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AIR WAY [3 records]

Record 1 2024-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Freight
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

Master air waybills are issued by or on behalf of freight forwarders offering a consolidation service. This document specifies the contract between a freight forwarder (or consolidator) and aircraft operator(s) for the transportation of goods originated by more than one shipper but destined for the same final state, airport or other destination.

Key term(s)
  • master air way bill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fret aérien
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

La lettre de transport aérien de groupage est délivrée par ou au nom de transitaires offrant un service de groupage. Ce document précise le contrat global passé entre le transitaire (ou groupeur) et un ou plusieurs exploitants d'aéronefs pour le transport de marchandises provenant de plus d'un chargeur mais destinées au même État, aéroport ou autre destination finale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

Any underground gallery or passage through which a portion of the ventilation passes, that is, the air is carried.

OBS

airway; air way; wind road; wind way; ventilation entry: All these terms may be applied to galleries, but also to any other passage for the circulation of air in a mine.

Key term(s)
  • windroad
  • windway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines
OBS

Le terme «galerie d'aérage» est plus spécifique que «voie d'aérage» qui peut désigner n'importe quel type de passage d'air dans une mine.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

Any underground gallery or passage through which a portion of the ventilation passes, that is, the air is carried.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines
CONT

L'exploitation de la houille par gradins renversés [...] exige deux galeries : l'une inférieure, dite voie de fond, qui est en même temps la voie de roulage et doit servir à la sortie des produits de l'abatage; l'autre supérieure, qui est la voie d'aérage, parce que son but est en effet de compléter la circulation de l'air [...].

Spanish

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