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    Air freight: Fast and reliable worldwide transport

    Experience fast, reliable air freight tailored to your needs. With our global network and extensive product portfolio, we ensure timely deliveries. We support you throughout the entire process, offering services such as handling, customs clearance and insurance as well as digital and express services for a seamless cargo journey.

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    Explore our air cargo freight services

    Rhenus puts your needs first. Our air freight solutions provide fast, efficient transportation for time-sensitive shipments, ensuring that your products – whether pharmaceuticals,​electronics or high-value consumer goods – reach their destination quickly and safely. With services tailored to your business, we work with trusted global airline partners to provide seamless transportation.

    You can rely on our advanced IT platforms for real-time tracking, giving you peace of mind every step of the way. Whether you need express delivery, specialized handling or sustainable options, Rhenus ensures your air cargo always arrives on time, backed by our efficient, transparent processes and dedicated team support.

    What we offer

    • FLYNow: Get fast and efficient delivery for your shipments.
    • FLYSmart: Optimize time and costs with our moderate delivery times and competitive pricing.
    • FLYSaver: Opt for a longer transit time and enjoy a budget-friendly shipping solution.
    • FLYSelect: Benefit from our customized solutions designed to meet all your shipping requirements.

    Our air charter services provide unparalleled flexibility and capacity for your unique cargo needs. Whether it is oversized shipments, sensitive goods or urgent deliveries, our charter solutions are tailored to meet your specific requirements, ensuring your goods arrive safely and on time. Choose from full or split charter options to optimize costs and efficiency.

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    When time is critical, our on-board courier service offers the fastest, most reliable delivery option for your urgent or high-value shipments. Our dedicated couriers accompany your cargo from pickup to delivery, ensuring it bypasses standard handling procedures and reaches its destination swiftly and securely.

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    Benefits of choosing Rhenus for air freight

    Access a worldwide network with gateways at major air freight hubs, providing flexible, high-quality solutions across all continents.

    Multiple uplifts per week to various destinations globally ensure that your goods get where they’re going smoothly, reliably and on time.

    We offer tailored solutions for all cargo types, from small parcels to oversized items, including hazardous and temperature-sensitive goods. For special shipments, we provide charter on-board courier services. Our experts handle every detail.

    Customers can track their shipments in real time, providing transparency and peace of mind.

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    RHEGREEN - Our CO₂ efficiency tool

    Rhenus provides a comprehensive three-step solution to reduce shipment emissions and help you achieve your sustainability goals. Start by measuring your emissions with our in-house emission dashboard, optimize efficiency using RHEGREEN – our CO₂ efficiency tool that identifies the most CO₂-efficient aircraft for cargo movements – or further reduce your impact by switching to sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).

    With RHEGREEN, customers can make informed decisions to choose lower-emission options for their shipments.

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    Why choose Rhenus for air freight services

    • Consistent scheduling and reliable transport times: We closely monitor uplift and arrival at both the origin and destination to ensure punctuality. Moreover, our partnerships with carefully selected carriers ensure alignment with your expectations in terms of timeliness. 

    • Customized solutions for diverse cargo: From small packages and oversized shipments to temperature-sensitive or hazardous materials, our experts can provide customized solutions to meet your unique needs, including charter and on-board courier services. 

    • Competitive and transparent pricing options: Enjoy cost-transparent service level options and value-added services like express delivery and 24/7 pickups to meet your urgent shipping needs. 

    • Secure transportation of various types of goods: Whether refrigerated, large, small or high-volume shipments, we ensure the secure handling and transport of your air freight cargo. 

    • Compliance with international regulations: We ensure full adherence to global standards and provide comprehensive customs clearance, reducing delays and ensuring your shipments are transported safely and compliantly. 

    Comprehensive digital solutions

    Track your air shipments with our advanced in-house Track & Trace portal, ensuring full visibility and peace of mind.

    Access data seamlessly and place orders easily with our digital platforms, featuring real-time visibility, EDI and API functionalities and a user-friendly dashboard.

