Air Cargo Executive
Also known as: Cargo Operations Executive · Air Freight Executive · Air Freight Forwarding Executive
Books, documents and tracks freight moving by air for airlines, cargo terminals and freight forwarders.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
An air cargo executive handles goods that travel by air — from medicines and electronics to e-commerce parcels. Employers are freight forwarders, airline cargo departments, cargo-terminal operators and courier companies. The day involves preparing air waybills, booking space on flights, coordinating customs clearance and tracking shipments.
- Prepare air waybills and shipping documents
- Book cargo space with airlines
- Coordinate customs clearance and handover
- Track shipments and update customers
How you get in
Freshers usually start as documentation or operations executives at freight-forwarding or courier companies, or as cargo assistants with airlines and terminal operators. Knowledge of export-import paperwork helps in interviews.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Export-import documentation
- Dangerous-goods awareness
- Coordinating with customs and airlines
- Excel and shipment-tracking systems
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BBA graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BBA graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: cargo supervisor, key-account executive, logistics manager.
- The skills carry over to sea freight and wider logistics roles.
- Terminal roles involve shifts; forwarder roles have deadline-driven days.
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