Air Freight Forwarder
Serves a dual role. The air freight forwarders are, to the shipper, an indirect carrier because they receive freight from shippers under their own tariff usually consolidating it into larger units which is tendered to the airlines. To the airlines, the air freight forwarder is a shipper. An air freight forwarder is ordinarily classed as an indirect air carrier; however, many air freight forwarders operate their own aircraft.
(Air Cargo from A to Z, Air Transport Association of America)
Last change: 2012-01-26