LETECKÁ NÁKLADNÁ DOPRAVA V SR

Abstract

This paper describes the development of air freight transport in the current Slovak Republic (historically part of the first Czechoslovakia and later Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) and in the world. The theoretical part of the thesis analyzes the rates used in air freight transportation and the markets and commodities transported by air most frequently. The thesis aims to identify the types of commodities transported, their volumes and values. The characteristics of commodities are described in Chapters 2 and 4. The work compares the values, weights and volume of transported air cargo commodities between the Slovak Republic and countries with similar GDP per capita and compares the volume of transported goods at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava with surrounding competing airports abroad. Finally, it analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the geographical location of the Slovak Republic in relation to the transport flows of air goods within Europe.