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Services / Air Freight

The fastest way
to your product.

Without the sky-high cost — every kilo tracked in OWL Vision.

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Airborne

Air freight is the shortest distance between you and your product. It’s also the most expensive way to move it. Our job is to keep the speed and engineer out the premium.

Air freight that meets every moment — from urgent First Flight-Out to cost-smart Deferred and Sea-Air.

Carrier access, charter economics and insight the open market never sees, with every booking and air waybill live in OWL Vision.

Service levels

A service level for every deadline.

Not every order needs a one-day transit. Your account team helps you pick the right service for each lane — so you never pay for speed the shipment doesn’t need.

  • [01] Most urgent

    First Flight-Out

    Your cargo on the very next available departure out of origin.

  • [02] Faster

    Premium

    Expedited air service for time-sensitive, high-value shipments that need to move first.

  • [03] Balanced

    Standard

    Reliable air freight that balances speed and cost for the bulk of your shipments.

  • [04] Economical

    Deferred

    A more economical air option for cargo that can flex on transit time.

  • [05] Hybrid

    Sea-Air

    Ocean for the long haul, air for the final leg — faster than ocean, kinder than all-air on cost.

Fast and affordable

Fast and affordable aren’t opposites.

Air will always cost more than ocean — but far less than most shippers pay. Four levers let us design programs that consistently outperform the open market.

  • [01]

    Strong carrier relationships

    Years of consistent volume with the right airlines earns us rates and space the spot market simply doesn’t see — especially when capacity tightens.

  • [02]

    Cost Plus Charter

    When volume justifies it, we charter at cost-plus — full-aircraft economics passed straight to you, not a broker’s marked-up block.

  • [03]

    Block space agreements

    Pre-committed capacity on the lanes you live on. Peak season and demand spikes don’t leave your cargo on the tarmac — or your budget blown.

  • [04]

    Insider market insight

    We read the lanes daily — rates, capacity, disruptions — so we route around the spikes and recommend the service level that fits the moment.

Everything that gets it there

The full air-freight manifest.

Fifteen capabilities, one team — speed, compliance, special handling and network reach.

  1. FFO First Flight-Out On the very next departure — no waiting for a consolidation. Speed & service
  2. STD Standard & Deferred Choose the transit window that fits the budget. Speed & service
  3. CHT Charter Service A whole aircraft on Cost Plus terms when volume demands it. Speed & service
  4. OBC On-board Courier Hand-carried by a dedicated courier, door to door. Speed & service
  5. S+A Sea-Air Service Ocean then air — the cost-and-speed hybrid. Speed & service
  6. CCL Customs Clearance Cleared and compliant on both ends of the lane. Customs & compliance
  7. DOC Import & Export Documentation Every document right, the first time. Customs & compliance
  8. INS Cargo Insurance Cover from the moment we collect to final delivery. Customs & compliance
  9. CNS Consolidation Combine shipments to drive down the cost per kilo. Special handling
  10. SPC Specialized Solutions Oversized, hazardous and temperature-controlled cargo. Special handling
  11. D2D Door-to-Door Pickup & Delivery Collected at origin, delivered to the receiving door. Special handling
  12. XTR Cross-Trade Shipments Move cargo between two countries that aren’t your own. Network & trade
  13. BLK Block Space Agreements Guaranteed, pre-committed capacity on key lanes. Network & trade
  14. VSM Vendor & Supplier Management We coordinate your suppliers at origin. Network & trade
  15. B2C Cross-Border B2C Direct to consumers — Asia to Europe & the USA. Network & trade
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The smart hybrid

Too slow for ocean? Too dear for air? Sea-Air.

Ship by ocean to a transshipment hub, then fly the final leg. You beat ocean on speed and air on cost — the middle path for cargo that can flex a few days to save real money.

  • Faster than all-ocean
  • Lower cost than all-air
  • One bill, one OWL team
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OWL Vision

Every flight. Every AWB. In real time.

Air moves fast — your visibility should too. OWL Vision tracks every booking, air waybill and SKU from pickup to final mile, with proactive alerts the moment a flight or a milestone slips. The same live view for your team, your vendors and ours.

  • 100% end-to-end visibility
  • SKU-level granularity
  • 24/7 proactive alerting

One chain

One chain. Start to finish.

  1. [01]

    Origin Management & Control Towers

    First mile — at the source

    Orders, suppliers, bookings and consolidation managed at the source by our local offices and control towers.

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  2. [02]

    Ocean Freight

    The long haul — port to port

    FCL and LCL services with the carrier relationships and space to keep freight moving on schedule.

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  3. [03]

    Air Freight

    When it has to be there

    Time-critical air solutions when speed matters most — expedited, tracked, door-to-door.

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  4. [04]

    Destination Management

    Final mile — to the door

    Customs clearance, deconsolidation, distribution and final-mile delivery on demand.

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Let's get to work

Get your cargo off the ground.

Tell us what you move and how fast it needs to land. We'll design the air program that hits the date — at a price that won't.

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