Parties Involved

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Some 120 years after their invention, aircraft are an established technology. The real complexity in aviation is not based on mastering the machines – even if tragic accidents occasionally occur when new types of aircraft are introduced. Rather, the complexity is based on the many wheels that interlock every day and are interdependent in ways that are almost invisible from the outside. These wheels are all those parties involved in ensuring that an air cargo shipment reaches its destination on time and without damage.

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Schäfer, J.G. (2023). Parties Involved. In: Air Cargo. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38193-6_3

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