Air transport business

Japanese: 航空運送事業 - こうくううんそうじぎょう

The transportation of passengers, cargo, mail, etc. by aircraft. After World War I, mail transportation began in Europe and the United States, and expanded to domestic and international passenger transportation, and saw revolutionary development after World War II. This is because aircraft, in addition to their greatest feature of high speed, have also become more reliable due to their safety and low cost. In particular, with the large number of large jet aircraft in service in the 1960s, they are taking over transportation demand not only for passengers but also for cargo from railroads and sea transport. Japan's air transport, which was extremely weak before the war, gradually expanded its routes after resuming operations in 1951, and domestic flights now cover major regional cities. International flights are provided by Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and Japan Air System, and more than 40 other overseas airlines operate on the route. According to statistics from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the world's scheduled civil air transport volume in 1996 was 2.5018 trillion passenger-kilometers and 102.5 billion ton-kilometers of cargo, while Japan's transport volume in 1997 was 154.2 billion passenger-kilometers and 7.1 billion ton-kilometers of cargo. →Airport Agreement/Airfares/IATA
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Japanese:

航空機による旅客，貨物，郵便物などの輸送。第１次大戦後欧米で郵便物輸送が始まり，国内・国際旅客輸送に拡大，第２次大戦後に画期的な発展をみた。これは最大の特長である高速性に加え，安全性，低廉性でも信頼が高まったためで，特に1960年代の大型ジェット機大量就航により，旅客のみならず貨物でも鉄道，海運から輸送需要を奪いつつある。戦前きわめて弱体であった日本の空運は，1951年の再開後次第に路線を拡張，国内線は主要地方都市をおおうに至った。国際線は日本航空，全日空，日本エアシステム，ほかに海外航空企業の乗入れは40社をこえる。国際民間航空機関（ICAO）統計による1996年の世界の民間航空定期輸送量は，旅客２兆5018億人キロ，貨物1025億トンキロ，また1997年の日本の同輸送量は，旅客1542億人キロ，貨物71億トンキロである。→航空協定／航空運賃／IATA
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