The traditional approach to the analysis of traffic accidents has mostly involved identifying omissions in vehicles and drivers, which led to the occurrence of a traffic accident. However, more recent EU directives dealing with this area emphasize infrastructure failures that may be the real cause of the accident. This approach refers to preventive action, ie the design of such infrastructure that will, in case of failure of the driver, "forgive" the driver his mistake and prevent the occurrence of a traffic accident or reduce the consequences of a traffic accident. To achieve this, a completely new approach to the problem is needed, ie to build, reconstruct and regenerate the road infrastructure according to its real function from the aspect of traffic safety. The realization of these concepts in our area implies primarily the education of all entities that have contact with road infrastructure (designers, managers, auditors, etc.), with emphasis on the fact that savings on the material are significantly less than the savings achieved by reducing the number of accidents, with injured faces and fatalities.

Getting closer to EU standards in the field of transportation in countries of the South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) region among other things is conditioned by the improvement of the transport infrastructure. One of the reasons there is less improvement in the transport infrastructure lies in the fact that EU is basing its infrastructure development plans on the long-term strategic goals, while within SEETO regions they are still insisting on the short term, five-year planning without clearly defined long-term strategic goals. Another problem is the exclusion of the existing infrastructural objects (roads and already developed modern border crossings) from the SEETO Comprehensive Network. Long-term plans of SEETO network should encompass also the existing roads as well as future infrastructural projects, which will improve the current transportation network in this region. Short-term; five-year plans within SEETO region cannot contribute to a significant inclusion of this region into the European transportation market. More advanced approach of countries in SEETO region to EU standards in the field of transport infrastructure is possible only if the EU also accepts the fact that the same principles of long-term strategic planning of transport infrastructure need to be applied within SEETO.

Air transport industry has gradually increased its share of global passenger and freight traffic, and this trend has accelerated in the last 40 years. For the past decade, air-freight traffic growth has outpaced air passenger traffic growth by 1-2% each year. In the past, air-freight sector offered limited services, with heavy reliance on several intermediaries and a significant dependence on air passenger operations. The sector can now be characterized as a sophisticated, innovative one, relying heavily on new electronic technologies, offering a wide range of transport and logistical products through dedicated specialist freight operators. With increasing emphasis on the globalization of trade and economic activity, air-freight growth is expected to continue to outpace air passenger traffic growth. The air-freight growth is expected to be greatest in the Asian markets (intra-Asia; North America-Asia; Europe-Asia and Australasia). The process of physical distribution of freight has become a highly sophisticated operation, with increasingly greater reliance being placed on the use of new technology to assist in the movement, storage, and tracking of consignments. But transport is just one component in this logistics chain. In this paper, air-freight sector is examined in terms of its structure, organization, its role in the supply chains, the main trends in the recent period, constraints facing the sector and the future prospects in air-freight sector. KEY WORDS: air freight organization, development, trends, forecast, logistics services