U S Post Office Dept is exploring potential for containerization to expedite service, eliminate damage, and reduce terminal handling costs; studies are being made of need for construction of single floor facilities and potential for increasing density and facilitating automation by changes in mail dispatching techniques; Department considers rigid containers and pallets as carrier facilities optimum use of which requires solution of problems affecting rates, service, cost, and division of mail traffic between air carriers.


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    Title :

    Transportation of mail by air


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Int Forum Air Cargo -- Proc


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Proceedings of the 2nd SAE International Forum for Air Cargo ; 1964



    Publication date :

    1964


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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    Air mail and aerial transportation

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    Transportation of Mail by Air

    Hartigan, William J. | SAE Technical Papers | 1964