Private, air cargo service companies are in high demand these days, owing to the fact that timeliness has gradually become a very important factor in business. The result is that most leading organizations prefer to hire local and private cargo airlines instead of using the regular national or international air cargo, since they can exercise more control. This is a great time to set up your own air cargo company because the market is conducive and therefore you have a good chance to succeed, regardless of whether you would like to operate on a high or a low scale.

Everything in this business depends on location, even if you are operating a small scale, air cargo service. This is because the regular chartered air freight shipping companies do not fly to all destinations. There are many companies involved in mining, geology, archeology and other such things that require regular airport transportation that would be more than glad to hire you on a long term lease. You need to be aggressive in your marketing strategies and offer terms that cannot be refused, while maintaining a reasonable profit.

Setting up a cargo service company of your own is as easy as it is profitable today and an excellent choice for anyone who loves flying. You could launch your business with just one or two small planes. You would need to design a very aggressive marketing and advertising strategy that would get your air shipment services "off the ground" in the shortest possible time.

In order to ensure success you should be ready to offer introductory incentives to attract customers. Connectivity and location are the two main factors on which your success in the air shipment business would depend, besides customer service, competitive pricing and flexibility.

There are therefore three major factors that influence the successful setting up of a cargo service business. These are an inherent love for flying, at least one plane (does not matter if it is small) and an excellent strategy for marketing and advertising. If you have all these ingredients, then you will be able to easily establish yourself as a profitable air cargo service.

You will find that there is growing number of people who are shifting from the regular air freight shipping companies to private ones because of their availability, flexibility and access to extreme locations. In slow business times, your business could alternate as a flying club.