: freight transport by air in volume
also
: the charge for this service
airfreight
transitive verb
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Revenues from cross-border ocean freight solutions increased by 7.8%, while revenues from cross-border airfreight solutions decreased by 8.2%, reflecting changes in freight volumes.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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
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“Airfreight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfreight. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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