Air Freight Services

Need to get your freight on the next available flight out?

When you need your goods delivered as fast as possible, DHL AIR FIRST is your best choice. As the name suggests, DHL AIR FIRST freight is placed on the first flight out and receives a priority service, through to the destination airport and beyond. It is ideal for freight that's 'special', due to its size, urgency, or hazard level.

High frequency, tailored delivery, anywhere in the world? 

When you demand a fast service but price is equally important, then DHL AIR PREMIUM is the choice for you. DHL AIR PREMIUM consolidates your freight to improve economy, and ensures that it arrives at a day-definite time at airports in all major trading centers, across the globe.

Bulky Freight with a day-definite deadline throughout Europe?

When you need to ship heavy or bulky goods in a defined transit time across the world, DHL AIRFREIGHT PLUS combines the simplicity of express carrier shipping with the competitiveness of a freight forwarder.

For time-critical movement of perishable goods

DHL uses specialist tracking technology to help ensure that time-critical items, such as seafood, are delivered quickly to their destinations, wherever they may be. With heavy investment made for services into and out of Latin America, DHL's perishable service is now more widely available.

Would you like to combine shipments for affordable air freight with a fixed flight schedule?

When your priority is keeping costs down, but your freight must travel by air, then DHL AIR VALUE is the ideal match. Designed for less time-sensitive cargo, where a slight increase in transit time is acceptable, DHL AIR VALUE creatively routes your cargo via the major gateways to reduce cost.

Would you like shorter transit times than with sea freight but don't want to pay high air freight costs?

If transport by air alone is too expensive, you want to keep costs to a minimum and you don’t mind combining various means of transport, then DHL SEAIR is the service for you. This multi-modal solution combining sea and air freight is best suited to imports and exports in business with Asian countries.

For complex, temperature-controlled freight

DHL's AIRFREIGHT PLUS PHARMA service is specially designed for the end-to-end transport needs of the Life Science Industry. Late cut-off times (and our integrated supply chain network) guarantee minimal time wasting on the tarmac at origin, during transit and at destination.

For urgent and oversized shipments or packages...

When your freight requirements don't allow for consolidation, because of the goods' size or volume, then chartering may be the best option. Procuring global air freight capacity on dedicated aircraft is ideal when your product launch coincides with seasonal peaks in air freight.