Air Freight Forwarding
Although the vast majority of international trade is transported by the sea, air freight still plays a small but crucial role in transporting goods around the world.
Air freight is “the carriage of goods by aircraft” and there are different types for consideration:
- Express: The fastest and most expensive way to ship goods. In exchange for a premium price, your goods are guaranteed to make it to their destination on time.
- Standard: This is the most common service, in which the shipment may make several stops at different airports and transfer into different aircraft before reaching its final destination.
- Deferred: This service allows shipments that are not a high priority to be deferred until space becomes available on an aircraft. It is the most cost-effective due to a longer transit time.
- Charter: If you need to move a large number of goods urgently, then you can charter a plane and transport them yourself. This is very quick but extremely expensive.
Benefits of Air Freight
- Speed: It is the fastest form of freight transportation, significantly faster than sea, road and rail alternatives.
- Reliable: As airlines operate on strict schedules, cargo arrival and departure times are very reliable.
- Safety: Due to strict security measures, you can feel comfortable that your cargo is being well looked after during its transportation.
- Accessibility: Due to the nature of the transportation, air freight offers wide coverage of flights to many locations around the world. It can give you access to places that other freight options cannot easily.
How Does Air Freight Work?
We are able to ship cargo by air to or from almost any country in the world. We can transport cargoes of any size – from sending personal effects overseas for expats, to scheduling entire planes to transport large military and commercial freight.
We can arrange your air freight according to your individual requirements, whether you want to send it as part of a consolidated freight, direct or charter basis. We can either collect your consignment or you can drop it off at one of our depots.
Our shipping process starts once we receive the cargo at our depot (Heathrow or Gatwick) ready for onward shipping to the destination airport.
How Much Does Air Freight Cost?
Our competitive air freight rates are calculated based on:
- Size and weight of your cargo
- Destination country
- Airline charges
Import and Exports Services
We have vast experience in importing and exporting a range of shipment types via air freight. With our import and export services, we can find the right solution for your shipment, budget, and timeframe.
Our import and export services include:
Import
- Customs clearance (Direct link with HMRC)
- Pet clearances / TRACES Commercial
- Transhipments/ NCTS
- Bonded warehouse (Removal authorisation to move uncleared shipments into our warehouse)
- Accompanied baggage and MIB arrivals through UK terminals
- Perishable goods / PEACH approval
Please call our Import team to explain further about any service that you may require or are interested in.
Export
- Specialist expert advice
- Guidance for unusual commodities
- Dangerous goods
- Export documentation (Licenses, Carnets, Certificate of Origin, Permits, EUR & ATR1)
- Routing flexibility and use of all worldwide airlines
- Consolidation
- Out of gauge cargo
- Air charter flights
- Private personal effects and household articles
- Warehousing and packing
- Courier / bulk LVB import LVB export
- Aviation specialist support AOG cargo
- Firearms and ammunition/explosives
- Military cargo
Please contact our export team to explain further about any service that you may require or are interested in.