{"id":35,"date":"2026-07-19T09:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/2026\/07\/19\/when-is-air-freight-worth-the-extra-cost\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:53:30","slug":"when-is-air-freight-worth-the-extra-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/2026\/07\/19\/when-is-air-freight-worth-the-extra-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"When is air freight worth the extra cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air freight can cost several times more per kilo than ocean. But for the right shipment, it is the cheaper option once you count the full cost of waiting.<\/p>\n<h2>Production-critical parts<\/h2>\n<p>A line stoppage costs far more than an air freight invoice. Spare parts and components are classic air cargo.<\/p>\n<h2>High-value, low-weight goods<\/h2>\n<p>Electronics, pharmaceuticals and luxury products carry a lot of value per kilo, so the freight cost is a small share of the total.<\/p>\n<h2>Perishables and short shelf life<\/h2>\n<p>Fresh food, flowers and temperature-sensitive medicines need speed and cold-chain control that only air can offer.<\/p>\n<h2>Sea-air: the middle ground<\/h2>\n<p>Ship by sea to a hub such as Dubai or Singapore, then fly the final leg. You save around half the cost of pure air freight and still arrive weeks earlier than by ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air freight can cost several times more per kilo than ocean. But for the right shipment, it is the cheaper option once you count the full\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-freight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-logistic-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}