Translation guide
The movement of people or goods by aircraft. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through specific terms depending on whether you mean the industry, the act of transporting, or the mode of transport.
Referring to air transport as a sector, service, or general concept.
The standard term for air transport as an industry or system. Used in business, logistics, and formal contexts.
航空輸送は国際貿易に不可欠です。
Air transport is essential for international trade.
A shorter, more technical term often used in logistics or military contexts. Can also mean 'airlift'.
緊急物資を空輸する。
To airlift emergency supplies.
Describing the action of moving goods or people via aircraft.
The verb form meaning 'to transport by air'. Commonly used for cargo.
その会社は製品を空輸している。
The company transports its products by air.
Literally 'send by air mail/service'. More common in everyday contexts like sending packages.
この荷物は航空便で送ってください。
Please send this package by air.
Specifying that something is done 'by air'.
Airmail is faster.