: freight transport by air in volume
also
: the charge for this service
airfreight
transitive verb
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Where possible, materials had to be shipped by sea during the short thaw to save on expensive airfreight.
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Amber Dowling, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
This increase is primarily due to higher ocean freight and airfreight services revenue.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
Revenues from cross-border ocean freight solutions increased by 7.8%, while revenues from cross-border airfreight solutions decreased by 8.2%, reflecting changes in freight volumes.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Not a single ingredient arrived at The Championships via airfreight in 2023, something Wimbledon plans to make a permanent fixture going forward.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 1 July 2024
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Amber Dowling, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
This increase is primarily due to higher ocean freight and airfreight services revenue.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
Revenues from cross-border ocean freight solutions increased by 7.8%, while revenues from cross-border airfreight solutions decreased by 8.2%, reflecting changes in freight volumes.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Not a single ingredient arrived at The Championships via airfreight in 2023, something Wimbledon plans to make a permanent fixture going forward.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 1 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for airfreight
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“Airfreight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfreight. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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