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Introduction
The report is based on air cargo management and operations with respect to two airports namely
Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore Changi Airport. The purpose of this report is to
highlight how business model and hub strategic positioning are happening in these airports over
the years. Hong Kong International Airport had been giving aviation services to customers since
the year 1998. CAI, a division of Singapore Changi Airport had been mainly involved in every
level of asset management since 2004.
There are three steps in this report in which this report is divided. Step 1 deals with the analysis
and critical reporting of Hong Kong International and Singapore Changi airport. Step 2 is dealing
with the critical analysis of Hong Kong International airport and Singapore Shnagi Airport. In
addition, this part mainly highlights how much the logistics services, factors affecting the air
cargo hub strategic positioning, and operations. Step 3 part mainly focuses on the performance
of these two airports for the past 10 years.
Step 1: Analysis and critical reporting on overall business
Comparison between Singapore Changi Airport and HKIA
Both Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and Singapore Changi Airport have its respective
business models and air cargo, hub positioning strategies in China to do successful business. In
this section, the comparison between (HKIA) and Singapore Changi Airport are done.
HKIA had replaced another airport known as Kai Tak Airport. One of the main features of the
successful business of this airport is its choice of location. It is located in a pivotal regional trans-
shipment centre. It is a traveler hub and acts as the gateway for destinations that are present in
Mainland China and in other parts of Asia. The business model of Hong Kong International
Airport is that it works as a public-sector infrastructure to the passengers since its establishment
in 1998. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is hailed as one of the busiest airports in case
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