Air ferry
![Bristol 170 Freighter 32 of Silver City Airways loading a car at Southampton in 1954](/Images/godic/202412/20/Bristol_170_Freighter_32_of_Silver_City_Airways2139.jpg")
![Aviation Traders Carvair in 1965](/Images/godic/202412/20/Carvair_and_ambassador_at_bristol_airport_1965_arp2139.jpg")
An air ferry is a ferry service in which cars and passengers are transported by aircraft. Use of air ferries peaked in the 1950s, but the advent of more economical alternative modes of transport in the 1960s resulted in the demise of these services.