airfreight

noun

air·freight ˈer-ˈfrāt

: freight transport by air in volume

also : the charge for this service

airfreight transitive verb

Examples of airfreight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Not a single ingredient arrived at The Championships via airfreight in 2023, something Wimbledon plans to make a permanent fixture going forward. —

Jon Haworth, ABC News, 1 July 2024 The postal service said the move to switch carriers to UPS should help improve efficiency of mail transportation as well as reduce overall transportation costs, specifically airfreight costs. —

Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024 With the clock ticking down to practices and qualifying, DHL diverted three planes and urgently sent employees to Singapore to unpack the sea freight containers and hustle the cargo into airfreight ones. —

Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 5 May 2023 Historically, about 50% of air cargo is carried in the bellies of passenger aircraft, so experts say major airports will always be the main channels for airfreight. —

Paul Berger, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for airfreight

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