    Optimize shipping with digital processes, enhancing efficiency, speed and sustainability by reducing paper waste and lowering the carbon footprint of air cargo operations. 

    Connect your IT systems to ours in order to automate processes and exchange data such as shipment orders and status updates. Benefit from instant, accurate data transfer, improved quality and faster transactions. 

    Boost your air freight experience

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    Customs clearance

    Rhenus ensures proper customs clearance in compliance with current air freight customs regulations, based on your individual requirements. We are available at each Rhenus office to assist you in importing and exporting your goods. Additionally, the Rhenus Group helps with the preparation of all necessary documents for air freight import customs clearance at the destination. 

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    Insurance

    Rhenus offers tailor-made transport insurance solutions that protect the monetary value of your cargo against all risks of physical loss or damage resulting from any external cause during shipping, whether by land, sea or air. Manage the financial impact of loss or damage efficiently. Not every transportation route offers the same level of security; not every item in transit is equally sensitive to damage. Be on the safe side with the insurance services of Rhenus. 

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    Smart storage

    With flexible warehousing solutions, you benefit from modern, secure indoor and outdoor storage facilities at airport locations worldwide. Our trained staff and certified experts handle all types of cargo, including freight relating to life sciences and healthcare, perishables and specialized goods. Our modern equipment ensures safe handling. Rhenus offers storage for any size of shipment and any duration: for several days at local branches near airports or longer-term storage arranged through our contract logistics specialists. 

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    Repacking

    Rhenus customizes your shipment by repacking or resizing it to meet your specific needs. We apply tailored solutions for each cargo type to ensure airworthy packaging. Your cargo is handled with care, in accordance with the highest quality and handling standards. Our specialists are ready to provide top-notch service for any repacking operation, ensuring your goods are fully protected throughout the entire process. 

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    Neutralizing

    We ensure that markings indicating the actual vendor of your goods are removed and your delivery documents are attached. Your entire shipment will be unpacked, neutralized and repacked before being forwarded. Rhenus ensures that the packaging of your items and the documents associated with your air freight shipments meet your requirements. 

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    Sorting

    Rhenus provides you with efficient sorting solutions tailored to your individual needs. Your air freight is sorted for each order in a specific area of our warehouse. Our highly qualified staff in the picking area collect the sorted goods and process the order. At Rhenus, we ensure that delivery dates are met and that the flow of your freight is handled accurately. 

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    Smart monitoring

    We offer various monitoring options for your air freight to ensure cargo protection. Our tools let you observe transportation processes and gain crucial information about your goods during transit, warehousing and handling. With advanced technologies from trusted partners, Rhenus can track your cargo using GPS as well as temperature and light sensors. In addition, we monitor acceleration, pressure, geo-fencing and the integrity of your shipment, giving you peace of mind throughout the entire journey. 

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    Labeling

    Rhenus attaches specific additional labels to the freight according to your individual requirements. If you have forgotten to include product information on the packaging, or if you want to provide additional information on the labels for the goods, we will add this and apply the labels quickly and easily to eliminate delays and ensure visibility, process control and efficiency throughout your supply chain. 

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    Palletizing

    At Rhenus, we ensure the efficiency, functionality and stability of your freight by placing loose cargo boxes (including shrink-wrapping) on a pallet in accordance with common air freight transport standards. Smooth stacking and unstacking of your cargo is especially important for faster handling and less damage so that your air freight moves more efficiently. 

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    Contact us to learn more about our services and how we can help your business succeed.

    Our air freight specialists are ready to assist you with tailored solutions for your air cargo freight.

    Frequently asked questions

    We provide a range of options, including airport-to-airport, door-to-door and specialized charter services to meet your unique requirements.

    Our robust scheduling and monitoring processes ensure that your shipments arrive on time. We maintain close communication and offer proactive solutions to counter any potential delays.

    Rhenus offers value-added services such as customs clearance, insurance, smart storage and environmentally friendly options through our RHEGREEN program.

    Use our advanced tracking tools via our web portal to monitor your shipment in real time throughout its journey.