What is an air container?

Air containers are containers used in aircraft transportation. The use of container transportation methods in air transportation is a general trend. However, due to the special shape of the aircraft cabin, in addition to the standard containers that can be used in the cargo holds of large aircraft, non-standard containers with different sizes, volumes and shapes are generally used. Carrying out air container transportation also requires air container cargo sources, equipment, facilities and corresponding organizations suitable for air container transportation. However, compared with other container transportation methods, the development of air container transportation has its special characteristics.