airfreight
/ˈɛrˌfreɪt/
noun
- The transportation of goods by aircraft.
- The package was sent via airfreight and arrived the next day.
- Airfreight is more expensive than sea freight but much faster.
- The company uses airfreight to ship electronics overseas quickly.
- Goods transported by aircraft; cargo sent by air.
- The airport handles millions of tons of airfreight each year.
- They specialize in perishable airfreight like flowers and fresh food.
- The warehouse is full of airfreight waiting to be sorted.
verb
- To send or transport goods by aircraft.
- The company airfreights spare parts to remote locations.
- They airfreighted the medical supplies to the disaster zone.
- We need to airfreight these documents to Tokyo by morning.