Air Freight Forwarding · Global
When a shipment can’t wait on a truck or a container ship, we arrange air cargo capacity with carrier partners worldwide, handling booking, customs documentation and tracking so your freight moves as fast as the timeline demands. For cargo that can wait a little longer, our sea logistics network covers that same route by ocean at a lower cost.
Next-Flight-Out Available
for urgent, time-critical shipments
98.7%
On-time delivery
500+
Monthly Shipments Coordinated
24/7
Live tracking
99.99%
Operational Reliability
The basics
A simple explanation, and when it beats the ocean or ground.
International air freight forwarding means a forwarder arranges the booking, documentation and delivery of your cargo on commercial or cargo aircraft, without owning the planes themselves. Like a ground freight broker matching your load to a trucking carrier, an air freight forwarder matches your shipment to available cargo capacity across airline partners, similar to how our freight dispatching solutions match ground loads to carriers, then manages customs clearance and tracking from pickup to final delivery. It’s the fastest way to move goods internationally, days instead of weeks, which makes it the right call for urgent restocks, high-value cargo, or shipments where the cost of air freight is smaller than the cost of a delay.
Global Reach
Your shipment moves through one point of contact instead of a call to every airline serving your route. Once you submit a shipment, our team checks chargeable weight (the greater of actual or volumetric weight), matches your cargo to available capacity, and confirms a service level built around your timeline, from next-flight-out to standard economy. Customs documentation is prepared before the shipment reaches the airport, so cargo isn’t held up waiting on paperwork at either end. It’s the same model that keeps ground freight moving without you juggling carriers, applied to shipments that need to cross an ocean by air instead of by boat. For heavier volume that doesn’t need to fly, our rail freight services can move it overland instead.
Our services
Two service tiers, matched to how urgently your cargo needs to move.
Express & Priority Air Freight
When a delay isn’t an option, we source the fastest available capacity.
Global Air Cargo & Customs
Standard and consolidated air freight with customs handled from origin to destination. Our freight consolidation solutions group smaller shipments together to keep costs down on planned, less urgent cargo.
Industries
Different cargo, different urgency. We match the service level to what’s actually at stake.
Automotive Parts
Construction
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Fashion & Retail
Import & Export
Food & Perishables
Electronics & Technology
Ecommerce & DTC
A line-down automotive part and a fashion brand’s seasonal restock both need speed, but for different reasons, and a pharmaceutical shipment needs temperature control on top of that. Air freight programs are built around what’s actually on the line, not shipped the same way by default, and for shippers coordinating air freight alongside every other mode, our professional 4PL logistics manages the whole program from one team.
Why ENorth
Built for the moments when speed matters more than anything else.
Capacity sourced across airline and cargo partners, not limited to one carrier’s schedule.
Documentation prepared before cargo reaches the airport, on both ends of the shipment.
From next-flight-out to standard economy, matched to your actual deadline.
A single specialist manages your shipment from booking to delivery.
If a flight is delayed or oversold, we already have an alternative route ready.
Already using ENorth for warehousing or ground freight? Air freight runs on the same account.
Pricing
Air freight is priced on chargeable weight and service level, not a flat rate. Here’s what shapes it.
The greater of actual weight or volumetric (dimensional) weight
Route, airport access, and customs requirements
Tell us your cargo, route and timeline, we'll send a transparent rate with no hidden fees.
What clients say
“A key component shipment got held up at the port and our production line was two days from stopping. ENorth got it rebooked onto an air freight route and cleared customs before our backup stock ran out.”
Supply Chain Manager
Automotive Parts, Toronto
“We needed a seasonal product line in stores before a launch date that ocean freight couldn’t hit. Air freight through ENorth got the shipment in with days to spare, and the customs paperwork was already done by the time it landed.”
Operations Lead
Fashion & Retail, Brampton
FAQ
Air freight forwarding is the service of arranging and managing international shipments by air on your behalf. A forwarder doesn't own aircraft, instead, they book cargo space with airline and carrier partners, prepare customs documentation, and track the shipment from pickup to final delivery.
Air freight moves cargo in days rather than weeks, but typically costs more per kilogram. Ocean freight is more cost-effective for large or heavy shipments that aren't time-sensitive. The right choice usually comes down to whether the deadline or the budget matters more for that specific shipment.
Chargeable weight is the figure air freight rates are actually based on: whichever is greater, the shipment's actual weight or its volumetric (dimensional) weight, based on the space it takes up on the aircraft. Bulky, lightweight cargo is often priced on volume rather than scale weight.
Yes. Customs documentation is prepared as part of the booking process, on both the origin and destination side, so cargo isn't held up waiting on paperwork once it lands.
Yes. For time-critical cargo, we source the fastest available capacity, including next-flight-out and charter options, when a standard schedule isn't fast enough.
Temperature-controlled air cargo and special handling requirements are coordinated as part of the booking, matched to the carrier partners equipped to handle that specific cargo type.
Most quote requests are turned around quickly once we have your cargo details, route and required service level, since air freight pricing depends heavily on chargeable weight and how urgently the shipment needs to move.
One forwarder for international air cargo, from booking to customs to delivery. Get a fast quote or talk to a logistics specialist today.
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